13owhunter

Garmins website says the P66 isnt compatible with the a UHD 93sv but i see that there are 8 pin to 12 pin adapters widely available. I also see that airmar makes a 6 pin transducer for garmin as well. I can get a 6 pin P66 from a buddy. Is there anyway to make that work? Thanks again!

This is probably a silly question but it there any reason i shouldnt mount a p66 right next to my gt54 and swap them around as needed? Can the P66 be used at the same time as the gt54 if the frequencies are different? I have 2 head units and have them networked currently so they share the gt54. 19ft aluminum/outboard for me. Thank you for the intel! I think id like to try a P66......

The 57 diawa is just a hair larger than the size 45 okuma reels. The size 55 okuma reels are a lot bigger which is nice and confusing! I love my daiwa 57s as I can run almost 300 feet of 32# blood run copper and plenty of 40# backer and get similar depth to the next size reel. A 57 daiwa will not fit 300 foot of 45# copper or weighted steel which is the same diameter. I made this mistake myself......

You cannot. You can squeeze 300 foot of 32# copper and a descent amount of 30# braid backing. For WS or 45# copper you can fit about 200 on that sized reel and have a comfortable amount of backer IMO.

For what its worth I ran 2 divers in my spread all last year with about 7-8 foot leaders and they just flat out werent working for me. Switched to slide divers this year and am running 40 foot leaders and they are out producing my riggers and junk lines 3:1.

Lines in at about 630 and out around 1030. Started in 90 and headed straight out until about 225 which was past a few boats. Picked up a few fish then stayed around 175 for a bit and picked up a few more. No bait and almost no fish on the graph. Action slowed a bit then headed shallower where there were a few boats. Started to see a little bait and fish on the screen. Action was pretty steady all morning. Ended up 12/14. 11 kings and an atlantic. 1 king was mature and 1 was a skippy so lots of 2 year olds. Slide divers with glow green alewife spoons in both mag and regular were hot anywhere from 100 to 200 foot out. (standard size with mag ring) Mature came on a 200 steel off a board with a moonshine crab face spoon. The other mature we hooked was on a 300 copper with a F/F. I ran another F/F on a rigger and that was the only rod that didnt see any action. Most fish seemed pretty high in the water column. Water temp down 50 was 45-50. Best water seemed to be around 125. Took a buddy and his kid out for his birthday. Kid had a blast!

He is saying that if you use 19 strand wire as backing for the 100 steel (its thin and aerodynamic) the 100 steel will continue to sink and get you to about the same depth as a 200 steel would if you let out additional 19 strand wire. Personally; I would want to see the data from someone that used a fish hawk TD to understand how much line out would be necessary to achieve XX additional depth on top of the steel. It may be out there somewhere already. I have a feeling its not as simple as letting out an additional 100 foot of 19 strand and getting about another 20 foot down. That said a line counter reel will get you consistent that that is really more important anyways IMO.

A 200 weighted steel combined with snap weights offers a ton of versatility. You can fit this length on a daiwa 57/okuma 453 sized reel and can be reeled in quickly on a high speed reel. Great for running down the shoot or off boards. As others have mentioned steel is a LOT easier to run. I run 2 riggers 2 slide divers and 2 planer boards on my 19 footer and find that setup works well for me and is hard to get all tangled up. I swore i would never run a reel the size of a coffee can for a long junk line but i just bought one. =0(

I use 50# stainless VMC swivels (size 10) for most of my connections on leadcore, copper and steel. Size 12 (40#) are also good. These are both very small and go through guides easily. Leadcore plays nice with knots so I wouldnt hesitate to go that route either.

While I have a lot less experience running inline boards than a lot of folks on this board I run OR12s, ninja boards and the big church TX44s. I think the ninja board will pull a 300 copper with a couple of ounces of weight attached. Not likely they will pull any more than that. TX44 or the big offshore boards is probably what you are looking for if you want the option to run heavy snap weights. My ninja boards are about in between OR12s and TX44s.

Not a whole lot to report today... Lines in at 7 setup in 45 where I had a ton of bait and marks on Saturday. Today there was hardly anything to be found. Trolled North until about 110 fow and saw one mark in about an hour. Not much going on at where I was. A few bait balls and a couple of marks here and there but nothing consistent at all. Ended up picking up a laker on a 5 color. At least I didn't get skunked!

Had good marks a bit west but not that far from the outlet.

Similar story to me. I headed right out to about 250 and trolled north until over 300. Very few marks or bait. Headed back in and took a skippy on the rigger and then another a few minutes later landed another on a slide diver out 250. Not a whole lot going on from 250 fow to about 110. Saw a few marks in that area you caught your king. Trolled in to about 50 fow and thats when i had a descent screen. Lots of marks and bait. 40 to 50 was best. Took a laker in 40fow on slide diver out about 40 foot and then hooked another a half hour later. Beautiful morning though!