Yooperdad

Nice a nice set up Caz. I ordered tubes separately and will put them in another box.

GIVE a man a fish and he’ll eat well for a day.

TEACH a man to fish and his wife will soon notice a steady decrease in their savings account.

Yooperdad

I just spent more time than I should have at the Fisher Tackle website...have to go to work soon:D That is some interesting stuff they have. Those glow beads look really good and the strips look like a great substitute for the real herring strips that I make at home.

I'll have to look again tonight. I saw where you can buy the beads and strips, but didn't see that they sell the rattle heads without their fly?

Thanks again. Sorry, but don't get that direction often any more. Used to have a daughter living in Redford, but she moved to Green Bay last year. Don't cross the bridge south anymore unless I have to:no:

Yooperdad

Walker stackers??? Didn't know there was such a thing. Could that be clipped on the coated cable without doing damage to the coating? Where did you buy them? I have never seen them in any of the online stores, but maybe because I never looked for them. And Gander Mountain in Marquette is the only real store we have available and they don't carry them.

I usually put sliders on when things are slow and I want more bait in the water. Have tried running stackers and usually ended up with tangles of some kind:( so have not paid much attention to stackers in recent years.

Thanks for the tip.

Yeah, I settled on Walkers many years ago. They are so easy to set with the right tension and then just snap the line in. I have a few Offshores and Big Jons that I used to use on the boat too, but much prefer these. Very foolproof.

Yooperdad

What method did you use to connect the subtroll Kingfisher? I have used Walker releases for a long time and really like them, so wanted a way to still use them with the subtroll. Here's a picture of what I came up with. I must have 4 or 5 coats of liquid rubber on it to cover the metal, and did that with it assembled and with a downrigger ball hanging on it, to make sure there was good metal to metal contact under the coating.

I hope it works.

Yooperdad

I had always used squid, and think I only had 1 fly until now. Went nuts making them this winter, and now I need storage for about 40 Some on tubes and a lot of glows with glow heads.

Yooperdad

Perfect. I just ordered tubes from Atomik. Thanks.

It's been a long winter, some of which was passed making a bunch of trolling flies. Now that I have them rigged and hanging from a hook over my bench, I need to figure out a good way to store them for use on the boat.

My squids are in a wallet affair that has plastic bag type pages. You coil the leader and squid and then the whole thing goes in it's own bag. Don't really want to smash the flies in the same way.

What do you guys use?

Thanks,

Yooperdad

Nailer, when did you fish Detour? That was my favoritae spot for years. Took a vacation there every year from about 1987 to 2003, usually the first full week in August. What a beautiful spot and the fishing used to be great.

Yooperdad

I was messing around last night, rigging all the flies I tied this winter to be ready for the season. I noticed a pack of glow squids in my stuff so put together a few combos to experiment with.

Treble hook, then 3 glow beads, then single hook, then 5" glow squid, topped off with a sparsely tied fly using Mirage tinsel on a glow head. Looks kind of weird, but both baits catch fish alone, and I'm curious if there would be additional attraction to the squid by the movement of the tinsel?

Has anyone tried this combo or know of anyone else that ties up their own?

Thanks,

Yooperdad

My pin disappeared????

OK. OK. I'll listen to all the advice and mount it on the dash and see how it goes this year. I sure do appreciate all the comments and suggestions.

Sure would be nice to be able to get at the boat and get the unit mounted. With all the new snow yesterday, it's going to be several more weeks now before I can get her out of the back yard.

Thanks again,

Yooperdad

Sent you a private message Little Nemo.

12+ inches of wet heavy snow is a lot of work.

Yooperdad

Welcome Little Nemo:)

Hey, I'm in the UP and my son lives in Green Bay. I plan to trailer down to take he and the grandson fishing at Algoma or Keewanee. It's a little early right now (blizzard today here in Marquette) but when does the good salmon and steelhead fishing start there? Thanks,

Yooperdad

Da UP is now represented:)

I'm envious. The UP certainly has it's advantages, but an early fishing season isn't one of them:(

We have a storm warning for Monday night, with 10-15 inches of new snow expected, maybe more:eek:

Yooperdad

Paulywood and Satisfaxion, am I glad to see your posts. I was bitching about the Lowrance I had on the boat, and the family surprised me with a Garmin 340C for Christmas this year. I had identified that as the unit I would get when I got a new one and they surprised me with it.

Have a separate Garmin 182C gps and I love it. Hope I am as satisfied with the fishfinder.

Yooperdad

I hear ya about the helmsman, who is me more often than not, after setting the lines.

But on my boat, as I mentioned above, I can't control speed from the helm. That's a manual adjustment on my little Yamaha. That's why I was asking about the rear mount.

I had planned to mount it up front, until I started thinking about how we function on the boat, then had second thoughts.

Here is an old photo of my boat. I say old as I have a new board now and 4 Walkers. I like the Walker compact design and have them tight together on each corner, leaving more room up the chute. There is plenty of gunnel behind the board where I could mount the Subtroll, or could make a bracket off the board somewhere near the riggers. The inside rigger on the starboard side will be the Subtroll rigger, running straight back when in use.

We can steer the kicker from the helm, but still have to adjust speed at the motor.

The sides on my Whaler are pretty low, so the board and risers were to get the riggers up and in easier operating space. Plus the board provides good security in the back, and a good leaning post when netting or whatever.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to explain why I am asking the question. I'd like to install it the best way the first time. Thanks,

Yooperdad

This will be my first year with a Subtroll, which I haven't mounted yet. Boat is still snow covered, but soon.......?

There seem to be a lot of discussions about which unit to buy, cable wear, and use, but I haven't heard anyone mention where they have the display head mounted, on the dash with the other instruments, or at the back of the boat where it can be seen and read by the person operating the downrigger?

I'm leaning toward trying to find a spot at the back with the downriggers. What are your experiences and thoughts? And a photo if you have yours mounted near your downriggers would be great.

Thanks,

Yooperdad

Hey, know what you mean! It was exciting yesterday to see open water here in Marquette:) Even white caps! We have started to lose deer in the yards now and we need the winter to break ASAP or a bunch are going to go in the next few weeks.

Since no one mentioned applying heat to bend the heads, I then assume it's not required. Just do it slowly and carefully when on the water to observe the roll.

Thanks again.

We have cheese go moldy all the time. Thanks for the tip. Going to try it today:)

Mike

It's a small world. I was in Bamberg, Germany, 65-68, then on to Viet Nam from there after some special training. Lot of memories, some much better than others.

Just checked your website. Neat. Loved your fishing poem. My "Hippner Pond" was Fisherman's Paradise on Spring Creek near Bellefonte, PA, where my Dad started taking me fly fishing when I was about 9. Those were the days:)

Deal muskybob. Hey I see US Army 66-67. Nam?

Thanks. How about the glo heads vs being tied on tubes?

Tied these up. I like the appearance of the flies with the glo heads, but they sure are a pain to tie up compared to the flies tied on tubes. The tubes go very quickly, and are easy to handle compared to trying to hold that head and wrap tinsel around it.

Does it make a difference???

Yooperdad