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i can only say the same. never heard of the ones you found in the bargain bin.
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I consistently run and catch fish with dodgers in my spread along with flashers, spoons, meat, etc and never adjust my trolling speed based on what lures i have out. I almost always troll 2.2-2.5 on my depth raider and around 3 mph on my gps. there is alot of pull from the dodgers and i have at times had the dodgers pull my divers up out of the water, not fun. they do catch fish for me though trolling at the speeds i troll.
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40# fluorocarbon leader material for all fly leaders and 20# fluorocarbon leaders between mainline and bait.
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I would love to come over and meet all you "east siders!" It would all depend on the date of course.
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i have the simrad 14 and love it, holds very well in all sea conditions. I dont know if you can buy the system without the pump though. i dont have any experience with any of the other autopilot systems.
I have also heard rumors about raymarine possible financial trouble. hard to believe though since they seem to be one of the premier electronics manufacturer.
when i thought i had a computer problem with my simrad autopilot i ran across this site with lots of parts for older autopilot systems. You may want to check with them to see if they have a computer that my work with your current raypilot.
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i got all my line guide upgrades directly from okuma as well. Very easy to deal with and super fast service.
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I use offshores snapper release on my boards, not sure right now of the model number.
i actually use convector 55l's as well and have plenty of backing to get the board out far enough. i usually only run one wire dipsy a side, and have occasionally had a fish come up into the board. when running 150 of copper there is a dip in the line from the board to the boat. I prefer the yellow bird big boards for the reason of being able to make the board pull harder to the side in situations like this.
I try not to run 4 boards aside if i can help it, but dont have too much of a problem when i do. I can run all four a side and have the outside with all ten colors out with enough backing left. I do run tight drags though. I dont let fish scream line out unless they are actually big enough or strong enough to earn it.
I cant say this is an ideal set up, but i like only having only eight rods. It also allows me to have a spare setups if im not fishing all eight. Instead having to re-rig, i might beable to just take another rod to get the same bait out fishing right away.
It takes alot of patience and i didnt just come up with my system over night. It has taken me numerous seasons and lots of trial and error and pulling my hair out at times to perfect this. I dont think i have come across anyone who accepts the way i run my boards yet.
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i run 300' of copper with a 2 foot section of 45lb mono in the middle. all four of my coppers can run as 300' or 150' setups. have not had any issues with the segment breaking. i also have always attached my boards right to my leadcore and never had an issue with it. All my leadcores have 10 colors on them and i run what ever amount of colors i want. allows more possibilities with just 8 rods. I like to keep things simple. I will continue to do this and have half the number of rods others need until this causes me problems. I also prefer 45lb mono for backing on my leadcores and coppers. I understand all this goes against what almost everyone believes, but it works for me.
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does anyone have or have experience with trailers for boats larger then 30 feet with twin inboards and 15000+ lbs capacity? The only ones I have found are equipped with hydraulics and are considerably expensive or are 48+ feet long semi trailers. I'm looking for something that the boat can be dropped on with a travel lift and only driven a couple miles each year.
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thats all i use. their price isn't that friendly but once you use them you will realize their are worth it. i have them on my big bird boards and other captains by me have reto fitted them onto their church walleye boards.
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caledonia, wisconsin. just nort of the city of racine.
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all yellow bird boards. regular on standard boards, the big bird boards with offshore snapper releases (or-18) for leadcore and copper. yellow birds, both big and small, can be adjusted as to how far outside they will run and the snapper releases have never given me trouble. other guys around me have switched to the snapper releases on their church walleye boards.
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Fishing has been good out deep out of Racine. Fished 300-320 fow saturday and sunday. 10 for 13ish on saturday 6am to 11am trip. 12 for 15ish on sunday 9am to 2pm trip. Mixed bag of cohos, kings, lakers and rainbows. Some small fish but mostly nice fish. Copper, leadcore, downriggers and dipsys working. Green worked the best in anything from spoons, flasher and flys, to meat rigs. Tons of fish marking.
capt josh keeran
proposition fishing charters
racine, wisconsin
Captain Josh Keeran
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i have a jrc color radar/gps/chartplotter and love it, especially for the price. i would assume the unit you are asking about would have similar gps/plotter features. the quality and resolution of my jrc unit isn't quite as good as my raymarine units, but at times i prefer to follow my jrc over the raymarine units. i can not speak for the fishfinder portion of the jrc but i feel my jrc unit was a great purchase. there are higher quality units from other manufactures but you will pay for them.
another great deal, if you can find anymore, is the raymarine a65 and a60 gps/fishfinders. the were discontinued because they are no longer WASS compliant. in the spring those units were selling for as low as $300 brand new.
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here is a link i found with pictures
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not sure what or if there is a name for it. this works great for mono line.
strip about three inches of lead out from the sheath, make a loose overhand knot in the leadcore past the stripped out section. with a clean cut in your backing/leader slide the line inside the sheath until it meets up with the end of the lead. carefully slide the overhand knot over the end of the leadcore line which is now filled with backing/leader line. pull it tight making sure the backing/leader line still meets with the lead in the sheath.
i use this with 40#, 30# and 20# mono and have never had this simple mono-filled overhand knot fail.
i believe i first saw this knot in Great Lakes Angler magazine, credit to unknown author, years ago and have used it religiously ever since.
if i can find a name for it or illustration i will post it.
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Captain Josh Keeran fishing out of Racine, Wisconsin with a 2000 Baha 272. I have been working on charter boats since i was 12 years old, and this summer will be 7 years a charter captain. I'm also a full time fireman/paramedic. I have the two greatest jobs in the world and am one of the few that can say i truely love my jobs.
What's my next step? Suggestions
in Lake Michigan Discussion
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seems like you have a pretty good handle on things. you just have to get out as much as you can and fine tune your fishing.
Two keys to fishing for me:
1. location, location, location!
2. be there when they bite
talk to people and read fish reports. Found out a general area the fish have been caught lately. and remember, you can not make the fish bite. you may be able to persuade them a bit, but you cant make them bite. at least i haven't yet.
i personally have never fished the Michigan side of lake Michigan. Here in Racine, the sun up and sun down bite is usually closer to shore and near our structures. They come in and feed on the large amount of bait fish that come up off the bottom. Fishing out deep is usually not necessary.
My next suggestion my not be agreed upon by others. Fish the middle of the day, 8am till 4pm. Many people believe fishing is tough and it usually stinks during the day. In my opinion it is just more challenging and pushes your skills. My charters don't usually leave the dock until 7am or 1 pm if its an afternoon trip. That is the way I learned to fish.
Once you can consistently put fish in the boat during the off peak times, sun up and sun down fishing will seem like the fish just jump in the boat. start the sun up bite and catch some fish, build confidence for the day and stay out for all day. the fish do move and scatter during the day, but they still bite too. some times its just a matter of finding them.
everyone is going to have opinions and suggestions. you truly have to find out what works for you.