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A pic would tell 1000 words. Losing bottom at higher speeds is not uncommon, especially if your transducer is on the transom. Sometimes an easy fix, sometimes not.
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how would you rig it?
guffins fisherman replied to fishing fireman's topic in Questions About Trout & Salmon Trolling?
Rigger down the chute if you can. Dipsys set on the sides at different rates of dive. Deepest dipsy closest to the boat. -
for sale : usa Scotty pro pack
guffins fisherman replied to charb's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
What’s your location going to be when selling the scotties? 1116’s or 2116’s? -
Been using ventusky for a long time. To avoid paying for the app, I use and bookmarked the website www.ventusky.com.
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I don’t think it makes a bit of difference for trolling purposes. However, it is helpful to choose a paint that contrasts your barrier coat so you can tell when it is getting thin and needs to be reapplied.
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I’ve never used magnum metals, but they look really nice. I have however, extensive time with cannons and Scotty’s. For me, the simplicity of the Scotty’s is hard to beat. They just work and can be serviced on the water if needed. If needed. With that said, I did have to replace a digital counter on my 2116’s last year. That’s it, since I’ve owned them. The other two get wet almost daily and keep on ticking. The only downfall to Scotty is they are large. On a smaller boat they would take up a lot of space. The electronics in cannons can be finicky. I did like the speed of them, but they went through some terminal gear. I added snubbers and didn’t care for the extended blowback.
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FWIW, I fish frequently on a 21' aluminum G3 with a 150 Yamaha 4 stroke, no kicker. We put a bag out on each side and troll along at whatever speed we want for hours. Been doing it for years. The Yamaha is serviced by the dealer yearly, and is showing no signs of excess wear and tear. We have talked about putting a kicker on that boat a few times, and the owner can't justify the cost of it and doesn't like the idea of trying to net a fish around another motor on the back of the boat.
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for sale : usa special mate box and spoons
guffins fisherman replied to FishingSkrip27's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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for sale : usa special mate box and spoons
guffins fisherman replied to FishingSkrip27's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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I was at the wheel and heard it start to rumble and act weird, and then start slapping the hull. Mind you, this was all at 2.2 knots. I hit neutral quick and knew what happened. I tried to reverse it out, and that was useless and shut her down. I carry a good mask just in case. I think it took me longer to decide I was going in, than it did to actually unwrap it. Quick action on the gear shift and the mask were key.
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Put it this way, I had one of my tow lines break, and sucked the Amish bag into my straight inboard prop. I got the boat into neutral fairly quick, swam under the boat and unwrapped it. Didn’t even rip, cut or crease the bag. Tough as hell, pull like mad.
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I bought a used X4D from the classifieds on this forum a couple years ago. It hasn’t ever worked right. I have tried everything short of sending the probe back. Finally I just gave up on the whole thing part way through this season. Lo and behold, my catch rate went up. I think that is due to just paying better attention to my rigs and fishing my program by using common sense and what I am seeing on the graph. I agree, if I was fishing temp in several hundred FOW all the time, a FH would be useful. Fishing structure in 160 FOW or less, the FH is just overkill and something else to distract me. Moral of the story? Be prepared to fiddle with it and be distracted by it, and ask yourself if you really need it. If so, great tool. If not….
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for sale : usa 1999 Baha 272 Fisherman
guffins fisherman replied to flashpoint's topic in Boats for Sale
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PowerPro or steel. Mono will stretch too much. I have been using 65# power pro and it doesn’t seem to wad up fleas any worse than steel.
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Scotty weight retriever.
guffins fisherman replied to theotherwomen's topic in Tackle and Techniques
If you're running Scottie riggers, you don't need any of that stuff. Depress the green "up" button until your weight is at the water surface, then lift hand over hand on the boom. The weight and release will lift and swing right to you allowing you to clip your line in. Slowly lower the boom back to the water and you're ready to send your bait to your desired depth. If you're on Cannons, that's a different story. -
Tough to say if it’s worth the drive for one person or another. Some days they are in close, some days anglers are running far and wide to get them. This is a big fishery with lots of places to hide. Just depends on the day, the weather, your boat and how much gas you’re willing to burn.
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Replacing aft bilge pump on Trophy 2052
guffins fisherman replied to Hawkeye50's topic in This Old Boat
I loved my Trophy with an outboard, but boy did they make some design flaws on those boats. Bilge pumps buried where they can't be worked on, fish box rain collectors, etc. Good luck. You may have to leave it and relocate with a new set up, or pull the engine. -
Sold / Closed Coated Rigger Cable Wanted
guffins fisherman replied to Todd in NY's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
I am in Watertown and pretty sure I have one on a cannon spool. It’s yours. I will be in Chaumont for the weekend. Let me check tonight to make sure I still have it, if you’re interested. -
I know several/most guides out of Henderson do not regularly catch their limit in addition to their clients, of whatever species they are fishing for that day. As for myself, never intentionally. The only time I do, is if we take a fish before I can get all the baits out of the water immediately following a limit for my clients. If I feel I can throw it back and have that fish survive, I do. If not, then I add it to my clients cooler at the end of the day.
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Totally agree. The surface speed from the hawk is negligible, especially where you are fishing, which I assume is mostly the Larry. Where you will find you like the hawk is the repeatability in your presentations. As I am sure you aware, the river has lots of swirls, eddys, breaks, upriver, downriver, etc. You will be amazed at what the probe tells you about your presentations down there. When they bite, try to repeat what the probe is telling you. If you have the X4D, even better. You will get the actual depth of your probe/bait and the temp it is sitting in.
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for sale : usa Big John Planer Masts (Manual) (Boats were sold 4/12)
guffins fisherman replied to Beirman's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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for sale : usa Okuma coldwater 303D
guffins fisherman replied to dpiazza22's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
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for sale : usa 350 Mercruiser complete engine. New
guffins fisherman replied to bubbabbc's topic in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent
This may be a dumb question. What rotation is it, and where are you located? Matt -