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Jay:

Welcome to the site. I grew up in the PNW and have fished out of Johnsons Point when I was a kid. We fish a lot different here than in the PNW! First we are allowed to keep 5 Salmon or trout per day, 2nd we Troll with 3 rods per angler, and most of use only spoons and dodger fly combinations to attract and catch the fish. The lakes are very temperature varied, our surface temps can reach over 75 degrees and we are very dependent on the thermo cline developing and giving us a depth that we can zero in on. I am very dependent on my Fishawk X4 to let me know where the temp break is. If we have a constant weather pattern for a few days, we can get a set temp break and it makes the fishing a lot easier. My Brother lives in the Portland area in Oregon and he fishes the Columbia River and the Ocean off of NW Oregon, like you they have a different style of fishing. I showed him how to use downriggers and how to use directional planers to cover the water column. I think that the NW fishermen could learn a lot from us here on the Great Lakes. I am going to try to fish out there in the next couple of years and hope my ideas will prove useful.

the only factor I would worry about with the planers is the current, we try stacking @ times & get crossed every now & then. I have Q about your downriggers are the big john riggers a sealed motor & belt or gear driven? mostly scotty's are run out here & cannon

I've been on there as well reading around gaining some know-how & have read that some of the slickcraft boats came with mahogany stringers but I think that may have been pre amf (1970)

or any other downloadable technical data on the boat mine is a 76 ie...kind of wood used for stringers ect

gives you a direct line to the fish so that you don't have the added pressure from the flasher I love them I would suggest a black dragon & a purple crush

my bimini top is a bit worn so I figure just add on a hard top now it's just finding one

check out http://qcove.com/ you can call him & do custom colors as well even if its only one flasher

I'm in the search for new tactics & not many ppl have info on my slickcraft so I'm turning to where it came from. do you use break away flashers?

looking to turn my slickcraft into a hardtop was wondering if there are any after market tops available or used top off of a Grady would work any suggestions are more than welcome

any luck?

guess it would depend on what kind of downrigger you run? I like to keep 15ft between clips & use the little line bullets to trigger the stop on a Scotty & a second one down just off the boom to keep from popping off the clip

am am mostly acustomed to fishing inshore saltwater for kings, silvers pinks looking to gain some knowledge lake style

look into tapatalk

I would highly recommend the tinned wire also helps to withstand vibration not just corrosion

how many fish it now?

thanks Steve pm sent I was also curious about maybe trying to find a hard top

offshore fishing Washington & oh yea that's a butt

oh I do! I'm most curious about the void under the cabin just below the fuel tank. and I would like too find a fiberglass or teek pulpit for my anchor as well. trust me I have one he'll of a restore starting here & my list keeps getting bigger! you know the whole well since I have this too do might as well improve that any pic's of spec sheets or any other info will be greatly appreciated

hey names Jay & I'm a noob on here but not too fishin, I'm looking to go gain as much info as I can about amf slickcraft boats . granted I'm not from the lakes but my boat is & it could be interesting to exchange salmon tactics, tight linez g