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    ML Downrigger rod

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    It sounds like you might like a “Kokanee downrigger rod”. They’re very popular on the west coast for light line and smaller to mid size fish.

    If you do a search for them I’m sure you can find some in your preferred length and at every price point.


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    For sale: Two 28” Trolling Bags

    in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent

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    A pair of new unused Amish Outfitter 28” Buggy Bags. Unused because my plans changed and I downsized my boat. $80 PayPal plus shipping, or cash at time of local pick up in Niagara Falls area.

     

    I’ll be at the expo this weekend if you’re coming in from out of town. I’ll hold with a deposit.

     

     

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    Trailer sway

    in This Old Boat

    Posted

    I see many problems from too small of a trailer, to improper balance and hitch height. While you can make multiple adjustments to improve the situation, you’d be best served making those adjustments on a more appropriately capacity and size matched trailer.

     

    Start by loading the boat up with a full tank of gas and all the gear you normally trail. Take it to a certified public weigh station near you. Weigh the trailer two ways - first with the tires and tongue on the scale to determine the weight, and the second is with the tires off and only the hitch (or front jack-stand) on the scale.

     

    This will help you understand the current setup capacity and balance. The total weight should not go over about 75-80% of your trailer’s rated capacity. This means you need, for example, an 8000 lb trailer for 6000lb of loaded and gassed up boat. This capacity overhead allows extra capacity to handle the pounding of rough roads and the windage loads of a tall boat with windshield and stand-up canvas system.

     

    It’s my belief that when you weigh the fully loaded boat and check the trailer capacity you’ll find you are well beyond the 75-80% of the trailer’s rated full capacity. If not, then there’s a lot of adjustments to be made including possible a new hitch to level the trailer tongue, repositioning of the winch stand and boat on the trailer to get rollers directly under the transom, and repositioning of the axles under the trailer to adjust balance and achieve a 12-15% (combined boat and trailer) tongue weight at the hitch.

     

     

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    Best Ontario Boat salmon/trout opinions

    in Welcome to Lake Ontario United - Fishing Forum

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    What will be the range of crew size when you go fishing? I downsized from a 27 to a 24 for retirement fishing so I can trailer it around if I want to.

     

    If you’re going to be like most retirees, you’ll find you will start picking your days and avoiding rough weather that you would have fished before on a day off when your free time was limited by work.

     

    If I had your budget, I’d consider a RV and a large trailerable boat and expand your fishing opportunities rather than be tied down to one port with a 30’+ boat.

     

     

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    Rod Holder question

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

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    I have a love/hate relationship with the Cannons. They have a weak spot where the split push pin fits into the rod holder tube. The hole is drilled really close to the edge and from time to time the metal splits and/or the pin shifts and they fail.

    I do pull magnum divers on wire so maybe that combo is just too much for long-term durability under such a heavy sideways pull.


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    Setting up a copper rod.

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    The volume of the leader, line, and backing is a constant whether spooled forwards or backwards.

     

    By initially filling the reel’s backing last (backwards), you assure that you will fill the reel’s spool to the optimal point. You get the maximum amount of backing on the spool while eliminating the possibility of having too much backing (which will bind the mainline or leader against the reel frame cross member or the level wind).

     

     

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    Setting up a copper rod.

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    Set up a 300’ weighted steel for your first rod. To get a full fill of backing, fill the reel backwards - 30’ leader, weighted steel, 10-20’ 40lb mono (where you attach to release), then the braid backing until the reel is full.

     

    Then take it off, and reinstall it backing first. If you have more than one reel, transfer it from one to another. If you only have the one reel, stretch it out in a park somewhere.

     

     

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    Boat brands

    in Open Lake Discussion

    Posted

    With the new additional info about your desire for multi species fishing boat, not just a trolling boat, I'm modifying my previous recommendation to an aluminum, dual console, open bow boat with a layout similar to a Starcraft Fishmaster or Lund Tyee. With high sides and deeper V hulls, they are big water capable trolling boats that will be within your size and weight restrictions and their layout is flexible and open enough to be a decent multi species boat. Outboard power will serve your needs well for where you will be boating.

     

     

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    Knot for Wire Dipsy?

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    I'm not sure I completely understand but it sounds like you put the wire end through swivel once and tie an overhand knot. If so, that means that only 1 wire thickness holds the swivel. In the technique above, the wire is doubled up, so in fact there are two wire thicknesses holding the swivel, it's a much stronger knot.

    No, fold the site back on itself making a loop. Make an overhang knot with the loop end. Adjust the size of the loop as you tighten the overhand knot. Now squeeze the loop and feed the loop through the swivel’s eye. Then feed the snap through the loop. Close the loop around the snap swivel’s ring and tighten by pulling on the snap swivel.


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    Copper vs steel?

    in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?

    Posted

    Not sure how you would of come across 1200’ either, they only make weighted steel in 200’ and 300’ lengths?

    You can get any length you want, even a service spool. They're purchasable by special order through any dealer that can order direct from Torpedo. I ordered a service spool at the LOTSA show in January.

     

     

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    Joes original pirate lures

    in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent

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    I have about 75-100 of Joe’s hand made spoons. Probably half are hand hammered 44s.

     

    Back in the day my father had a west coast connection for then new squid patterns each year and he used to hand tie squids with George Richey’s tinsel inserts and sell them as a LOTSA club fundraiser. My dad, George and Joe traded tinsel squids, flies, and spoons each season at the Buffalo fishing show.

     

    One year I traded Joe a custom thumper rod with a thread weave of his pirate lure stamp for 3-4 dozen of his spoons. A few of these were unique one-off experimental lures that were never produced for sale.

     

    While countless other lures have come and gone over the years, I still have consistently good success fishing many of Joe’s hand made spoons.

     

     

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