Dave.C

I do agree that the Fish Hawk and Smart Troll system have a few more advantages, no coated cable probably being the biggest one.

I'm more of a weekend warrior, take the kids out fisherman. More info will be great and the cash saved can go towards other things.

I don't think the coated cable will be that big a deal,I may look at the new uncoated cable from Torpedo when I find a DR.

Does anyone have a Depth Raider they are looking to sell?I figure with the GR fishing show on someone will have upgraded.

Thanks

Looking to buy a DR complete unit.

Thanks

Dave

Not too much for me,

Building a house,I had a contractor close it in then I took over, doing basically everything except drywall and taping/mudding.Drywall is done on the main floor now ,started on the downstairs today.

When the house is done i'll start on the shop,24'x42'.

As for fishing projects I just picked up 345 convectors and a 453 cold water as well as 4 copper/lead GLT's.Also fixed up my lure boards as well.

Can't wait to hit the water Gotta get the house done though.

Hey Tony,

Thanks for the offer,by looking at the fish hawk website I would almost be at the price of a new unit if what you have is the 840.

I looked up the smart troll system,it does look interesting.I'm not sure that it would be needed on every rod, but say 2 probes on the riggers may work nicely with one receiver.

Can you tune tune the spin doctor's to run with spoons or do you use all SD's or paddles?I've tried SD's a few times with no luck.In saying that our salmon fishery on this side of the lake isn't the same as you guys have.I think I caught 3 or 4 chinooks last year,biggest about 8 lbs,the rest are coho,bows,lakers and pinks.

Thanks Ryan, I've been checking out the Torpedo uncoated cable,if I had to replace the coated I think that would be the way to go.

I found the thread about the tip ruining the cable,it was on GLA and the fella was using 20lb balls on a walker,he said using 12lb ers,no problem.

Is the "smart troll system" similar to the fish hawk TD?

Is the coated cable of the DR or sub troll damaged easily? I read that the Walker dr pulley's were hard on the coated cable. I have a manual Walker and a luhr Jenson.

Thanks Ryan, that's the info I was looking for.An RCA jack is easy to disconnect when heading to smaller lakes.

Erik,thanks as well,i've been doing alot of reading and there doesn't really seem to be too many negatives about any of them.Moor,Depth Raider or the Fish Hawk.

Hey guys,

I'm looking at buying a speed/temp probe. I'll be installing it on an 18' Jon boat, I know,not you're typical salmon boat. I remove the riggers often and am wondering which probe antenna set up would be the easiest to disconnect from the boat when I remove the riggers? Price wise I'm looking at the sub troll or the depth raider.

If I could find a used x4 I would go that way, no question.

Thanks

Thanks guys, went out last night and got 1 bow. She was cold. The waves were around 2'. I was using the lower holders and the boards were definitely jumping. Will try the upper holders. Supposed to be almost no wind this week do I'm going to try and get out again.

Thanks again.

Hey guys, when running inline planer boards should the rod tip be higher or closer to the water?

Thanks

Dave

Nice pics!

Hey Frank,how's the fishing in Tawas City? I fish out of Kincardine,pretty much staight east of you.The spring and early summer were really good.Not alot of size to them but lots lots of coho and bows.

The big perch are also making a come back. Lots of limits caught off of Goderich this spring.

yep, picked up a couple of boards,rods,copper line and some lures at Gander, a couple of reels at Bass.

Back home now and back to work:(

Going to set up 3 rods for copper.I bought 600', going to set up a 300,200 and a 100.

Ok, thanks

I knew about Gander, will google Anderson's.

I caught an 8 lb laker of Kincardine a couple of weeks ago, It had a scar like liqson behind it's gill. When I cut into it,a yellowish pussy liquid came out of it. We disposed of it.

Hey Dave

Are you running any TX-22's? I'm going to start running copper, What is the max length of copper you would run with the walleye boards, 300'?

They only had the walleye boards. Picked up a couple of reels.heading to Port Huron tomorrow am. Any places open on Sunday to stop by?

Hey guys

We're in Auburn Hills right now and was just wondering if there are any good fishing stores around? Looking for Church's planer boards and heartland rods.

Thanks

I've tied a few flies as well,going to try them out the Canuck side of Huron.Some blues,with copper,flour.green flashabou,Halo greens as well.They don't seem to be as popular over here.Not sure why.

Thanks guys,

Going out tomorrow am and see if we can entice a few bigger fish.Going to try some flashers and flies,see how they work.

Hey guys,

Stumbled on this site while searching for Lake Huron fishing info.Starting to get back into the salmon fishing,I helped my dad and partner run their charter boat out of Kincardine in the late 80's.

I picked up a boat off of a buddy this winter,it's defineately not a salmon boat but I have been doing quite well.It's an 18' crestliner Jon,I have to be picky on the wind conditions but so far it's been great.

We've netted about 36 fish in 6 outings.Mostly coho,biggest was about a 10lb bow.

I've had my son out with me every time,the first salmon he brought in,he couldn't believe the fight.I told him to wait until we get into some bigger fish.

This looks like an excellant site and hope to try out some tactics you fellas use.

Tightlines

Dave

NIce job on the fish.Will have to try some of those on the east side of Huron.

Thanks for the info!

Dave