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Thanx Zinger but he actually needs the part that is broken on yours.So we are still looking.Again thanx!!

The piece that connects to the cable is broken don't know if it will help you out

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How many Saiff boats are in that area ?  I was concerned it is fairly narrow in there and 6 other boats floating around in there,  I might just work North or South out of Stoney.     
 

All transducers working in harmony

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I use this

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So I have always wondered about this... Anytime I raise/lower my riggers I always have to adjust the rod/reel to match. How does being able to raise/lower from your seat benefit you, if you have to go back and adjust the rod/reel to match? Do you keep the drag loose on your reels or not keep a lot of tension on the rod when you set it? Always thought it was a cool feature but never seemed very practical to me? 

I really like mine love being able to change depth from my seat.. as far as the bottom tracking you can + or - depending on you ball weight. The only issue I had was my ball kept letting out line on my bottom tracking till the cable got messed up then I figured out my transducer cable became unplugged [emoji3061]

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Out in front of 5 stacks by the plant 300fow down 63ft on the downriggers stingray broom stick and dipsys set on 3 125 out ff 4 kings 15 to 18 pounds and lost a steely behind the boat. Water temperature 42 degrees 63 ft down

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10 hours ago, mathews_hunter said:

Do you think there would be more fish in the Eastern Basin if your hopes come true?

At least less boats being cut off

I checked out your Facebook page last night and couldn't find it but then again since I turned 60 Im lucky to remember my name.  Thanks for getting back to me now I have like 15 reels to change Have a great day

Make sure you clean the thick, sticky factory grease from the entire drag stack including the main drive gear and relube everything with Cal’s drag grease and also reorient the spring washers otherwise you won’t be happy even with the new drag washers. Let me know if you have questions.

Brian
Rochester Reel Repair


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This help

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Lake laid down and we headed out by the plant. Not a bad start to the season

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Heading up to Catfish this week getting out to the lake can be tricky enough even when water levels are normal

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Good job how's the water depth going out to the lake

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I hope so I'll be heading up on the 30th for 2 weeks

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Take that money and buy the Raymarine 3D it's almost not fair[emoji16]

I have. And it worked great. I have a 15lb ball on it so there isn’t much blow back. Also used the jiggen mode and set it for 3ft jigs in 5min intervals. That little action on the ball has been giving me good results. I love the optimum. Definitely made a mistake returning the other two to replace my mag 10HS’s

Did you use your bottom tracking on your new downriggers for the Lakers

Fished untill 11;00.  Took 6 lakers. 2 of them came on yellow dew mag deathtrap pullin a mag bullfrog gambler rig.  First time running a deathtrap.  Much less drag then cowbells and there’s definitely a place for them in my laker arsenal.  I quit targeting lakers after the 6th fish cane in.  I’m  Itchin to hear a screamin drag so I packed in the laker gear and set a 6 rod spread with spoons and FF’s and bumped the speed up to try and target the fish I’ve seen in the 80ft area.  Trolled an hour without a bump and called it quits. Got somemore west winds in the forcast. Maybe next weekend I can get my first brown of the season. 

9 minutes ago, PD Buoy said:

I believe Al gets $800 / week, Little Salmon Mexico Point launch is 3 miles to the east. Can also launch across the creek at Catfish Creek Camps .

catfish creek is a private launch will he let boats launch there

Has anyone mounted a weight retriever to a Big Jon downrigger. My buddy just bought a new boat and is not sure about tipping back the booms. Nether one of has anything but Cannons. Thanks

Got my Cannon Optimum and Raymarine auto pilot no issues

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Hope you got some flys out of it[emoji16]

Been workin with a graphic designer here in NEPA to come up with design, then had a friend that owns a viyl/tinting bussiness print and install.  The design was expensive. $450. A little high IMO. But $250 for vinyl and install which i felt was resonable.  The logo is 6ftx4ft. Much bigger then they look

Looks great love those new downriggers

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I always run a small split shot about 8' in front of my spoons other wise you look back and see them floating on top

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I run one of my depth finders tilted back and the other one straight down and don't see alot of distance change between the two

Hello Frogger, i think you would like to use FH to validate blowback by chart value vs. FH reading. I think its a good idea to find how accurate your chart calculations. But as Jonson mentioned dont run it near the bottom if you dont want to lose it. Also use Jonson recommended method - tilt one of transducers up so it will detect your weight (for better reflection you can wrap your weight in aluminium paper), and attached aslo FH. In this scenario you will be able to determine delta reading from your sonar vs FH. Try this method on different depths so you can created your own chart.