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  1. Tyee II
    I bought a 16" by 16" slab of mini cell foam and carved out the shape of my weights with a fillet knife and grinder disc. I also cut them to fit tightly in my gunwale compartment.
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    Yup, trolled many hours on my ' 90hp merc with no issues. I've had a few trips now with my '92 150 Yamahas and they haven't had any issues slow trolling either.
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    If it's the stuff I'm thinking it is, I just made some downrigger weight holders out of it. Guys use it to make kayak seats as well. I have a few other ideas using it and now I have another. Thanks for sharing!
  4. Tyee II
    That looks great! Is that minicell foam you used for the flashers? Did you glue it in somehow?
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    I used to run a deep six diver off my wire rod down the chute and it was very productive. Only stopped when I added a third and fourth rigger to my spread and it was in the way a lot of times. Another productive method for Lakers is running pound balls on wire and bouncing bottom with dodgers and spin n glos. A lot of guys on Lake Michigan bounce dipseys off bottom to dredge up big Lakers as well. I wouldn't try it with braid because you will surely lose your dipsey. Plus the wire gets the diver deeper than braid will.
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    I just bought one back in September and I love it. Mine has twin 150 Yamahas on the Grady drive bracket. Good luck with your search.
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    Thank you sir. I will definitively send a picture once I clear the fresh snow off my tarp.
  8. Tyee II
    That's good to know. Thank you floatmanmike!
  9. Tyee II
    Thanks for the input guys. I was hoping with the bracket, the motors would be far enough back for clearance, but didn't realize the transducers were so sensitive to vibration as well. Sounds like it may be tricky on my boat with the trim tabs being located right where I need to mount the ducer. It also sounds like the smart troll will only perform well on one side of the boat, which is not a huge deal since that's how my probe is now. I was envisioning being able to clip the probe onto any line I was running, but that's not the case apparently.
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    I am seriously considering adding a smart troll to my arsenal. I have a Grady 23 Gulfstream with Grady Drive and twin outboards. I'm wondering where I would need to mount my transducer for optimal performance? My p66 is located a few inches starboard of the drain plug and works really well on plane and while trolling, so I was thinking a similar location, maybe the same distance from the drain plug to port, would be okay? What do you guys who have had issues with your transducer location for your Smart Trolls think?
  11. Tyee II
    How are you sending a wifi signal through the water?
  12. Tyee II
    There is a hydraulic version and a cable steer version of the outboard pilot. The cable steer is more expensive because it requires different components.
  13. Tyee II
    Uni to Uni, and always remove the lead when tying knots in LC. Some think it's important to wet the sheath before clinching, others don't. LC presentations are a must in our crystal clear waters on Lake Michigan.
  14. Tyee II
    I got my 16# Gators the other day and they fit perfectly in my foam holders I made based on the 14's I got from you a couple years ago. Can't wait to use them!
  15. Tyee II
    Check out Capt. Ernie's blog, if you haven't already. There is some great info in there from one of the best Brown fishermen out there. http://blog.fishdoctorcharters.com/?cat=74
  16. Tyee II
    Boy, what a deal someone got. Nice!
  17. Tyee II
    That's some good info, Lucky13. Thank you.
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    They get big fast and they quickly become competition for Alewives and young Salmonids. The Feds are trying to force Cisco stocking into Lakes Michigan/Huron right now with claims that they will be a good forage fish for Chinook (along with the other Salmonid species), which is why I am curious if you guys that fish near known populations of Cisco ever find them in your catch's bellies. Seems the Feds need to find another way to spend the extra money from the cuts in Laker numbers... A tribe in Michigan has been working toward Cisco restoration in Traverse Bay and supposedly their numbers are doubling year to year now.
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    How do you cook em? Smoke em whole? That sounds good to me! Do you guys find Cisco in your King Salmon? I know a Laker would eat that...
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    That's perfect!! lol...
  21. Tyee II
    PM sent...I think. The site is a bit goofy for me lately...
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    Not calling you a fibber, just saying I have had boards jump, land wrong, submarine and shoot to the center before with no fish on the end. It usually happens in a good chop if the weight isn't set right for the setup running behind it. The flags seem to make it worse so I remove my flags. The six foot statement is a bit hard to believe, but I assumed you meant 6 inches...
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    I also find it odd that you have been hooking lots of Browns in over 200fow this time of year. Is that common on LO? We usually find Browns that deep on Lake Michigan only in the summer when the water close to shore gets really warm. Maybe you meant your board jumped 6 inches, not 6 feet? 6 feet is very hard to believe. It sounds to me like your board flipped, submarined, and ran the wrong direction until it righted itself and came back to the surface closer to center like guffins fishermen mentioned.
  24. Tyee II
    As the days lengthen, my ability to get sh*t done after work strengthens. I look forward to Dec. 21st every year
  25. Tyee II
    Yes, I saw that unit on the BBC classifieds. I actually inquired about it. Good price and you don't see the Carbon 9 units for sale too often on there. Good deal!
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