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prepare downriggers for lake fishing
djw13cwru replied to greenfish's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
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prepare downriggers for lake fishing
djw13cwru replied to greenfish's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
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prepare downriggers for lake fishing
djw13cwru replied to greenfish's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
10 lb weights are the lowest I would go with for riggers. You got good advice on the boom length, 4' is a pretty standard Cannon length and my personal preference. The extendable booms are nice, but the fixed length are fine too. For boom length, all you need to ensure is the end of rigger where the cable goes into the water clears your boat/swim platform (and drive). Dipsey's were mentioned, They are an easy / cheaper way to get rods out than riggers. It looks like you already have 3 flush mount rod holders per side. You can run dipsey rods out of the two further forward. A drop in multi mount rod holder is nice, but not necessary. When I started, we didn't have rod holders, so we would wedge our rod buts between the seat and engine dog house! -
Olcott 6-18 and 6-19
djw13cwru replied to TNiezgoda's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Nice fish, way to go! Thanks for the report. -
prepare downriggers for lake fishing
djw13cwru replied to greenfish's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
There is nothing wrong with manual riggers. Advantages are lower cost, higher weight capacity (than some electrics), and better biceps! Make sure the riggers you select have a long enough boom to clear the swim platform. Swivel bases are nice, but not necessary. They can also help with the clearance issue. -
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Olcott fishing
djw13cwru replied to nijajordan's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Regular or Stingray size Stingers always worked best for me. Dreamweaver Super Slim sizes as well. Spoons with orange are popular. Spoons with a white back have been popular lately too, such as DWB. -
Wilson to Ollcot
djw13cwru replied to amalgamator's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Wilson semi live report
djw13cwru replied to KilliansRed's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Talk to Frank at Amish Outfitters, he will help you out.
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Does anyone know what the bolt pattern is for the older square cannon downrigger bases with the lip at the top (i.e. the one used on Unitroll and magnum riggers)? Also, do you know what the bolt pattern is on the older style swivel base as well? I'm looking at upgrading some mounting plates, but the boat is still in storage so I can't take measurements. Thanks.
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Amish Outfitter plastic planer boards
djw13cwru replied to mrlhuntersrun5595's topic in Tackle and Techniques
The Amish boards pull very hard. They are fine on a Big Jon planer mast, so I think they would work on the Berts too. Plenty of people use them in Erie for walleye, and that is up to 3-4 lines per side. I'd recommend also using the Amish outfitters planer board line with them, it is pretty high test. -
Fished out of Olcott on Friday and Saturday. On Friday we worked 300-400' closer to Wilson. The bite was slow, couple of steelhead on 10 color cores, and a couple kings on flasher / fly's. The big 20+ king came off a rigger at 100', white / white glow spinny, gold/green fly. Picked a coho on a 175 diver on a 3 setting. Saturday the waves were going pretty good, but so was the bite. We fished deeper in the 375 to 400' range around the 53 west. Couple coho on flasher/flys on 150 3 setting wires. Another big 20+ king on a mag dipsy back 225 and a good mix of smaller kings on the rest of the spread: 75 riggers and 1.5 dipsys at 175. The current going one direction and the wind blowing in another made setting lines challenging at times. Flasher / fly's were hot, the spoon bite was slow. Tried some meat, but couldn't get that to go.
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Water Temperature Map
djw13cwru replied to djw13cwru's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Awesome, thanks to both of you. -
Can anyone point me in the direction of the water temperature maps where Lake O is cross sectioned? All I can seem to find are surface and bottom temp maps. I know some people have posted these before, but I can't find them...
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Mag dipsy and large dipsy on same side
djw13cwru replied to djw13cwru's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Sounds good, I have run two dipsys per side on Erie plenty of times, usually on a 1.5 and 3 setting, but they were the same size dipsy. I was unsure about mixing sizes, but I'll try it now. -
I suggest a snubber, I had the wire pull out of a crimp on the Fish Hawk break away leader when I hit a wave with the ball up causing it to bounce hard. I still had the probe but lost the ball. So good for the 100lb test if the crimp fails. Now I use the Amish downrigger snubber and a the breakaway, but I re-did it with the cannon style crimp ends.
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Check your SNUBBERS!
djw13cwru replied to piratesholly's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Views on Rubber Band Planer Board Clips ?
djw13cwru replied to johny d's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
On Erie the rubber bands are pretty popular. Another option for attaching them to your tow line is to use the cheap caribeaners (like those people give away for a key chain). You can get bulk packs of these on ebay and they slide down your tow line nicely since they have some mass to them. I think Amish Outfitters has light and med rubber bands too. The red colored bands work best. -
Amish Boards -vs- Otter Boards
djw13cwru replied to Speed Racer's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
I think it is more lake specific. I don't recall ever seeing a set of Otter boards on the western & central end of lake Erie, even on charters. I've seen lots of big boards though, even bigger than the Amish ones. Especially in the central basin, the charters will run 4-6 lines per side so you need lots of pull. -
Olcott this weekend
djw13cwru replied to djw13cwru's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Olcott this weekend
djw13cwru replied to djw13cwru's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
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Any advice on fishing out of Olcott this weekend? This is only our second salmon trip, last year we fished the end of July, so I figure things have to be a bit different. It seems pretty quite report wise from that area. We are more interested in having fun catching some fish than targeting a specific species. Thanks for any help/advice.