Fish4anything

Man those are on my bucket list for sure. Being from Down east Maine I have never seen one before. I did try for then last August in LO out of Henderson but not a nibble. 

5 hours ago, Sk8man said:

same here I guess we all need to have a sense of humor these days. It is interesting that the little smiley faces I used changed it's look or expression when you quoted me....I don't know what does that....hope it doesn't get me into trouble sometime...

Lol, I hear ya..  as long as there's no kissy faces, everything's good..🤣🤣

[emoji2] I know guys that use sliders 18 inches too. I seldom have any tangles or mess  ups with my 8ft sliders. I am careful about what I run on them though no stickbaits [emoji38]

Thanks for sharing.... Good job [emoji106]

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Thanks for all replies, all done, now just need to find tune TD for best readings at speed.

Not sure from your post WHERE you are fishing and for what but all you have to do is take a section of flurocarbon line (I use 12 lb for Finger Lakes and 20 lb test for lake O) about 6-8 ft long (the reason for keeping it to this length or shorter is for netting purposes). tie a swivel snap (rounded snap type so it slides easily) to each end of the fluoro line.- one swivel goes to your lure, the other end you will attach to your downrigger line along with your main lure but not both at once[emoji38]. The reason for the swivel snap is to keep line twist to a minimum. Setup your main downrigger rod and lure and lower it about 10 or 12 feet then grab the main line and  attach the empty swivel end to the main downrigger line and let it slide down. Then lower the downrigger to the desired depth. When a fish hits the cheater it will slide down to the main lure and stop. Reel in and unsnap the slider  (cheater) from the main line. If the fish is on the main line  just reel them in the slider will usually be in back of the fish freely.If you happen to get 2 kings at once and they decide to go in different directions just pray and hold on[emoji38]  This is the basic setup.

Great fish !! Nice job 👍

I'll give both a try... Anything beats doing 360's trying to get the riggers in...😅😅

Nice thread... Lots of good info, thanks

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I just saw the picture... sorry

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We weren’t sure about the weather but the radar looked promising and gambled anyway.630-9pm tonight.running 2 stacked riggers we fished from 130-160fow Going from north west to southeast troll (only ways allowed[emoji28])found 48deg. Down 45 on the riggers,2-2.5mph at the ball.Two man crew and a spreader clamp on the wheel as our auto pilot.1double,one triple,5/13 on the night.they hit everything we thru at them blue and green flasher flys,Ohio Buckeyes,u name it they wanted it.first fish we hooked was the biggest of the night I’d say peeling 300ft of line then popping..2 matures,2 nice steelhead and 1 juvenile landed.23.5lbs being our big fish of the night.very thankful to get out tonight on the mighty O

Would I be able to use a big jon otto release to add a second lure above my dipsey if I was using a flouro leader...and if so does anyone have an suggestion ?? Thanks again

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[/url]  Thats the go to we also put a single over hand above aswell and 1 inch of surgical tubing with a bead on top to minimize shock when we reel up all the way to the rod tip

Hey Frogger Luhr jensen is our dipsy of choice and this time of year when the kings are still higher up we run regular sized dispeys which i believe is size #1. we run exclusively wire lines this time of year and braid in the spring and fall. make sure you are using the right knot if your running wire. the wrong knot and send you into a never ending cycle of break offs
 
hope this helps!
 
Dan

Nice job !!

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That'll work, just a tip... Make sure you give.the adhesive all the time it needs to harden. There is a quick cure version to...Tight lines !!

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We trolled West to East... Got 1 Atlantic on a Carbon 14 spoon.and a Steelhead on a red and white moonshine spoon. Both came 63 ft down on riggers in 160 fow..

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The height looks good. It looks like there is a row of rivets in front of your transducer what will cause interference. I would go with the other suggestions and put a transducer mounting plate on it and move it so that there's nothing in front of it it. Good luck.
Ramel

Hey everybody, just launched out of Olcott, any fresh reports... thanks !!

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Might want to get a transom transducer mounting plate (plastic) and then you can move around the transducer to find optimal spot.
Not easy to see with the white background but is an example.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/transducer-mounting-plate

Thanks Gambler !! You've shipped me a bunch of your rigs so I know that if there's any lakers out there, Gambler rigs will find them !!!

Brett

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I've bought a ton of rigs, spinners and cowbells from Gambler. They are amazing fish getters ! I can't recommend them enough

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I'm heading out of Olcott on Tuesday evening, what's a good depth/temp to find lakers, I have a fish hawk

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You won’t need to fish for lakers. 

Was there last week and took a nice mix of fish (steel, king and coho) in 250-300, with spread 50-100 down.  We did best pretty much straight out.  But I know people did well both east and west of port as well.  I also saw quite a few folks working in shallower.  Was an all spoon bite for us.  Will be out tomorrow as well.  Tight lines.