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After I put the boat in storage this year i was going to break down a lot of my reels and replace the line on them. This got me wondering if there is anything else i should do when i have the reels empty. I have read before that you should have the reels "serviced" every other year or so. I regularly oil the worm gear and clicker switch but is there anything else I should do to preserve the life of my reels? I have spent WAY too much money on reels the last couple years and just want to make sure i am protecting my investment. Thanks for the input! Dave

I am going to fish that for the first time this year. I was told they had around 100 boats last year also. Let me know if you do decide to fish it.

I don't have as much experience as many of the guys on this site but i have never found any sort of correlation to marking fish and catching fish. I have had plenty of hot days where i never marked a fish and quite a few skunks where i was marking fish all over the place. If I mark fish and it doesn't like what i am presenting then i keep going. My belief is that a active fish will hit most lures you put in front of them ( I am not a big believer in color having en effect on strikes with the exception of dark and light patterns, just my opinion) and instead of turning to go back after a mark i would rather go on a try to find what I consider "truly" active fish. just my opinion Dave

i will be there

I installed a depth raider on my boat this spring and have had no issues at all. A couple trips ago while motoring out the probe had wrapped around the downrigger arm and then the ball popped out of the cradle and i had one hell of a mess. The coating on the wire was nicked up and stripped off in a couple of places and i was a little worried about putting it down (with replacement probes costing $200 and weights not being cheap either) but we did and have not had a problems with it functioning properly. I can send out over 150 foot of cable and still have no problems getting signal. I have been out about two dozen times this year and have not had to replace the battery. What i am trying to get it is that even though you have had bad luck with your unit i do believe they make a good product and most companies will stand behind their stuff. I would suggest calling the manufacture and seeing if they would replace it for you.

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Just wondering what kind of rod you use? roller or regular with or with out a twilli?

Not sure if you are near a gander mountain, but the stores in grand rapids carry them.

Enough said, thanks for the input guys! Thanks Dave

Just to clarify, these will be my only two wire lines ( i also run two power pro), would you still suggest not running the 19 strand?

I am putting together a couple wire rod set ups and have some questions. I was planning on using #30 dacron backing, what kind of knot should be used to connect it to 19 strand wire? Is 500 feet of wire on 300 feet of backing enough or should i use more wire? I am using catalina 45lc's so i have plenty of room i was just wondering if i could get away with a 1000 foot spool for both reels. I am going to run them on convector gl dipsey rods ( non roller), do I need to use a twilli tip? Thanks Dave

Nick, My preference would be to fish the last event as a double. It would be very hard for me to get another weekend off ( I work most weekends) and then talk the wife into letting me fish both days. Thanks Dave

Count us in! Thanks Dave

With the big lake slowing down in june we have been doing a little inland lake fishing this month. We went out saturday and ran the trollining motor for almost 8 hours with no problem. Went back out monday and while moving up a weedbed we lost power to the trolling motor. We checked the fuse (it is a inline glass tube style) and it had completly exploded:eek:! We replaced it and went back at it. About an hour later we lost power so checked the fuse and once again the glass fuse had completly exploded and now the rubber housing had melted and started to burn!:eek: Any ideas about what would cause this or what i can do to prevent it from happening again? Thanks Dave

We should be there. Dave

Hey guys, What kind of knot do you use to connect lead core to backing. Does anyone have a link or instructions for it. Thanks Guys Dave

The blow date actually works better for me so i would be in. Dave

I bought a depth raider this winter and was amazed to find out how much diffrence there is even in shallow water. We were in 35 feet of water and had to run at almost 5 mph to get the lure speed to 2.5 to 3. Before the probe i would have never run that fast.

Nice Job! Dave

Nice Job, we were thinking about running out there tonight so thanks for the report! Dave

Thanks. The rods i bought are "dipsey diver" rods i was just wondering if anyone has used a medium action dipsey rod and if they had any issues with them.

I was just wondering what type of rod actions does everybody run? Do you use different actions for different rods or are most the same. The original spread that i purchased was all medium heavy and now that i am upgrading i went with medium action for the riggers and i came across a great price on medium action dipsey rods so i ordered two and now that they are here i am worried that they might not have enough backbone to pull the big dipseys or get them to release when pulling lines in. Thanks Dave

Great looking boat Nick! I keep telling my wife that i have a five year plan to buy a rig like that. The good news is she has stopped laughing and now she just rolls her eyes....Wait a second, IS that good news?

Launched out of port sheldon this morning around 7 o'clock with hopes that the ho's might be this far north already. Ended up going 6 for 8 with five nice KINGS and a laker. We set lines at the bubbler and went north between 25-40 fow. Surface temp was around 49-50 and the probe was reading 47. Picked up a 13# king on a blue benny fuzzy bear set 30 feet behind the rigger. Next we picked up the laker on a 5 color core ran behind an inline board. The next two hits were a double off riggers with the same blue benny and a green sparkle but we ended up losing one. The next was a 15# king that hit a 7 color core ran right down the chute with a magnum raspberry dolphin. The next king also came from that same 7 color and the final fish came off a magnum blue benny ran behind a 5 color core and an in line board. We also ran thin fish and coho flys behind dodgers that saw no action all day. All in all it was a awesome day on the water, i just hope i didnt use up all of my good karma two weeks before the first WMFL outing:D

Hey Rich, We are going out of port sheldon around 6 o'clock. I wasnt sure if i wanted to go up to GH either but looking at the sattalite temps doesnt look like theres much difference. Good luck and give us a shout if you get into any Dave