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Do you guys specifically use leader material for your trolling fly leaders? Just wondering who used regular line vs. leader material. In my experience fly fishing, leader material is more abrasion resistant but I dont know if I could ever tell a huge difference between regular line and leader. I used to use Rio tippet and maxima to tie my own tapered leaders. Now I have some pline fluoro leader material as well as some vicious in 20,30, and 50 pound but that stuff is super stiff. I know alot of guys use big game, but is that leader as well? Thanks, Jim

Simple question... or so i say... ball bearing or non ball bearing swivels? Only question I am asking is because I bought a pretty good quality non ball bearing swivel and it seems to be working pretty decent. Heres a link to what I bought.. http://www.seastriker.com/styled-16/index.html The ones I ordered are the non ball bearing type with coastlock at the bottom of that link. What are all of you guys using? I guess one of the reasons I pose this question is because if you look at the Walker Deeper Diver 124's or the protrolls or any other flasher they are all non ball bearing. Thoughts? Thanks, Jim

I am partial to my Garmin Echomap 73dv. 2d sonar/down vu sonar/and chartplotter. Internal GPS and I love the unit. I was always a lowrance guy but change to this Garmin and I am not going to look back. ANother great thing is how fast it acquires GPS. They had it on sale at cabelas for 699 plus a 100 dollar rebate. Good Deal.

Glad it all worked out for you. I thought it was a fuel issue. Sent from my SM-G900V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Well, I haven't received a response from the folks at Precison Trolling but I would say they are pretty close to 20% less than 30lb Power Pro.

Well u should still be able to Try my theory of choking it. If the motor speeds up when you choke it it's a fuel delivery issue. If it bogs down tour getting good fuel.

Can anyone tell me if the Precision Trolling Guide App or latest paper release has data for the Deeper Diver 124 that was manufactured by Walker and now owned by FishHawk? Im going to be running some 65lb Power Pro Braid Divers in conjunction with the Deeper Diver 124's. I would assume that I would need about 20% more line out with 65lb vs the 30lb they have on their chart but I like accuracy. I would like to purchase one or the other if they have those components listed. Thanks, Jim

Just an update... Boat runs just fine with brand new gas.. .and apparently the old stuff wasnt that bad because my buddy is still driving his mustang... hahaha... thanks for all of the help guys. On another note I have been using Startron in the new gas. Thanks, Jim

It sure does sound like a fuel delivery issue. Is it a tiller or remote operated motor? If it is remote with a control box you may want to try to choke the engine when it is slowing down. That surely will tell you if it a fuel delivery problem. Jim

Thanks Fire... I used the spreadsheet to figure it out but if anyone really cares or plans on doing this with their reels in the future, here are the results. I was able to put 435' of 30LB Ande Mono backing and a full 300 yards of 65lb Power Pro braid with just enough room to fit a leader on if I wish. It calculated out to 97% of capacity. Just thought I would share in the event someone was trying to find out quickly. Jim

Anyone know how much mono I can fit on a Magda 45 for backing in conjunction with 300 yards of 65lb power pro as my main line? Thanks in advance. Jim

Nevermind... They were bought out by Fishhawk. I contacted them and they gave me the info for 30lb braid. Heres the link if anyone is interested: http://lurkfishing.com/rundown-disco-diver-charts.html thanks again. Jim

Anyone have a dive chart for the Walker 124's used in conjunction with braid? I would assume they're pretty close to wire but I cant find anything except for 30lb Mono. At any rate im looking for 65lb power pro on the Walker Deeper Diver. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Jim

Thanks guys... I really appreciate the help getting started. I just picked up 4 Okuma Magda 45's and 4 Okuma classic rods to go with them as well as two 10'6 dipsy rods. I still need to order reels for the dipsys but I am off to a decent start. I also have a cabelas depthmaster tournament interflow rod and reel with a digital counter that I just picked up from a family member. I thought that the interflow rod would be good for a wire dipsy because there arent any guides to worry about getting chewed up. Thoughts??

Unfortunately, I will not be up this weekend. I have 2 little league games and cant get away. My next possible trip up will most likely be over Memorial Day. I will try to give you a buzz later in the day. Thanks, Jim

Thanks for the advice. I am going to give Nick a call sometime today hopefully. I realistically was just looking for line size, dipsy colors, etc. to make some equipment purchases. I will most likely try to replace the cannon easytroll with something more suitable. I think my friend who owns the house actually was on a charter with nick a few times and believe it or not that was my plan from the get go. Get out for real world experience with someone who knows what theyre doing.

I would like to preface this post by saying that I am a catch and release fisherman and I personally feel more comfortable giving information to strangers when I know they aren't going to be raping the lake that I enjoy my time on. I need some help with downrigger/dipsy setups for Seneca. A friend of mine has a vacation home on the west side of Seneca and we are there quite a bit hitting wineries/breweries and such as well as just hanging out by the fire to relax. I was always a bass fisherman and traded in the bass boat for a Starcraft Fishmaster 1961 that is in immaculate condition and would like to start trolling for Lakers/Land Locked/Bows. I have very little knowledge when it comes to this type of fishing. The knowledge I do have has been given to me by reading threads on this forum and by people like yourself having the decency to call me and talk for a few minutes. The boat came with 2 downriggers. A cannon Uni-troll HP and a Cannon Easy-Troll. From what I understand, the Uni-Troll should be able to handle weights in excess of 15 pounds but the Easy-Troll will be limited to about 8 pounds? Is this statement pretty fair? My friend that has the house said that the times he has been out on guided trips, the fish were primarily caught in the 80-130 feet range. I understand this will change based on bait location so I dont know if that Easy Troll will work out that well since an 8 pound weight will be pretty light for 130 feet, right? I will be buying a few downrigger line counter reel/rod combos to get started. What are you guys spooling up on these combos? Mono, braid??? I am going to purchase a bunch of spoons in alewife patterns along with the standard chrome/black chrome/blue combos and I will also pick up a bunch of flashers to drag behind the weights. Speaking of weights, 15 pounders pretty suitable? in torpedo or shark styles? I would also like to drag some dipsy's in conjunction with the downriggers. What do you suggest for dipsy size and color? What trolling rod/reel combos do you guys use? I assume mono is a no-no because of getting the dipsy to release? Im sure I forgot a bunch of stuff but anything you could do to steer me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I just threw a Garmin EchoMap 73dv on this thing so I should be good with charts and sonar. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Thanks, Jim

Thanks for all of the advice.. One of my redneck buddies says "Lemme pull my truck down and call my girl to come over and you can put it in our tanks". So there it was, ample opportunity to get that crap out of my boat tank and even more opportunity to make fun of him if something goes wrong with the gas. hahha..

I forgot to mention that it was summerized and winterized each of those years that it wasn't on the water. It just never saw time on the water