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I have a 221 Starcraft Islander and I would like to use it for walleye but using the 2 trolling bags I already have I can only get the speed down to 1.6mph. I would like to get it down to at least 1.1mph for trolling crawler harnesses. Putting a kicker on is not an option because I would like to use the boat on the 30th.

Any ideas. I don't want to stress the engine to much. Not sure if one or two more bags would help and not stress the engine.

Got two16 pounders and an 11 pound kings. 65ft down 130fow. All three hit different things.

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Probably Skamania

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The way of the lake is experience with trial and error. And helpful tips. Just watch the reports of what people are catching where, on what, what water depth and how far down will give you a place to start.

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Yes run the dipsies so the rods are pointing to tge side of the boat.

You should be able to find a fellow fishing where you live and have him show you what needs to be done. This site will help but in person advice is always better. If I lived closer I would help you out more.

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Well you need a really tough rod holder for the dipsy rods. That can adjusted so the rod is parallel to the water. I run 10ft dipsy rods.

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Witchcraft lure tape.

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Ok thanks.

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For those of you using the Chamberlain. If you have it set so your rod can be loaded really good how can you release yourself when you want to cahange lurres or leave for the day?

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Meat fishing is a whole different ballgame. You need different flashers and meeat rigs than other methods. Sounds like you are expecting to catch salmon every time out. Well that doesn't always happen. You just need to do trial and error fishing and look at alot of fishing reports to see what other people are doing.

One thing I can tell you that every boat fushing salmon should have is a way to find the right temperature of water. Let it be either a temp/speed probe like a depth raider or fish hawk. Just get a thermometer that you can clip on to a rod and send it down on a rigger rod but reel it up as fast as you can.

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150 lures. That's more than I have and I've been salmon fishing for more the 15 years. Make sure your dipsy rods are set to runn on the right or left side of the boat according to the dial on the bottom of the dipsy. A #1 setting will be closer to the boat and a #3 will take the dipsy farther from the boat.with dipsies you need to remember to not make to sharp of turns.

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Don't get rid of the 4 riggers. I catch 98% of my salmon on the 4 riggers I have. I run 2 dipsies but they can't get down as deep as my riggers. Get use to running the riggers and catching fish on them then get a couple dipsies when you can afford it.

Like said before. Use different leads lengths off your riggers sometimes as far back as 60ft or farther. That will take care of the fish spooking.

I run a full core to but I don't catch very many fish on it. I only run it as a just in case rod because sometimes it catches a fish but most times it doesn't.

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Nope. Charlevoix,most summers by August I have to fish 120-140 ft down to catch anything. Warm water piles in that whole area. There are times I need to make a 17 mile run to find fish and colder water.

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Cold water? It's 60 something all the way down to 70 ft and sometimes deeper depending on where you are at. Leadcore is useless with the colder water so deep. And with dipsies they don't get any action until right at dark when tge salmon come up to feed.

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Well the spiney fleas are at Charlevoix too. But they are different than the ones at Frankfort. They come off the line with a good shake or slap on tg e water.

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Went yesterday 7/21 fished from in front of channel to just west of the red can and went 1 for 4. A nice fat king. Not sure why we lost the others. Had a screamer on. No set pattern just the depth where 54degrees was changed all the time. All but one hit was in around 50 degrees or colder. Which was anywhere from 70-115 down. Did see a salmon jump 2 times and once actually cleared the surface. I think it was chasing bait.

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They are a light grayish color. Not like the yellowish color of years past.

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I never needed to use it before. But like I said they are hard to get off the line. Usually I would just put the rod down in water and give it a good upward jerk and the fleas would come off.

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Well Charlevoix only had 61 degrees at shore. They were even on leadcore. Which I've never seen before. But these this year are different.

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I've fished Frankfort and charlevoix so far tbis summer and those spiney fleas are just awful this year. Not as bad at charlevoix as Frankfort but they are even a different color than they have been in years past. And are harder to get off the line when bringing in a fish. Plus they are even getting on my mono dipsies.

Has anyone else had a problem with them? I'm wodering why they are tougher?

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Went to Charlevoix yesterday and took my 3 nieces 9,7 and 4. They each got a laker not big enough to keep and a 25" laker and a 16" splake that had a tapeworm threw that in garbage. And right at the end I brought in a 15# or so king on a dipsy. Didn't mark very many at all. But most of the lakers were only 75' in 100-120fow.

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Only managed 2 kings at Frankfort yesterday

Not to many fish were caught. From the boats we talked to at the launch most of them got skunked. We got our fish in 170 and 140 fow. The down temp wasn't constant but at 100 ft down it was anywhere from 50-54 degrees. Didn't mark many until right at dark but I think most of those were lakers.

Nailer is right on the fishing there being slow. There are days that everyone is catching fish and then the next few no one can catch any or just a couple. It hasn't been consistent for a few years.

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I'm looking at the forecast for Wednesday at frankfort and they are calling for a nw wind. I've only fished there once and was wondering where the salmon have been with this sw wind and if the nw wind will move them to a different area. Plus how has the fishing been.

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That might be a little late. And I wouldn't put in at the cement plant. There are some big boulders just uder the surface. I am usually done fishing over by the first of October. But if you can fish up really shallow or in the ship slip there are salmon in there until November. But are half dead.

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