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Damn. Forgot all about this seminar. Started 30 min ago. Should start writing more things down on calender

The single keels will be fine for pulling those mag lips or any stickbaits. The double keels help when you put out long coppers later in the year.

Agreed. Like finsntins, my Convectors and Catalinas had 6-7 years on em and needed some PM

Just got an order of 4 from Yakima. Can't wait to get em wet

Yup. Tuna uses a flat rate of $5.99 for return shipping. There is a form to fill out on their website

FYI it's $9 for the Dragmaster drags and around $15 for the labor. You get the old parts back in a baggie. Great value IMO. I also ordered several extra clicker springs for my Catalina wire reels. $2.

We've seen a few floaters in I-Bay during the heavy stocking years, '14 & '15, but have never caught one

Nice going you two.

Thanks. I missed that

Now thats funny, gross but funny

I just read somewhere Oldsquaw numbers on the Great Lakes have been increasing cause they're chowing on zebra mussels. Can't help the taste.

Break away!!!!!!

Thanks for the report. We fished out of Oregon Outlet this past August on the "Fishing Frenzy" boat and caught Blue Marlin, White Marlin, a Sailfish and a bonus 45lb. Wahoo. Can't wait for next August. Charters are a little $$ but they motor far offshore and work hard to find fish.

The mussels in I-Bay were exceptionally bad this year. I've seen numerous boat bottoms completely covered with an inch of them if they weren't bottom painted. I have an outboard so haven't had an issue, but I did find transducers, trim tabs, outboard motor bracket and three water intakes all loaded up. Several Muriatic acid sprays and power washes did the trick. Bottom paint helps but only on flat hull surfaces. Not outdrives it seems.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Rolmops, but the weighted lines you describe are OK for flat lining down the chute, but how do you deploy 200ft of line then run it out 75-100ft on a board? Lots of weighted line from rod tip to release. Not good.

It sounds like you're on the right track with the size Okuma reels and lengths of copper. To me the high speed retrieves are worth it on 400 and higher. Convectors for the 300's and Clarion CLR 553LS for the 400-500's. Scotty releases on the heavy setting are the ticket for the boards. The GLT rods are a great value also. Happy shopping.

Try the 120-140 ft depths. On Thursday the temp was down around 60 ft with a ton of bait. 300 copper was hot and 177 on the wire with FF. Not a lot of fish on the bait but enough to keep you awake. We'll be out tomorrow.