carpedium

I fish out of a 17.5' open bow Deep V powered by a 70hp OB. There is not nearly enough room to fish properly out of for more than 3 people, but it is a great boat for what it is. Without any trolling bags or kicker, etc. I can get down to 1.9, and with a slight tap on the throttle, the next step is 2.5, then 3.0. I'm actually very impressed with the way it is trolling in spite of its size, etc. How about you?

I fish out of a 17.5' open bow Deep V powered by a 70hp OB. There is not nearly enough room to fish properly out of for more than 3 people, but it is a great boat for what it is. Without any trolling bags or kicker, etc. I can get down to 1.9, and with a slight tap on the throttle, the next step is 2.5, then 3.0. I'm actually very impressed with the way it is trolling in spite of its size, etc. How about you?

That works

haha... I did something wrong this weekend as when I pulled lines in I found a full fledged 100-wrap bimini twist 10 feet long at the end with two spoons somewhere in the middle on a free slider. I'll give you a call this week Scott- didn't want to bother you given the preparation for the tourney's, etc. last week. Is there anything that is supposed to go at the end of the mainline before the swivel to prevent one swivel from passing through the other?

Sounds good! Rod length leader with a Blood knot?

Congrats Scott!

I can't wait, thanks for the info - that one we lost will keep me coming back for a while

I was really happy to see the rain go away a little after we got going. The fish we got was stuffed with alewife!

Yeah that was me! I don't particularly remember which boat you were but congrats on doing so well out there. Today got pretty rough toward the end and was the reason we ended up coming in. At this point i am happy to not be skunked

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: carpedium ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):6/12 Time on Water:6 to 11 Weather/Temp:67 Wind Speed/Direction: Waves: 1 to 4 Surface Temp:61 Location: LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 4 Total Boated: 1 1Species Breakdown: steelhead Hot Lure: steelie dan Trolling Speed: 3.1 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 140 Lure Depth: 25 ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS ==================== Headed out to 400 early to try to find thermal breaks but found nothing. Seemed like they liked it fast today. Had a screamer on and ended up breaking the 15lb mono. Maybe I should spool with 20? [ Post made via Android ]

New forecast is better for the morning.... If you are going out of sandy I'll see you there!

That is a good point. There is a certain vindication of spirit that the moment of the strike brings.

My grandparents have a cottage right between fox and grenadier island on the mainland. Growing up i used to be able to catch perch as fast as you could take them off the hook, not so much anymore! Good to see there are still some around! Nice pics, and AWESOME sheepshead.

Bring boots if you go to sandy creek!

hmmm question of the weekend... what goes on first, the suncreen or the bug spray? ha.

I have ordered from abebooks.com in the past - a good group over there

Welcome! You certainly did find the right place. A really great crowd here. Good luck out there!

Agreed 100%! Although maybe this year if you and J want to come up and putz around that area at night or whenever the boat is finally fishable!

Great info, thanks everyone. I really like the idea of the liberators, as they will automatically slide down when they hit the rod tip. Also, on the picture taken of the package - it looks like you can stack two of them on your line. Has anyone done more than one fixed cheater using rubber bands? How well does that work?

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Alright.. I have got to about 2009 on the takle/techniques subforum so far - and just have a quick question to be sure that I understand this right. Correct me if I am wrong: Free slider/cheater - Is basically a snap swivel hooked directly to the mainline with no means of securing it from moving vertically. This is deployed by setting the mainline down on the rigger a certain distance and clipping the snap swivel on the mainline during the decent of the rigger ball. Fixed cheater AKA Mup rig - The same snap swivel hooked to the mainline in the same fasion, except it is also clipped to a rubber band half hitched to the downrigger cable. Questions: It seems to me that a free slider would eventually make its way down to the downrigger ball without any way of stopping it. I take it this never happens? A Fixed cheater hooked with a rubber band would seemingly decrease the amount of resistance needed for the fish to get a good hook set and stay on. What do people do to mitigate this? Thanks, Matt

Sorry, already have a commitment this weekend (Weekend for the Orleans Pro/Am)

It has seemed to be a lot faster today too

I have a 36" folding low profile SS whip antenna. 3db gain, but i'm not looking to communicate across the lake or anything.

Supposed to be picking up a standard horizon eclipse dsc gx1000s tonight....