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I have 2 friends that have the same riggers . One lost 2 probes , the other 1 . I also had Mag 10s and loved them My new to me boat came with Walker tournament riggers . They are great . If I need new riggers some day ,they won't be Cannon . Unless they are the Tournament ones . With all the problems I hear about those riggers , let's put it nicely , there are much better options . To much weight ? I thought those riggers we're rated for up to 20# Give them to Fred Sanford .

49 down 90 is not bad temp IMO I was working on the lake today and there were offshore winds all day . So it probably blew some of that warm water out and the temp should not be as deep . Lake flips with strong sustained east winds .

Whenever Coyote K and I do the tag team thing with our boats , we almost always do well . Eliminate water fast and figure it out. We found a spot and did some circles and a few boats made a beeline towards us . Not the first time .

Salmon

Last day of July and of the LOC After the north wind yesterday we decided to head offshore. Ran out at dawn and set down in 350 and headed north . Best was 400 to 430 . Temp was down 85 for us . Put all our eggs in one basket and ran all flashers rigs , one each on my 2 riggers and one on each dipsey . Ended up with 3 nice steelhead and 2 good Salmon . A few more good rips on the dipseys . My rig , Which has been catching a few has not been the stud early on but today and last trip out was the man.

I just looked on the tournament website and it states it is cancelled . Which kind of sucks My brother told me they can't get people to run it . Don't know how true that is .

Maybe that was you that was around us off the nose yesterday morning offshore . . We hooked 3 good kings and landed 2 biggest 20# . Flasher bite for us as that was all I we were running . Also 3 steelheads and some shakers . We had to go to work so we left 930

Manny , we have all had those days . Me more than I like to admit . I feel your pain .

My 21 ft hardtop with 305 Chevy came with a 15 /17 prop I dinged it and brought it to Spinneli to fix and buy a spare . He sat down with me and suggested a 15 1/2 / 15 prop . He said these fishing boats get loaded with equipment and coolers and that prop would have better performance . And he was spot on . It has better hole shot , better cruising in waves . I lost a little top end but it was better all around and better trolling .

There are 3 islands in front of the 1000 island park . Drift down around them We did well about 25 years ago with pike and bass for years 10 to 20 ft deep

My nephew , who is big into racing boats in FLA , told me I should get a stainless steel prop . I said I don't need the speed . He said they can't get the cup and pitch in an aluminum prop like they can in stainless . He said with aluminum , you have basically 1 gear. Also said I would get better gas mileage . I don't know anything about any of that , but he has built from scratch a 30 ft offshore racing boat and is a certified offshore racing official ,so I trust his opinion . I have seen props in his garage that he has sent out to have machined and ported . They are really something to see .

So I have to ask , not to be a dick, but if you say that has been a killer spoon for you , and they are impossible to find , why would anyone give one up?

We did about the same time frame and it was the same for us . And we had pretty much the same results . Spoon bite also . Although we had a few shakers and Lakers on the flasher set up . Our biggest was 20# and lost another ripper on the dipsey .

I have a Control King that came with the boat . Works great .

I fish in my row boat a lot just before dark quite a bit . There are some " Shady " characters there .

Did my smaller boat as Homemade

Atlantic's run the river to spawn from Oct to Dec + How cool would it be for trib guys to have a healthy population of them to pursue ? Would make our great trib fishery even greater .

You can get the cheapest 30 or 40 they make . It's bigger diameter and is better flea wise IMO . Did it for years . Never had an issue with it .