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22 hours ago, Trolldeep said:

I used braid backer and got 300’ of copper on the 40’s

I Found a good reel calculator on line, it is an excel format. I used that reel filler for all my reels. The wire was off a little, reel was probably 90% full. All the copper and leadcore were really close to the calculation. I also have a South Chatham reel spooler with a digital counter. Worked out well for me.

Blood run copper

Berkeley big game mono

power pro braid

40’s
Backing Braid 50# 225 yards

50# Mono splice (for release) 5 yards

32# Copper 100 yards (300’)

50# Mono Leader 5 yards

Calculator said reel is 101% looking at it I would say it’s like 97% full.

 

50’s

Backing Braid 50# 250 yards

50# mono splice 5 yards

32# Copper 133.3 yards (400’)

50# Mono Leader 5 yards

Calculator said reel is 100.20% full. I’d say it’s 100%

With the south Chatham spooler, does it hold enough tension to get it spooled pretty tight?

With the smaller diameter what is a likely out come for copper length with braid backing? This would be for smaller kings out west and occasional Great Lakes salmon, was hoping for 200-250 but that might be a stretch. Thanks.

These sealines have the ultimate tournament drag and higher speed. Bump.

Bump

Only troll salmon about 10% of boat use. How accurate is the slipducer.? Will be getting a lithium multi and think the slipducer would be most convenient,  but not against the traditional transducer if there is a big advantage. The sea sucker mounting board would be useful as well with the standard transducer. Appreciate the help.

Saltist are all sold, open to offers on the sealines. Thanks.

All new $100 shipped in US

Bump for today, looking to avoid eBay 14% fee, so open to offers. Thanks

6 minutes ago, Sea-IV said:

Open for trade by chance 

Thanks, but my home office looks like a sporting goods store currently, so just looking to sell:-)

New prices

Went a bit overboard and geared up like a charter vs 16 footer. I am in Colorado, so I will be shipping, but have bought and sold on here with no previous issues. 
 

Saltist are sold.

2 60 and 1 50 sealine, all 3 for $280 shipped in US.

always open to offers but not looking to trade. 

Thank you, Ben

17 hours ago, hookedupf7 said:

Thanks for the info . Just a a thought I had  . 

I have caught browns on them, basically have caught everything on them, but also used to run them a ton. They did excel with spring and summer kings though.

Small j plugs, size 3 have put some really large kings in the boat over the years.

Can you use a Y adapter to have both the gt56 and p66 attached to one 93sv and just nit run them both at same time? Thanks

1 hour ago, Sk8man said:

Ah got ya Thanks. I just had a quick look at the pics on the website....should have looked a little more in depth

The new probe is what I have been waiting on, prefer to use 10lb, so this should be fine. 

46 minutes ago, Sk8man said:

So am I correct that it costs 1200 to 1400 WITHOUT the transducer?

• System includes: display, probe, transom mounted transducer with cable, power cable, display cover, wireless charging pad and USB-C cable

2 hours ago, Yankee Troller said:

 

I would say on smaller boats, or boats with limited dash space, that smaller display would be nicer to have.

2 hours ago, Yankee Troller said:

 

I would say on smaller boats, or boats with limited dash space, that smaller display would be nicer to have.

2 hours ago, Yankee Troller said:

I agree, if I add the slip ducer can use on other peoples boats as well. The smaller probe is great as well. Really excited with the changes and glad I held off. Really fits small boater needs for sure with flexibility.

It looks like you can run the new “X2”with a transducer, outside of battery vs wired power any reason to spend more for the new x4? 

20 hours ago, pole setter said:

 "Smaller probe, less blow back and a rechargeable lithium battery”. 🤔

That would be great

20 minutes ago, 1lastweekend said:

That is correct, there's a difference between a PowerDrive with iPilot and a Terrova or Ulterra with iPilot Link.  With the Link version you can have the TM follow courses and go to waypoints if you have a Humminbird FF thats compatible with iPilot Link.  It can even be set up to follow a depth setting/contour line on the Humminbird!  Whereas my PowerDrive, I get spot lock and autopilot, which keeps me on a heading and compensates for wind, waves, etc.  There's a cheaper add on to a PowerDrive called Copilot which basically gives you Left/Right steering and I think speed control, but I have lost my fishing partner to college this year so I needed the autopilot to be able to hold a course while I set up.  Big price difference between the 3 options too...

The price difference between ipilot and link isn’t much. I am shifting to garmin now that their TM comes in shafts up to 75”. If you need a TM either way, 500-1000 more for charting auto pilot doesn’t seem too bad.

2 hours ago, signalman said:

i fish with frogger all the time and his ap system works perfect on my 18 py boat i have a kicker and a minn kota on the front and it works well,but there is n comparison between the two as far as i,am concerned.His you set the course and forget about it,and mine you are working the fob quite a bit.

Depends on the TM, the higher end ones will follow a chart and pair with the sonar/chart plotter,

43 minutes ago, SmilinEd1 said:

Just a clarification on my part, I drive a 24ft Thompson HT.

After reading the title to the thread I thought I better make that clear.

You guys that drive the smaller boats have bigger balls than Bikini Bottoms can make..😆

I have spent many hours in 16’ and also a 24’ and one is more comfortable on the way in and out, but I don’t think either is safer. Definitely drier some days though. I love fishing out of the smaller boat though.

Really more about comfort vs safety unless you are rolling in a very large boat.

If money wasn’t an issue, which of these 3 would you go with?  Thanks.

3 hours ago, Gill-T said:

I wonder since king stocking has all but stopped on Lake Superior and Lake Huron, kings in Lake Michigan have bait to chase in three lakes if they want to go roaming. Lake Ontario kings are stuck. 

They were all leaving Huron to Lake Michigan so they cut stocking when the baitfish disappeared. Lake Michigan has increased stocking but also estimates of 50-70% of the kings are natural reproduction. Currently I think the bait fish situation is stable. Time will tell if it holds,