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ACTUALLY THIS WAS MAY 11TH Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Fished out of Wilson headed east. Hooked a nice steelie with first rigger in the water about 2 minutes. Turned west to run with the waves. 80 to 100 feet of water. Started pounding kings. Downriggers at 44 ft. Sea sick waddler spin dr and hammer fly. Wire divers set at 104, #1 dipsy, 1 setting wirh a purple silver spoon. Braid Slide diver set at 115, 3 setting with a green pro troll flasher and a green fly was also hot Picked up a few coho off inline boards. 2 color core with red 6" flasher and pnut fly. Speed 2.3 to 2 .5. Saturday water got rough for us in a 19' boat. Sunday was good as well running same program. Picked up a few fish on a spoon 8' behind a white, green dot flasher. Sent from my SM-G930V using Lake Ontario United mobile app

your switch should come with instructions. The only thing tying your batteries together will be the switch. and the both position will have to be selected to tie the two together. It would be a good idea to install a bus bar for a main junction point. Also be sure your different applications have fuses.

I am not familiar with the perco products.. On the blue sea system it is not the switch that allows both batteries to charge but the relay. It senses charging voltage and directs it to both batteries while keeping both isolated from each other on draw voltage. Just guessing but If you have just a switch it would have to have both batteries selected to allow charging voltage to each battery. this also would allow draw from both batteries defeating the purpose of having two separate batteries.

I had the same issues as you. one battery for everything. When I hit the starter it would kill my sonar because of the draw. I installed a 2nd battery. The first battery is now dedicated to main engine starting only. The Blue sea battery kit EKoselny mentioned comes with a charging relay that charges both batteries off your main motor....or an on board a/c charger... The batteries are kept separate. It comes with a 3 position switch that has to be manually selected. Off ..on...and both. In the case of your starting battery if for some reason it got low you can switch to both and then go back to normal on. This switch also lets you shut everything off at the end of the day so you have nothing inadvertently drawing power. The only thing I have that is connected directly to the 2nd battery is my bilge pump with a float switch. System works great. I also keep an extra battery stored onboard...just in case......

I use the 4 braid rods to pull dipsies on Erie for walleyes, so they pull double duty. 30lb power pro on them. The wire divers are strictly for Lake O. As far as the slide divers do you mean as a high diver inside of the coppers say on a 5 setting or in place of the coppers.

Thanks for the reply. What would you run on the coppers? Is it too early to run meat? Also how far back on the riggers 10' to 20'?

Thanks for all of the replies. Have a trip planned for mid May out of Wilson. Taking your previous advice in this post, over the long, long winter I have assembled an arsenal of rods.. Here is what I have and would like to get your opinions on how to deploy it, for this time of year, no more than 8 rod spread for multi species with emphasis on kings and coho, but not ruling out the other species. Lead core...7 color, 3 color and two 2 colors.. copper... a 200 and a 300, 2 rigger rods, 4 braid diver rods, 2 wire diver rods, and 2 general purpose 8' rods loaded with 20 lb mono. Also have 4 lighter 7' rods intended for browns that won't probably apply here, but are available. As mentioned before I have TX 44 and OR 12 inline boards, Have an assortment of flasher/ flies, spoons, meat rigs and plugs. Thanks

good advice, thanks

Trying to get a grasp on this. Planning a trip for next weekend (April 13) and with the forecast for this weekend predicting gale force winds, snow and rain, the lake could be messed up. I understand that typically a mudline is right next to the shore, followed by green colored water, followed by clear water further out. My understanding is you would want to fish the green water just off the mudline. My question is with the understanding that you are targeting the 10' to 12' depth, what if the mudline extends in to water deeper than the 10 to 12' target depth such as is found with higher water levels. Do you fish the muddy water to stay in target depth or do you go deeper to stay in the green water? Thanks

youtube has a video with Jake Romanack (fishing 411) and a guy from yakima baits fishing the Niagra bar. I think he was using a dishwashing detergent..... but you can check it out.

Wouldn't be local but Fish USA has a good selection with good pics.

NO P dogs in NY. I never have seen any east of the Mississippi

I have made some Musky plugs and used Lifetone or Polytranspar lacquer airbrush paints. I am a full time taxidermist and used the same paints that I already had on hand for painting fish. Mckenzie sells the paints as well as any Taxidermy supply. As far as gloss... Krylon triple thick crystal clear glaze works (spray can) I get it from walmart. about 4 coats. However Envirotex Lite is the absolute most durable. 2 parts that has to be brushed on. Hope this helps

Lived in SD for 3 years and smoked a lot of them. Alternated between a .243 and a Swift so the barrels could cool down. Also Bandrus1 just for your info. the ranchers poison them by the thousands and they still can't get rid of them. I antelope hunt in WY and that ranch is loaded even after poisoning. steve.e I can ask that rancher if he would want some shot if you would be interest in hunting WY. He has 10000 acres and is a little over an hr NW of Gillette

Actually I had an email in to Big Jon and they finally got back to me. seems like 12 lb is the max on the older captains pak and 14 on the newer. Booms can take it but the motor is the issue. Dont want to burn up a motor as expensive as they are.

I'm going to let this ride for a few days because I'd really rather trade. If I don't get any interest I will list the boards with pics a little later. Thanks

I have Big Jon Captains Pak electric riggers. Does anyone know how much weight they can handle? I thought I read somewhere 20 lbs but can not find that anywhere and the owners manual doesn't say. Thinking of trying 12 or 14 lb fish.

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