skinny420

Gimbal mounts, planer board masts, and the organizers that hold the pliers and lures or the cutting boards seem easy to make. Also the trolling boards and risers along the backs of boats might be more worth it than smaller tracks. If you want to make something i have never seen before......how about a dual rod holder downrigger base with 2 small tracks instead of the permanently mounted rod holders? Does anybody make those? I wouldnt mind having berts rod holders on my big jon captain pack riggers.....just so they were all the same.

The tracks arent so bad but the acce$$orie$ are another story. Rod trees, cup holders, organizers. Thats where the money is. Welding tubing is much easier and cheaper than milling out aluminum stock into tracks. Custom rocket launchers and bimini enclosures are big $$$.

I have the reels and the copper just sitting there. I still have a few 209's with 3-7 color that i use sometimes so this would have to be better than that. I would use them for erie too and have snap weights so even 50-150 would get used alot. Browns in the spring might be nice to have a few 50's. 100-150's would work for me most the year. Im just looking for ideas and im retiring all the lead core. Not necessarily trying to put on as much copper as i can. Just ballpark of backing and lenghts and thoughts on short cores to ponder over till i get to use the boat again.

So its the end of the season and im upgrading and switching around reels. I have some penn 320's and 330's that id like to spool up some #45 copper. Cant really find much info on copper capacity on these reels. I was thinking about 100' max on the 220's and 200' on the 330's but not sure. Whats the most each of these reels would hold?

Im in lockport ny 14094 and id pay shipping but if somebody could pick them up they can have them.

Ill take them if you will ship them!

Im no expert but i run 15' back for flashers and 25 for spoons and cheat any spoon rod on the riggers. Down speed in important.

Im from olcott-lockport area.

Looking for a pair of electric riggers in olcott area. Would like swivel bases, long arms, dual rod holders but would entertain any decent shape riggers. Just setting up the new boat and not trying to mount these hand cranks if i dont have to.

I really need a set of planer boards and mast. Would really like a 6'+ mast. And a set of otter boats but would consider anything. Just got a new boat and it needs a set of planer boards.

Yup.....thats why i asked. I got 7 strand. So since i got to buy weighted steel or copper.....what is recomended?

I have a ton of leadcore setups and was planning on switching to copper for my salmon trolling. I have about 1200' ft of steel wire and was thinking of using it instead. Mainly cause i already have it and because i wont use them much....unless they preform awesome. But is there any reason i should not use it. It seems like it should work. Comes off the reel nice and kink free and less hastle then copper. I was thinking about making a 500, a 300, and 2 200's. Should i run different lengths? Also how would i connect it to my leaders or backing? I only run 2 steel diver rods and have 1000 ft on both of them. No backing and connected directly to my divers with a crimp. Should i just get the copper or could i use steel and how? I think as a kid my grandpa ran steel flatlines. But i cant remember and fishing was different back then. Just trying to switch from inlines to big boards. Deeper lines and chasing salmon more than walleye. If anybody runs steel how do you have your setups?

If you got good line and tie good knots the next issue might be line twist and try better swivels like a bead chain.

Lots of things can make you wonder what went wrong. Id stay away from clear water mid day. Really early id run thru clear but once the sun is up find the green water. Zig zag thru the edge of any color and 2 degrees warmer is more than enough to get active fish. Just gotta try again. What times did you fish? and did you go tward the bar or olcott?

If the fish lived then im sure it would heal up and be hardly noticable when it was caught again.