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  1. kingpossible
    bridget, do you have the TX 44 rigged properly? I don't have any problems with mine and have pulled 3 colors to 400 coppers with them. I have seen too many installed incorrectly. The clip should be backwards (facing the board), and the pin should be installed on the bottom slot (pin in the water).
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    In Lake Michigan I net them off the piers in June when they show up. Then I either just lay them out on paper towel and dry them with a fan - or I salt them heavily and let them sit in a plastic bag for several hours, and then lay them out on paper towel and dry them. I wrap them in clean paper town and then freeze. Sometimes salted works better, other days unsalted works better. If the bigger ones are sitting a little too far from the pier to net, I'll catch them using a sabiki rig.
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    I've found that some flies seem to run naturally "thread-up" and others run better the opposite way.
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    Thank you for this explanation Capt Vince. I believe we do need to do something to protect the salmon and the fishery - and thanks Gill-T for posting this petition. I hope you get the signatures you need.
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    I'm from Michigan but love to get info from this forum when I can. I think trying to get the Great Lakes states to agree to keep the salmon around is important, but would like to ask a question about this petition: If the salmon are considered as naturalized and needed to keep alewive numbers low, what prevents the state from simply cutting all fishing for kings instead of stocking more. I can imagine someone trying to completely cut the stocking programs, closing rivers to fishing in the fall, and lowering the lake limits to 1 or 2 fish a person.
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    I had a few of those rods with the mooching label on them. I found them much too heavy for use with downriggers, but I did use those rods for my braided divers rods. From what I understand, mooching can involve using anywhere from 3 to 16 oz lead weights to present the bait depending on water current.
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    I can't verify this 100% right now, but I'm pretty sure the hook is a VMC 9651 Round Bend Treble Size #2. I'll check tomorrow if I have a package of hooks still.
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    I posted this elsewhere before, but I switched the cable that came with the rigger (150 lb?) with 300 ft of Mason Multistrand Leader wire in the 125 lb weight. The 125 lb wire has a thinner diameter and lets the ball track better. I switched last fall and have been running the thinner wire all year.
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    I've been using the 6' medium GX2's. I love fighting fish on them, plus they are small and make it less cluttered in the back of my boat (17' Lowe aluminum)
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    I'm a new to this forum as I fish Lake Michigan only. I was having blowback problems with a Walker manual rigger using an 8 lb weight. I solved this by: 1. Buying a 10 lb weight 2. Spooling the rigger with 300 ft of Mason Multistrand Leader wire in the 125 lb weight. The 125 lb wire has a thinner diameter and lets the ball track better. I switched last fall and have been running the thinner wire all year.
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