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  1. sherman brown
    those will serve you well on the big water. but what length antenna did you get?
  2. sherman brown
    yeah i'm starting to understand salmon fishing with 7 strand wire is a different animal. thanks to you guys for clueing me in.
  3. sherman brown
    sounds like 1 of 2 things. the 1st is an overloaded trailer. the 2nd is the trailer is being towed with the front of the trailer to low putting undue weight and stress on the front axle and tires. get a tape measure go to a level spot and measure the tongue to the ground then measure the back of the trailer to the ground. if the front is lower than the back you need to get another bar for your hitch with enough lift to level the trailer. sometimes just turning the bar over will give you the lift you need. or just use a level on the trailer.
  4. sherman brown
    i use my thumb to hold the line over to the side of the reel when i'm spooling line. when the line nears the side of the spool i'll take my thumb and hold it to the side until it starts back then i'll switch to the other side and do the same thing. it makes spooling a little slow but the line is even on the reel.
  5. sherman brown
    when we fish erie for eyes we let out the wire then enough of the braid backing to reach the release on the board. we have let out as much as 50' of braid.
  6. sherman brown
    i use a mono backing so it doesn't slip, then i tie on 30 braid with a uni to uni knot, then comes my swivel i tie my wire with a haywire twist to the swivel then cover with shrink tubing then tie the braid to the swivel with a improved clinch knot. reel on my wire and tie on another swivel for my leader. the swivels will go through my roller guides but they are a snug fit. the swivels i use is the weak link at 20# test there rated low because they never fail as long bas you don't do something stup^^
  7. sherman brown
    if you don't get help here be sure to check out eBay.
  8. sherman brown
    i've tried several spoons and harnesses even some custom spoons and i've never had the paint stay on any of them as well as galeforcetackle.com spoons and there harnesses. the paint on these are bullet proof catching several without damaging the paint.
  9. sherman brown
    the way it was explained to me was a hand held unit is great around the dock or when a group of boats are traveling together. a hand held basically have 2 to 6 watt and i believe a fixed unit has 5 on low and 25 on high, i always just leave mine on high. if you plan on going out on the big water you need a fixed mount unless you are staying very close to the docks.
  10. sherman brown
    most if not all fixed units have low and high with high being 25 watts.
  11. sherman brown
    a good antenna is 90% of the system. if your going to scrimp do it on the radio and not the antenna. i just replaced my old 9 1/2' antenna with the shakespeare 5225 which is a good one. but i would check the connector and maybe replace it before buying a new radio. but if you replace the radio i would get one with built in gps and register it through boatus.com. i have the icom m330 g which has gps but the radio is new so i can't really brag on it.
  12. sherman brown
    the largest spoon they have is the 3 3/4" which isnt as big as mag salmon spoons but they'll still catch plenty of nice salmon and right now they are killing the walleye on the south side of erie on the central basin.
  13. sherman brown
    i know its probably a little more than you want to spend but you wont regret getting them. i got a 24" track and 3 holders for each side. with 3 daiwa sg17lca reels it was tight so i ended up getting another 24" track for each side. now i have plenty of room but would have saved money if i had went 48" to start with. but you can get 2 holders and a 24" track to start then if you get more holders later and need more track you can just add more track.
  14. sherman brown
    just buy your spoons from galeforcetackle.com there spoons are awesome and there paint has been bullet proof. they have harnesses and small spoons for eyes and the larger spoons for salmon or eyes.
  15. sherman brown
    i got my boat name done by boatus.com then went to there graphics. they do a great job and say they let you design you graphics. they have some pretty good sales for members but there full prices ain't bad.
  16. sherman brown
    man i'm telling you now you'll never regret getting cannon ratcheting rod holders if you can come up with the money. i gave the last tight lock holders away after getting my cannon holders. i've tried traxstech holders but the one hand operating of the cannon brought me back. i like the single axis the best. hodgesmarine.com has the single axis for 76.00 and the double axis for 88.00 and then you'll need tracks. get the longest track that will fit your boat and budget. i used tight lock and many other holders over the yrs but these are simply the best of the ratcheting holders and my choice over all holders. if you cant get all you want now get what you can. but get longer tracks so yo can add more holders later. you can get cheaper but i don't believe you can get better.
  17. sherman brown
    i understand that it was 4:00 am and still dark but the picture in my mind that i cant get out is the monster breaking water. a kodak moment for sure, but sometimes a camera just isn't in reach. congrats on the fish of a lifetime.
  18. sherman brown
    check out eBay they have the ones that just fit in your rod holders for as low as 113.00 for 15' that extends to 15' and retracts to 5'. not trying to step on any toes here but just making a suggestion.
  19. sherman brown
    the things i like about a ss prop is they are more durable. i can hit a pretty good chunk of wood and all i get with my ss is a bend to the blade. just take a hammer and a board for the back side and slowly bring it back close to now. but with alum you better have a spare. a ss will get you out of the hole much better than alum. a alum will flex way out of pitch on take off where as a ss don't flex near a much holding its pitch and giving the boat more take off power. you can hit small driftwood that will require rebuilding alum and only put a small ding in the ss prop. ss just gives you better performance over an alum. plus the ss just looks much better, LOL.
  20. sherman brown
    i have an older merc a 1979 and i use a plate to get down to 1.8 to 2.0 and its never fouled the plugs on me. this is the old tower of power 6 cylinder which you might think would foul the plugs. but i've trolled many hrs without a problem. but i always blow it out on the way back in after a day of trolling.
  21. sherman brown
    that's a great gesture. not many guys would do that unless they were making big time money.
  22. sherman brown
    thats a great price. i paid over 100,00 each for new big jon swivel bases for my big jon riggers.
  23. sherman brown
    you dont need dipsy rods they are to stiff for me. and only using the small divers i would go with a light or med/light downrigger rod. just something cheap works great for trolling. if the rigger rods are a little to long go to a med/light 8' wilderness trolling rod from fishusa.com, they are around 20.00 each.
  24. sherman brown
    if your looking for something with a higher gear ratio you might like the okuma convector cv 30ds high speed reels. they have like a 6.2 to 1 ratio.
  25. sherman brown
    i can see where anyone would be upset with a holder that the main pin failed on. i didn't read the post as good as i should have. i thought it was the pin that adjusts the left right movement. i would be very concerned if my warranty had expired. if it was just one holder it could be a bad holder. but i would be sure and check for any wear or damage to the rest of my holders as you already have one ready to fail. have you thought about using a ss screw or bolt and going all the way through with a nut on the end. keep us posted as to cannon's response to your email.
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