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Yes you can stick them in a downrigger holder and no it's not optimum. If you have no choice, whats the question? Good luck. Glen

Do you have one reel over filled? Glen

Beautiful fish. Glen

Theres no fish in that lake worth risking your life or the lives of your passengers for. Use your head and play it safe. Respect the Lake. Theres always tomorrow if you do. Watch out for overloading the boat and weight distribution. Have fun, catch some fish and be safe. Your 19 footer will work just fine. Glen

Cost $20.00/year for profesional membership. Goes for a good cause (running the board) and you get some more extras. Worth it. Glen

Traxtech makes nice rod holders. 6 on the boat for about 4 yrs and no problems. Glen

The guys who fished the series were hardcore fishermen and had the guts to do it Rod. No message board bullsh_t was going to put them off. The non stop rule changes was what pissed people off. The start of the decline was when the fourth event was added. Alot of ams that wanted to fish the series just plain couldn't The open communication and disregard for what the fishermen wanted was responsible for a big drop in participation. I'll let this latest change speak for itself. Glen

The pro/ams were the most prestiges tournamnet on the lake. Period I remember a friend of mine, Brian from Tall Tails said during a proam bashing session on here "The proams are not for everyone and thats OK" The tournaments were being bashed mostly by guys that never even fished one and wouldn't have the balls to fish them anyway. This was a very true statement by Brian and seeing what was happening to the Am division was terrible. The guys who fished the am division were mostly weekend warriors who were willing to make some pretty major sacrifices in thier lives to do so. The expense, the travel and the time off of work and away from the family was something not alot of guys were willing to do. The guys that were willing, made for a great tournament and the entrys for the Oswego and Niagara were twice what it is now and thats only considering the amatuer divison boats. Hell, I remember early on our team took in a grand cash for a seventh place finish in Niaqara with 60 + boats fishing the am division. Changes were made in an attempt to increase participation with no regard for what the majority of guys that were already fishing them wanted. Instead of increasing participation the plan back fired to the point of what they have now. The guys who were willing to make the sacrifices to fish the pro/ams were alianated and little by little just stopped fishing them. When the anouncement was made this year that ams would be pitted against the pros I finally had enpough. I don't care what kind of prize structure was created or what anybody says on this message board thats plain and simple bull_hit. As far as the open division, if I want to fish that type of tournament structure I can do so all over the lake alot closer to home port. From the awards ceremony at Sodus I looked forward to next seasons pro/ams. Not anymore and I got to believe alot of other am teams feel the same way judging by the entrys this year. Still no amatuer fishermens input will be regarded. Frustrating to say the least. Good luck Glen

Forschner. I believe I have the 10 and 12" Cinemeter but my memory for names just plain sucks. I know Jons tackel in Mexico stocks some. Glen

I have run the 30lb for a couple season now and have the line twist figured out. My spoon rods, I run a spro swivel (same ones guys are using for coppers) in between the FF and the Floro leader and a Spro swivel between the Floro and the lure. My flasher rods, I run a bigger Spro swivel and make sure the swivel on the Spin Doctor or other brand of flasher is in good working order. Very little twisting if any. Gambler got it pegged. Glen

Don't lose that picture.... Nice job guys Glen

Hope you have a great one and the fish are biting for you. Glen

That would all depend on you. If you don't mind fishing and working a little bit for fish then stay out and see if you can get them going. Sometimes you can sometimes you can't. It will make you a better fishermen either way. If you just want the easy fish, fish the bite and head in during the slow time. For me, I usually burn more fuel running in and back out than if I just stay out and run on the kicker. Good luck Glen

Ya, 5500 rpm sounds right. I'm sure you could find the information on the internet to varify this. Glen

Glad to hear it went well. Nice job getting this tournament off the ground Nick and good job having fun out there Sean. Glen

I wouldn't run much less than 650 ft on the downrigger rods. A quality reel with a good drag thats set right will stop all LO Kings by then. Closest I've ever come to being spooled with a little more than 600 ft of 40 lb line was a 24 lb King that was hooked in the side. We had to turn on that fish anyway because we couldn't gain any line back on him. On my Shimano 600 Tekotas I fit about 750 ft of 30 lb Ande and never had a problem after thousands of LO of Kings. Good luck Glen

What part of the lake do you want to fish? Glen

I like either black or black. Glen

Happy Birthday Greg. Hope it's a great one. Glen

I set my riggers first dipsys second and copper third since it takes the longest to get out. Glen

No. She doesn't need a license if shes not fishing. Glen

Nice job and much better pictures Big. Glen