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I'm pretty sure Rick from Dreams Come True Charters out of Mexico was doing something along the lines of a learning charter. It was some classroom stuff followed by a couple hours on the boat actually using what he taught (Think I saw him advertise that on fb). But I can almost guarantee that any charter will gladly take you out, show you the ropes and answer any questions you have. I'm willing to bet you will get multiple responses to this post from charter guys on this site willing to do what you're looking for. What port you looking to go out of? There's charter from every corner of the lake on here.

Yours must have been a Mag 10... which uses a completely different motor than the Mag 10a. The Mag 10a uses a cylinder shaped motor and they are not made anymore, the Mag 10 uses a much flatter motor which you can still get replacements for but they aren't cheap. If you can't fix the 10a motor yourself, sorry to say but you're gonna be out of luck. I went through this deal with the original riggers that came on my boat and ended up getting rid of the Mag 10a's and picking up some Mag 5HS. Much better retrieval rate and easier to find replacement parts.

Yup, I saw your ad. You listed everything as a package and I only need one reel.

Looking for 1 reel, size 30 or a size 45. Linecounter or not, doesn't matter. Would prefer a convector or Coldwater reel but will consider others as well. PM me

use heavier downrigger weights... had same problem a few years ago, couldn't see them on my sonar past 50ft. I was running 10lb pancakes then, I switched to 14lb torpedoes and now can see them down past 100ft.

I use 25ft of 30lb fluorocarbon for leader on my weighted steel/copper setups.

I changed from a minn kota Powerdrive V2 (with no QD bracket) to a Terrova with a QD bracket last year and mounting holes were the same.

2018 Tohatsu 8hp 4 stroke motor, long shaft, tiler steer, manual start, manual tilt, no charging. Comes with a Control King remote throttle setup (not installed), and the 3.3 gallon factory tank with hose. Bought this brand new last summer has maybe 40hrs on it, runs flawless. Also comes with a 4 blade hi-thrust Tohatsu prop and the original 3 blade that was never used, I can also include a panther steering link to connect this to main motor for steering (FYI rod has been cut to fit my setup, but should work for someone looking to mount directly on the transom and connect to an outboard) Pickup only in the Utica/Rome area or we can arrange something in the Mexico/Oswego area on a weekend I am up there fishing. Selling because it's too small for the new boat. $1400

17p is in the ballpark for a prop on a 5.7... you could try a 19p but sounds like it could be something else wrong.

Sure you can go longer if you want. My copper and LC setups don't have linecounters so I just make sure there is at minimum enough backing so the lead is underwater. 2 colors plus leader and atleast some backing puts me at close to 80ft in the water already.

Enough backing to make sure all of the lead is in the water.

Paypal offers that deal all the time also, which is exactly what I used when I bought mine. I don't remember exactly what their price was but regular price is like $850 for the X4D and I think Northwoods was in the $750 range + shipping.

https://northwoodsoutlet.com/product/fish-hawk-x4d-system/ Their price is the best you will find online for a new setup. You have to call or email to get the price, basically because it's so low they cant advertise it.

Well it's gonna depend on what lb mono you're putting on first of all, nobody can answer without knowing that. Most people use 30 size reels for wire so it's gonna be tough to find an exact number for a 45 size reel anyway. But here's how you do it with any lb mono or braid. I'm assuming you're spooling up 2 identical reels at the same time.... 1) Tape wire to spool and reel on all 1000' 2) attach mono to wire with Albright knot (or other knot of your choosing) 3) reel on mono until the spool looks full. 4) measure out 100ft on your lawn/driveway/etc 5) walk out your reel to the 100ft mark and check counter. 6) repeat step 5 adding/removing mono until your counter says 100 at the 100ft mark 7) tie mono to spool of 2nd empty reel 8 ) zero out counter on 2nd reel and reel on all of the mono. 9) Note the number on the counter when the mono is finished (we will call it 'X') 10) continue reeling all the wire off reel 1 onto reel 2 11) Reel 'X' amount of mono onto reel 1 12) Attach wire and reel on all 1000' Now you have 2 perfectly full/tuned reels.... sounds like a lot of work but it really shouldn't take more than 20 mins to do it right. These same steps will work for doing 2 identical setups of copper or leadcore as well.

I use 27# leadcore for salmon/trout and 12# for walleye. You can use mono for backing or braid. I use mono for 3 or less colors and then change to braid for longer LC setups.

I have never used a special rod for leadcore, the outside sheath is basically just braided line. Pretty much any Med trolling rod will do the job, I prefer an 8ft rod but that's just me.