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Wasn't trying to needle you, these are your items and you need to get what you need to get.

Leave the poor guy alone, people try to sell stuff here for way to much money all the time. Last week some guy listed two Okuma reels for absolute retail and someone bought them. Pays to do your homework.

There is a really good tutorial on the net if you search slide divers. Well done.

Won't bother if you run your fish finder at 200. Will bother some at low freq.

Can't beat Cisco's customer service. Great people !

Two buckets or you are going to be fighting it all day,

Thank you Hillside

Just saw a picture on another post of a seth green  rig. I thought I knew what it was but I guess not. Just a spool that holds line ? Dose it have a handle to reel with ? Is it like the bandit reels that tuna guys use with green sticks ? I'm curious now.    Thanks,   Matt

please do

Cheapest and easiest way to slow you boat down is to drag two five gallon buckets with holes drilled in the bottom. Not as cumbersome as you might think. 

The bucket of death works wonders . You put a plank to the edge of the bucket, sprinkle some sunflower seeds on top of the water and they go swimming. Sometimes two at a time.

you have a pm

I have found that the suffix has a better sink rate. I think that they claim it's because of a smaller diameter.

I am jealous !!!!

When in doubt add a ball bearing swivel. Even then sometimes a tangled mess happens.

My garmin unit is a 77/200 hz . Like I said it doesn't bother all the time but on occasion it dose. I have a single transducer mounting plate on the boat. Space is limited because of the kicker. When it dose bother I switch freq for awhile and then turn it back to the lower freq. Most days it only happens once or twice. no my garmin is not a chirp unit. The people at fishhawk were very nice and responsive to my questions. Good luck,    Matt 

I sent fishhawk a picture of my transom and they made a suggestion but said it may help. Did't seem worth all the work for may help. Not their fault, the frequencies are just to close. 

My fishhawk and garmin unit cross talk at the lower frequencies. The signal comes and goes. Some days it dosen't bother as much as others which I don't understand.

pm sent

Instead of a trolling plate I use to drag two buckets. I liked it better for boat control.

Toying with the idea of adding uv tape to some old spinnys. Do those of you who have done this remove the old tape or add to it? One more question, what uv tape is most effective? I didn't realize that there were that many colors. Thank you for you response,   Matt

use the search feature on the site. you won't be sorry, bought some custom painted from him. they look and work great.

interested in the others if still available

If you want to spring for a chartered trip check out Reel Deal charters. Been fishing with them around June first for a bunch of years now. Lots of surface action and the captains are first rate. For a real blast go tuna fishing with them in the fall. We caught our first giant last October. Unbelievable trip!

The outer Cape can be tough surf casting.(to many seals) I have had luck catching schoolies with the the tide in recent years though. Talk to a local tackle shop and if you spend some money they MAY point you in the right direction. Good luck, Matt