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  1. sherman brown
    the beam only gets one side farther away from the other side. it doesn't get your divers farther apart. the best way to keep them apart is to do as I said in another post. don't start reeling the fish in until the rod is brought to the middle and allow the fish to come over the other lines then reel the fish in.
  2. sherman brown
    I don't use dipsies any more I use the lite bite slide divers and use then like a dipsy.
  3. sherman brown
    there is a lot more to running more than one per side. set on 3 I let the front rod out first to the desired length. I run the middle rod out 15' less than the front rod then the back rod set on 1 out 15' less than the middle rod. if I get a fish on one of the outside rods I just keep tension on the fish and walk to the middle of the boat and let the fish come over the other rods then start reeling the fish in. it you start reeling early it will get tangled in the other rods. when I let the rod back out I start by letting the diver back out as far over to the other side of the boat as I can get without getting tangles in the lines. I let it out slow. when it gets to 5 feet beyond the rods that will have to go over. like say you bring in the front rod and the middle rod is set at 120'. then I let out 125' then take the rod over the other 2 rods and set it in the holder and check the counter. if you allowed the diver to keep going while you take it over it should be close to 135. sure hope this info helps you be a better diver fishermen. I learnt to use divers by going out with a charter 2 days. I learnt more on that charter than I would have learned in yrs by myself.
  4. sherman brown
    congrats on selling the boat. I would love to have your/his boat. but I was under what you sold it for.
  5. sherman brown
    something has got to be wrong. if your turning 4500 to 4800 you are turning the right rpm. does it get up on plane and stay there? what type of speedometer are you going by? if its not a gps then I wouldnt trust it to be right. I am running a 14 1/4x17 pitch on my 21' glass boat and at wot with minimal weight it runs 5000 rpms. I don't run wot that often and don't know what my top speed is. in most cases I run about 3500 on calm water and less when pulling a tube. if your going by the boat speedometer it could be bad. it works off water pressure being forced into the pitot tube and up the hose to the speedometer. they some times get a leak and it doesn't work right.
  6. sherman brown
    to each there own. I like the med/light rods its just easier to see something is wrong. pick up a small fish or some trash and the rod bends back just far enough so you know it has to be checked. but you are not alone in using a heavier rod for divers.
  7. sherman brown
    I run 3 per side. with a dipsy I run 3 for the front 2 on the middle and 1 on the back. with the lite bites I run 4.5 on the front 3 in the middle and 1.5 on the back. since they are close to a dipsy I figure its as close as I can get to a dipsy set on 1 2 3.
  8. sherman brown
    that bottom is just the way I have mine mounted.
  9. sherman brown
    I put mine just low enough that its just at the bottom of the boat. I angle it up in the front so it doesn't get turbulence under the transducer. I don't care where my riggers balls are. thats why they put counters on the riggers. I use 13# pancake weights so I don't get a lot of blowback.
  10. sherman brown
    I tell you the traxstech retriever is the best one made at this time. go to there web site traxstech.com. I think they call them traxstech pully retriever. the cost is like 21.00 and worth every cents
  11. sherman brown
    yeah it doesn't matter your age. nobody should go out there without a working radio. he should get a meddle just for going fishing at that age.
  12. sherman brown
    we just use a heavy rubber band over the handle.
  13. sherman brown
    a new one on ebay is about 125.00 each. I have never heard of them going bad. 150.00 shipped for 2 bases is a good price if they are in good shape.
  14. sherman brown
    what size are the spoons? what brand are the spoons? I have mostly galeforcetackle.com spoons and harnesses. but I do have some stinger scorpion spoons.
  15. sherman brown
    I done gave my old radio away on another forum. he was looking for cheep rod holders. I had a few of my old holders so I gave them to him. he's trying to get ready for erie. so I asked him if he needed a old radio. I ended up giving the holders and radio to him just to help him out. the old radio worked good. the only reason I was giving it away was I upgraded to a radio with built in gps.
  16. sherman brown
    just remember the antenna is the heart of the system. if you get a good radio with and a cheap antenna you will be doing an injustice to yourself. your bettor off getting a cheaper radio and getting something better in the antenna. I had a cheap radio and cheap make do antenna. it worked ok for me until I upgraded the antenna. I kept reading and hearing that the antenna was the most important part. so I upgraded the antenna and im glad I did. my cheap radio with the new upgrade antenna was wonderful. but I did upgrade my radio with one that has gps. but the cheap radio was working great with the new antenna. my first recommended antenna is the Shakespeare 5225 xt. it cost about 125.00 on ebay.
  17. sherman brown
    are those rod holder ratchet holders or just adjustable holders?
  18. sherman brown
    if I didnt live so far from you i'd jump om this deal. but just to far away.
  19. sherman brown
    have you tried the traxstech retrievers yet? they are the best out there. they work just like the others but have much better rollers that retrieves the ball. they might cause the same problem as the others but you need to try them before you give up and say there's nothing you can do.
  20. sherman brown
    unless you moved the distributor I wouldnt think its off by much. but if the electrical ignition was installed recently it could be off it isn't a big job to get the timing right. I would guess its in the carb. was the air screws adjusted with the motor running? if not its easy to get close. the way I always set mine back when I was drag racing. turn the screws all the way in, now turn then out 1 1/2 turns, go by the tach with the motor warmed up and running. and turn them out 1/2 turn each and see if the rpm goes up. continue this until you get max rpm's. then turn them back in 1 turn. this will get you very close. the high octane gas doesn't really help unless the motor knocks. but if you want gas without alcohol then it isn't going to hurt anything. another thing that might help. go to a auto parts and ask if they have a hotter plug that replaces the plugs you have now.
  21. sherman brown
    if the accudepth are in good condition your asking about half of new. somebody should grab them up.
  22. sherman brown
    all I can say is WOW that is a beautiful fish.
  23. sherman brown
    fishusa.com had them a while back. if you don't find some used ones then you can start hunting on the web. sherman
  24. sherman brown
    no more than riggers are used while fishing they should not effect the battery at all if your running your main motor. I use 2 big jon pro tournament riggers I use on erie and never even noticed and change in my battery.
  25. sherman brown
    I don't know about the cannons but big jon can be made short or long with the sectional booms. I seen a couple of nice used big jons on ebay a couple of days ago. I just checked and there still there. its 2 riggers for 500.00 but will take offers.
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