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Yeah I been on the site. Not willing to pull the wallet out just yet....lol. I do a lot of warm water species fishing, but I'm mostly on finger lakes that have trout/walleye as well. This will be my 2nd yr as a boat owner too ! So trolling for these 2 species is a new endeavor and keeping things simple for now is my best bet til I get some experience under my belt. I see it as a part time endeavor because I like to fish for bass and pike. But broadening my horizon will be fun. I spend most of my time on conesus, hemlock, canadice, honeyoye lake. Occasionally Irondequoit bay, Gennessee River. MAYBE get to canandaigua a few times. Purchasing 2 okuma 7'10 planer rods with Magda 20 reel, church tackle planers, divers & pro weight system (Guppy's). New this year for me, weather/water depending, is early spring shallow trout trolling on LO shores. I'm ssssssooooo excited !!!! Probably should bring some toilet paper with me 1st time out .......lol. Yep, I'm a certified OCD angler....lmao

I just compared lines on Bassproshops. Power pro 30# braid is .53 dia. Berkeley 20# big game mono is .43. The mono is smaller diameter. Just telling ya what I'm reading. I use a double uni and never had issues with mono to fluoro even long casting 1oz lures. I guess its all a matter of preference right ? I mean if you run braid, depth accuracy becomes an issue unless someone gives you romanacks guide which will never happen and good luck finding a chart for running braid, slide divers slide, you have to flip a tube, tie a barrel swivel. Too many variables in my opinion. I don't operate a charter. I'd like to spool #20 mono and a fluoro leader, slap a SD on, inline weight or dipsy off boards and go fish. There are free depth charts for ucharters,dipsy, and the 50/50 method. The second I switch to braid everything becomes more difficult and harder to access as far as charts/accuracy are concerned. If I miss a few fish due to stretch, that means I'm on em an I'll get em the next pass....lol. Point is accuracy. If I'm accurate I will catch them. I don't have a fancy depth finder either. Traditional sonar up to 300ft in a 12' boat. Was just curious y the diver was lost on mono. Hey, I'm just a wknd warrior. I could be wrong , but simple might be more. Less can be more. Rather be accurate with mono and miss a few, than miss em all running braid. Like I said good luck finding any braid charts unless you buy trolling bible.

Was curious. I'm a new by to trolling and was going to run 20# mono, simply because its easier for me to achieve accurate depth using charts with my lack of experience. Wanted to know what caused your divers to break off ?

I like my online fishing apps but nothing could ever replace replace the real thing. Nothing beats a fight with rod n reel in hand. Pure adrenaline. A robotic filet machine with a laser eye would be nice tho ! I think the hydro wave is pretty controversial as well. Puts out frequency's that "turn on" fish.

Your right trophy seeker. I'm going pro when I get taxes, finances tight right now.

If the market is overseen by the city, then why don't they have someone overseeing it ? Maybe I'm wrong. Then again the city doesn't do to well with many things.

Ya never know,we certainly aren't half way

Fishingthefl, I sent u a pm

I like the site. The small molds are inexpensive and probably will get 4. But the swimbaits probably do myself first and if it doesn't work I MIGHT buy the aluminum cast. Its the giant $50 injector that deters me. I'm not mass producing.The other positive are the cranks and jerbaits. May build hybrid spinner swimbait too. Cool stuff. Thanks

I thought we had 3 months left ? Jan, feb, march. Hee-hee

OK cool. Its bedtime tho..lol. I check it out. Thanks.

I have a bunch of junk plastics I want to melt down and pour. Plaster casts seem easiest and I dont have to order a bunch of supplies. Dans crafts and things has resin molds but not sure if it is right for hot plastic. But was curious to see what other are doing to pour their own. I'm interested in making craws,worms and swimbaits. Not mass producing, just for my likes and use.

If you like shimano the tdr rod series has 11 types great reviews and are $30. Okuma glt & eagle claw are same price range.

Go to fishusa.com and view the rods and types of rod for each model. Make sure u read the reviews and q&a. There are dipsy rods that can double as a planer rod as well. I'm not the most experienced but i think if you run #40 braid, out of fear for that 30 lb king, you can change your fluorocarbon leader out according to species of fish, walleye/salmon. But lose advantages of copper or lead. Again, I'm not an expert, but if I could buy just 6 rods and fish two different species, that's how I would do it. Would require some tying the night before tho. I've also heard of switching reels out on the rods that are spooled with different line too. I don't know, we do what we can depending on money. Some have more than othder.