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Good luck bow. I don't think you will have any problems as I've been running off the back of the weight since about 1994 without issues. Pancake weights might cause some problems. Glen

Why not attach the scotty release to the back of ball? When you load up the rod your lure will be above the ball because of the lead from the ball to the release. Usually about 18" or so. Glen

Thats what I use for my trout Carp. Excellent knife but small for salmon. Glen

Forschner Cimeter 12" is what we use and am very happy with it. Dexter Russel also makes a good knife and uses fine steel that holds an edge great. A ceramic honning steel will keep them razor sharp. Used a steel honning rod at first but they rust on the boat. Glen

Nice job. Good trip for your first time out. Whats a walleye? Glen

Hope you have a good one split. Glen

Sounds "FISHY" Glen

We run Okuma pro classics at about $30.00 per for our attractors with heavy mono. 81/2 ft MH action. Shimano Tolaras at about $70.00 per rod for spoons and plugs with lighter mono. 8 1/2ft med action Have dragged the attractors with the Tolaras on occasion and they are pretty sweet rods. Pricey but nice and great longevity. Shakespear Ugly stiks for Browns. 8 1/2 ft light action. To light for salmon in my opinion. Glen

Coffe and tobbaco seems to work pretty good.

You say you put your probe and head unit on your friends boat and still had the same problem? You should swap them out one at a time. Probe first with his head unit on his boat. If you still have the problem with your probe and his head unit then it's your probe. Then try his probe with your head unit and see what happens. That way you isolate the bad component and then call Moores and tell them what happened. I got to figure you did put a new battery in....RIGHT ? Glen

Thanks for the as always accurate information Tom. Glen

I stand corrected. Glen

Welcome Jack. The stuff that used to catch Salmon for you will still take them today. Cut bait is still responsible for taking big Kings every year and there are days my dodgers out produce my flashers. J-plugs are responsible for killing many Salmon each year. The fish are still the same. Find out what they want to bite and give it to them. Conditions will dictate where they are and if they stick around, and how long they stage in front of the rivers. A variety of trolling flys, for running behind the dodgers and flahers, is a deadly addition you might want to consider. Again they have there days. Somedays they want spoons and plugs, others they want the attractors and flys. Despite what you might hear, all the major brands of flys will catch fish. There will be days your divers are going better than the riigers and others it's the opposite. There is a wealth of good information on lure and color selection here on this site. Read through the recent reports and tackel and techniques section to get a general idea of whats catching fish and how it's presented. And no there are still no magic lures on the market. Good luck. Glen

Nice fish Todd. Glen

Happy B day Ray. No luck on the Bass thing yet. Still working on it though. glen

Nice going Bud. Hope things are well with you. Glen

To answere the original question,yes I use backing on my Tekota 600lcs for wire. I like to keep the spool full to within an 1/8 of an inch of the rim. The counter is more accurate and you get faster retrieves as you are taking more wire on per revolution on a full spool. I used heavy mono as a backer. Alot cheaper than braid and with 1000 ft of wire on top I will never get to the backing while playing a fish. Just there for a filler. Glen

I'd run a Falsher and fly off on side on a rigger and a Mag spoon off the other side. I'd reverse it on the dipsys and see what happens. Don't go with a pre determined amount of wire out cause if the fish aren't at that depth your kinda screwed from the get go. You can add meat off a rigger if the fish aren't taking your initial offerings. The reason I wouldn't start with the meat is because you want to vary your trolling speed running faster and covering more water when looking for the fish, and slowing down once you get on them to see what they want. Good luck Glen

Jekll, My post wasn't directed at you. What would make you think it was? A guy asked a question about running cooper in a pack and I answered it. I seen it all on the big lake over the years and since you brought it up there is a difference between a dipsy and copper. The angle of decent on a dipsy is greater than copper. You achieve the same depth with less line out. Now your statement regarding common sense being exercised isn't all that accurate. Running a dipsy out 350 ft is risky. When you take a fish that runs upwards of 30 lbs with a light drag setting, before he's done his first run he's out 600-700 ft. and you got to understand this and be willing to accept the fact theres a good chance he's going to get cut off in a pack and it ain't the other guys fault. Thats common sense. You got to look and think beyond the bow of the boat so to speak, in this type of situation. Gradyvt, In a pack of boats you have very limited mobility. There are times you got NO WHERE to go and if I got to make a choice between cutting somebody else off or take out a long copper running off a board 100-200 feet (and yes I see it all the time) off the side of the boat on the other side, it's bye bye copper. Of course this is all relative to the size of the pack and the size of the area thats holding the fish. Just use your best judgement and have fun out there. I posted my experiences to give you an idea of what to expect. Hope they help you out and you get your 30 lber. Glen

Yup. Size 8 I believe.

Ed if you are talking about a small barrel swivel for joining lines that will fit in your rods guides and the level wind on the reel the answere would be spro's. If you talking about a snap swivel for attaching lures there are a couple different brands that are good. spro being one and Sampo being another. Glen

A concentration of fish in a small area is what causes a pack in the first place. If you get 50 + boats working the same area and they where all running cooper and boards just think of how much fun that would be with every boat taking up a very large area of water. NOBODY IS SPECIAL OUT THERE. Everybody has the same right to fish that water. And there are all skill levels and experience packed in to the same water. If you decide to run 300, 400,500 or 600 feet of line off the back of your boat or boards, it is your responsibility to keep it out of the way. Not the other 50 or so boats responsibility to give you your own quarter mile of water, period. People were catching plenty of fish before the copper fad and you can catch your share without it now. People need to exercise some common sense in a pack. There is no fish in the lake thats worth being an a_ _ hole over. And another thing. Just becasue you got 300 feet of line on your planner board reels don't mean you got to use it all. Go find your own fish out of the pack if thats the way you want to fish. They are out there just need to work a little bit and find them. Rant over. Glen

That really sucks but thank god it wasn't worse. Speedy recovery. Glen

Hope that good fsihing continues for you out west buddy. Just send a few out east will ya? Yup,we do plenty of C&R as well. Just love catching them. Glen

Nice job Todd. Glen