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I got the same thing as Musky at 8:20 pm. Glen

As a general rule the deeper I'm fishing the shorter the lead. In clear shallow water for Browns I will drop back as much as 200 feet. Out deep for salmon there are days where the fish want it right off the ball like 5 feet and there are times when they won't touch it unless it's 40+ foot back. Let them tell you where to run it. Glen

Blowback is caused by the resistance of your moving downrigger weight against the water. The faster you go the more resistance, therefore the more blowback you will get. It will cause your weight, and lure, to run higher than the amount of cable you have out. Sometimes considerably higher. Watch your cable angles this season at different speeds while you are trolling and it will be real obvious to you, Watch for cross angles caused by underwater currents also. It is usually not a good idea to raise or lower your riggers under the cross current conditions or you wll increase your odds of crossing your cables. The heavier and more streamlined your weights are the less blowback you will have. I fish with torpedo shaped weights especially when fishing deep. Hope that helps. Glen

The original top on my 1989 25' Wellcraft is Sunbrella. Still looks new. I got to water proof this season with something but the material is holding up great. For the last 3 seasons it's been up from April thru Oct. Can't tell you how much it was used before that but I would guess quite a bit. Glen

Tool and Die Maker fulltime. Teach AutoCAD, a drafting software, for a Machine Technology program at a Community College part time nights. Did a 5 year stint in the Engineering department as a Mold Designer and ended up back on the floor at another company for more money. :shock: Glen

Thanks Alan, Hope you two are wintering well. I have Hydralic steering so I won't have to do the cable thing but the units are more money. I have to call Simrad and get some specifics regarding the dimensions of the control units and make up my mind. Way it looks right now I will go with the AP12 and try to fit it on the dash if possible but if I can't your mounting advice with the cord will be the way to go. Prices at planetgps are the lowest I've seen so far. Thanks for your input. Glen

NYF, Thanks for the info. Do you guys find you use the corded remote much? Glen

Thanks Tim. My dash area is getting low on space. It looks like the ap12 has a smaller control so thats why I'm probably going to go that way. Is the control unit on the 14 stationary? In the only pictures I have found it shows a cable coming out the bottom and the 12 doesn't seem to have one. Thanks for your help. Glen

Anybody got any experience with the AP12 ? Also where did you guys find the best price? Thanks Glen

Rich, Can you pm me the sight. Thanks Glen

Thanks Rich. How far would that be from Fort Niagara? Glen

Don't know yet Clarke. Might just get a room this year. Hauling out all that gear, setting up and breaking down plus the boat is starting to chew up to much fishing time. No definate plans yet though. Glen

Hi Rich. Yup. We will be out there. See you then. Glen

I thought we would be OK in the water for this year but would have to have one for 2008. Did I get the info wrong? Thanks glen

We run Scotty powergrips and have been for years. They work great. We use the small size for Browns and the large for Salmon. What I really like most about them is because they are on a leader off the ball I can see my rod tip bouncing even with a very small fish on that won't release because of size. Keeps me from dragging the little guys around the lake. Glen

Thanks guys. digital dagger $157.00 ea. free shipping. I bought a couple off them previously without problems so I decided to go with them again. Quick shipment as well. Glen

Hey Stix, On the old board you had posted a webpage that had the best price for the Shimano Tekotas. I had it bookmarked and lost alot of information during a windows upgrade. That was one of the things I lost. Could you post it for me or pm it to me? Thank you much. Glen

We run 8" without issues. Plenty of stretch. Never ran the 12's. Glen

Ed I bought one of the inflatables last year. Like you I would never wear one. Since I bought it I have it on all the time when I'm solo and don't mind it at all. They are not cheap but well worth it. It will inflate as soon as I hit the water. ( I hope) Wish I could tell you what kind I got but it's up by the lake in the boat. I paid about $170.00 for it. Glen