Nameless Fish

For wire I found rubbing the wire with the backside of a plastic knife makes them fall off in gobs. Doesn't work as well on mono though.

I don’t have room above to attach the releases. High speed riggers and how low my boat/riggers are to the water leaves me with only 4-6” of bare cable after the autostop stops everything. I’d have to install risers if I wanted to attach directly to the cable.

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Yeah I’m talking about pinch style releases. Why would having a probe be an issue?

Yeah I kinda figured I could prolly get away with something like that since the cable would see almost no significant load where I would have to worry about it. I didn't think about TSC though, I'll have to check there.

So one of my rigger releases pulled out of the crimp on the leader this past weekend. I have been wanting longer ones for a while (mine are only prolly 8-10" long), what do you guys use for leader material? Any issues with using something like a 36" leader to the release? I was looking and thinking about using some 1/16" commercial grade cable (vinyl coated) I saw on Lowes website, I also thought I remember reading about ppl using weedwacker string. I looked into that and all the string I saw was a hex shape and I wasn't sure how that would hold up in the crimp. Also I don't have a heavy duty swaging tool, only a small crimper that you would use for electrical wire. The heavy duty hand swagers are kind of expensive and I have been fishing for years and never needed one before and don't really wanna buy one and never need it again... any suggestions on this?

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Sliders on your riggers are a good way to get more lines in the water without going broke. I sent you a PM with some stuff I have laying around you might be able to use.

Shimano Tekota 700 is pretty close to the 55 size, the Tekota 800 is larger. They are opposite ends of the price spectrum but the Tekota is a LC.

I was wondering the same thing? I guess if you buried the line deep in the release or wrapped it around the release? That could cause the line to break when I fish hit i guess... I have never found a need to put the line in more than halfway personally. I also twist the line 3-4 times and then put the loop in the release, never had anything break on me and I have only ever used the pinch style releases.

Fair Haven Beach State park you could just pay the $16 and get a campsite for the night and park there with no issues. The launch is right there in the park anyway, not to mention day use/launch fee is I think $10 and would be included if you got a campsite.

Ill be out in Mexico Saturday in my 18 footer... figure I should be ok until about 10-11am. By then the 80*+ temps will have me off the water anyway. 6am-11am looks to be under 10mph which is my cut off point for if I fish or not.

Only thing I have ever used a rubber band for is to "fix" a slider to a certain depth I want it to run at. Otherwise just get some scotty or offshore pinch style releases and you will be fine.

If it wasn’t for ppl putting up reports I wouldn’t have a clue where to start fishing every time I go out. My question is what are the deciding factors everyone uses to pick their starting spots? Knowing what worked yesterday is far from a sure thing the next day as we all know. Even once the lake sets up what makes you decide to fish the thermocline in 150fow or 300fow?

I’m all set thanks!

Sale pending...

Search function here is your friend! Every question you have asked has been asked and answered by others. There is so much info on here it is crazy! I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I first started as well, very informative and alot easier to understand when you get to see what they are talking about.

Try being a weekend guy in a smaller boat that can only get out 1-2 times a month and needing the weather to really cooperate on top of that! Not to mention sitting at work all week reading great reports and looking at everyone else's fishing pictures!

So I have been looking for a couple copper setups, convinced a buddy to sell me what I needed. But only way he would sell what I wanted was if I bought the matching pairs from him, so I ended up buying 4 reels when I only needed 2. Both are the older gold versions of the SG47LC one spooled with 300 copper and the other is 250 copper. He told me he used the 32# copper and 30lb braid backing, none of it has ever seen the water. Just a fair warning the 300 copper reel is VERY full, he said once you let it out and reel it back in with some weight on it, it will pack in and be fine. Even if you don't want the copper line, the reels are in very good condition. I will put up some pictures later tonight. I would like to sell these as a pair, $175 shipped

Still looking...

Just about every cleaning station in Pulaski area offers a smoking service during the run. Some will smoke your fish overnight and give it back the next day, some even offer a "trade-in" service where you get an equal amount of smoked fish on the spot. If your prices were competitive and you offered fillet service as well, most places are mobbed with people looking for atleast their fish filleted during the run. Lot of competition in the Salmon River area though. I would think your best bet for summer would be get in with a good size marina and the charter captains there.