Heading to Oak Orchard Thursday. Anyone have any words of wisdom on where to start looking? Any advice greatly appreciated. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Dont know what kind of boat you have or if this would work for you, but this could be another option. I have a 19' deep vee with
a MotorGuide xi 5 36 v. trolling motor on the bow. It will hold a heading, hold a set speed, and even record a track that it will follow later, even in wind and waves. I use it just to steer and use my 9.9 kicker for propulsion. Batteries last 8 to 10 hrs. Minn Kota makes several motors that would work too
Aztec single action airbrush with accessories and instructional video and Badger air compressor with auto shut off. Both have very little use and are in perfect working condition. Easy to use. Great for painting lures, spoons, or spinner blades. $45 plus shipping. Send me a pm.
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I use inline boards with zero issues. 30 lb power pro. TX 44s definitely replace plastic pin with metal one. Spin 4 or 5 times. Use stock front clip. On OR12 I use the red release on the back. Put line behind pin spin 4 or 5 times. I use the snapper Release on the front. Leave a little slack in the line so the tattle flag will work. Insert braid in jaws of release and wrap around once and snap jaws closed. Have never had this method slip. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Thanks, Thats probably the way I'll have to go... parts even limited on that site . Looks like these are going to be obsolete before long. parts getting harder and harder to find. too bad ...great rigger reels
Luhr Jensen trolling speed indicator with removable mount. Very accurate. I'll throw in a couple of Opti Tackle mini inline planers. $35 plus shipping
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Fished Thursday evening for a couple hrs. Put 7 kings in the box. Biggest 17 lbs. 180 to 220 fow.
Slide Divers set on 3 setting at 125 and 135. NBK and blue dolphin spoons.
FRI. 200 to 250 fow. 9 keeper kings, biggest 15 lbs. 2 nice steelies released flasher flies around 40 ft and a bunch of Skippy kings.
Wire diver 1 setting on dipsy 140 and 150. and riggers 40 and 50. Various MAG Green spoons. 300 copper with meat.
SATURDAY. 200 to 250 fow. 7 kings in box. Biggest 15 lbs. More Skippy kings Lost a couple nice fish on riggers caramel dolphin spoon Mainly slide divers on
Same settings. Took biggest on a trip z diver behind a tx 44. Green dolphin spoon.
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No, same settings on the diver... for example. If a dipsy on #1 setting is reaching 50 ft. figure a SD on #1 setting is reaching 45'. with the same amount of line out. This is with comparable size rings. Keep in mind that this is only a guess. I intend to attach a Fish Hawk TD and do some experimenting. you want to attach the diver to the mono. and do not go past the knot into the braid
as it could get hung up on the knot. I usually attach the diver to the mono about a foot or so from the knot. an Albright knot is good for attaching braid to mono or wire to mono and is about the smallest size knot you can tie.
I am no expert on slide divers but I have used them and have put fish in the boat. The lite bites are extremely useful when there are a lot of small fish that wont trip the conventional slide diver. I have yet to find an accurate chart for the stock slide diver using 30 lb braid. There is some info on their website as to the depth using other weights and lines. I basically go off of a dipsy dive chart and subtract about 10% as the theory is the SD dont run quite as deep. I run mine as a high diver out side the deeper dipsy on a 3 or 4 setting with the dipsy on a 1 setting. I have been using 30 lb braid as mentioned but may have to go to wire when fleas get bad. You are better off using braid or wire instead of mono to avoid the stretch associated with mono. any stretch makes it difficult to trip the diver. I use a 30' to 50' section of 40 lb big game mono at the end of the braid for the diver to run on. A bead is used to keep the diver off of the knot of a swivel thats attached to a 7' 30lb fluro leader. a flasher fly combo was deadly when i was on lake O. in mid May but you can run about any lure or spoon off of them. Hope this helps a little
Coming up from WV to fish out of Oak Orchard June 7-10. Anyone have any suggestions on Depths and presentations to try?
Any information would be appreciated.
I also do not have a speed/temp system but that is on the next to get list . I have clipped a fish hawk TD to a rigger ball
mainly to find the desired water temp but it certainly will tell you what depth you are acheiving. Depending on the weight of your ball you should be able to see the depth the ball is running on your sonar. I'm running 12 lb fish and can typically see where they are running down to about 60' or more before blowback pushes them out of the cone of the sonar.