bruceleogould

Yeah really good deal I paid 800 for mine

Newfie Bruce

Hi I've been reading a bit about the musky fishing in Niagara river and would like some help finding good areas to go in a 23 ft bayliner trophy for casting bull dawg magnums I am not familiar with the river but I do have navionics on my phone thanks in advance

Newfie Bruce

Haven't been out since my last post been fishing walleye in picton and musky on st clair no time for salmon or Lakers right now

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How's the musky on st clair they getting any beef to then now

Newfie Bruce

Hamilton ontario

Newfie Bruce

there is a place in sodus . only know guys first name( Alan ). his # is 315 521 4835 . storage place is on maple ave . he gets 18.50 a foot . i have not used a his storage place. was thinking on doing so but had my boat shrink wrap. i have called him and talk to him sounds like a nice storage place he is willing show the place to you before commit .

How much it cost roughly for a 23 footer to get shrink wrapped ya think?

Newfie Bruce

Thanks guys. I've been running dipseys at 90' in 120 FOW... green Northern king spoons. It sounds like you guys are fishing alot more shallow than i have been.

I dont have riggers yet, so it's dipseys or nothin. I guess I'm gonna have to try some lures a little shallower. How deep do I need to go to keep the fish from spooking on the kicker?

I've caught fish with my downriggers set at 20 feet running a 2 stroke 9.9hp for a kicker I would guess using dipsys the kicker noise wouldn't be an issue at all

Newfie Bruce

I thought the same thing, zip ties!! Why couldn't you use a manual rigger dedicated just for temp. First try it on a rigger you use start at the ball and zip tie it every 10ft, yes it will be a pita at first, as far as adding cable use a light weight 50ft extension cord in the middle, I don't know how many wires are in the cable, but you won't need them all, temp power, what ever controls the temp on the unit, just say there's four wires but one or two control the temp. and sonar unit, then you might only need two. In this case you could use 16 gauge wire solder and shrink wrap and silicone goes a long way. If it works I have a manual cannon you can have for a dedicated temp rigger. I can screw around a lot for $800.00. Good luck with it and keep me posted!!!

I do have a scotty manual downrigger that clamps on to a canoe that I was going to use for this project and that's what I figured with the wires I only need to figure out which one is for the temp on the ducer

Newfie Bruce

Maybe won't lose a downrigger but the cable will snap if it bounces too hard even with as little as a 8 lb cannonball and you'll lose the ball and clincher anyways

Newfie Bruce

Most ducer wires are shielded wires so you would most likely have to buy proper extensions instead of simply splicing more length in,then you would have to make them truly waterproof. Sounds like more trouble than its worth imo. Good thought tho

If that's the case then yeah it'll be a pita so I'm hoping the temp part of the duce is a splice solder and seal

Newfie Bruce

Your transducer signals will bounce off the bottom directly below it and should not interfere with the new ducer as they are way too far apart..... Now ,how are you going to spool up the ducer cable when you retrieve it and how are you going to attach it to the rigger cable so it doesn't bow way out from all the resistance as it has a big diameter.If you try to tape it to the rigger cable and retrieve it on the spool your going to pinch that ducer cable so bad its going to destroy the ducer cable in no time. What happens when the ball starts to pinwheel and wraps up the ducer cable ? How are you going to waterproof all the connections of the ducer cable that are underwater ? IMHO its a waste of money to buy a few cables and cob some stuff together and a PIA to use vs a unit that is hooked up to rigger that has two purposes,temp,speed unit and a fishing line. Save your money and do it right the first time. Christmas is only like 11 weeks away, ask Santa nicely !

I am going to set it up to hand lower it on 1/4 inch cable I will zip tie the wires to it every 5 ft with different colors ties so I will know my depth

Newfie Bruce

I think it's gonna work great I'll put it on a manual down rigger on the bow that way I won't have to worry about tangle ups when I get a fish on

Newfie Bruce

Has anyone ever taken an old fish finder and mounted the boat speed wheel and transducer to a cannonball I know the 2 wires would need to be extended as they are only 20 ft but my only concern is if the transducer will cause interference with my new fishfinder old is lowrance x91 new is lowrance hook 7 with chirp

Newfie Bruce

Got the hook 7

Newfie Bruce

Newfie Bruce

Just a little happy

Newfie Bruce

Newfie Bruce

I got the hook 7 at bass pro with navionics chip for 835 saved a bit of taxes with the wife's squaw card

Newfie Bruce

I was looking same unit and hook 7 at sail today and almost bought one but the 9 inch was 1200 plus tax the 7 was 800 plus going to check out bass pro tomorrow they have a lowrance 7" touch screen for 800 plus I might have a bit of a hankering for

Newfie Bruce

Damn I'm looking for one in canada

Newfie Bruce

Prefer lowrance and hummingbird in that order must have north america chip for gps do set need side imaging to much money for me I have a grand to spend for the right unit canada only

Newfie Bruce

Where is it located

Newfie Bruce

840 x4 or x4d list what you got and for how much and where it's located also if anyone knows where they are on sale in canada let me know

Newfie Bruce

Did you ever sell it are you in canada

Newfie Bruce

is this just bait fish?

Newfie Bruce

I set this up for night trolling fish finder comes alive at night need to turn sensitivity down once it gets dark led bobber clipped to your cannonball can work well as an attractant but can also spook so it's hit n miss

Newfie Bruce