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I used 30lb mono as calculated by the reel fill calculator that is available on the web...

I fished out of Brighton last year and did OK for the first year of trolling. I was always about 10miles out to get any salmon. I would pick up one or two a day with one day that was on fire with about 12 in 4 hours! I only used riggers and spin doctors, this year I have a few new rigs to try (wire dipsy, etc).

I found a reel fill calculator on the net (.xls sheet) and it worked perfectly. On a convector 30D with Stren 30lbs. back (100yrds) with Mason 7 strand (333yrds) filled it just below the lip. Pretty slick way to do it. Thanks

Does anyone know how a Okuma Convector 30D takes 1000' of 7 strand 30lb wire? Do you require backing to fill the spool to about 1/8" as recommended in the manual? Thanks

Sorry to cut in but I have a simple question... Is the 7 strand stainless wire OK to use with the Telora rod with Fuji guilds (no rollers)? I didn't want to spend $250 on the roller rod but don't want to destroy the $90 Telora either. I gave up on the dipsy's last year because I only had 30lb mono, I'm looking forward to wire action! Thanks,

Brighton's been good to me this year, I'm a rookie. It's slowed down quite a bit but we're getting big fish. Yesterday we got a big salmon with a lamprey attached to it, the fish had zero fight in it. We're getting lots of hits on green spindoctors and flies and anchovies.

I haven't seen those but my Walkers use a Reese style 2 conductor plug that you can buy at an automotive store as they are used for trailer lights etc. Like the Reese 4 conductor flat connector with only 2 conductors.

Anyone have any technical knowledge of the spool to spool shaft and how they are coupled together? Looks like some epoxy or rubber residue in there...

I have a few Daiwa 47LC reels that I'm using for downrigging / Dipsy use. I've spun 2 of these reels on big fish this week. You can tighten/loosen the drag but the shaft that the spool runs on is de-coupled from the spool and the spool just spins free independent of the shaft. Is this common and what is the fix? I cannot see anything that ties the spool to the shaft, its not splined or threaded... Thanks,

I'm not sure, I have a boat slip in Brighton and its about a 12nm run to the island.

Fleas were nasty at Scotch Bonnet. Salmon action was non-stop.

Busted reels, bent hooks, bloody toes... Here it is. Got tired of taking these off the hooks today off Brighton! Double hook ups almost every time!

After a really windy weekend I got out tonight on the lake, great weather. Boated 2 Steelhead (1 tiny and 1 large) both on mini dipsy's and green variation NK28's. No downrigger action at all. I figure they were about 20'down in 100->50 FOW.

Beyond Scotch Bonnet today (deep water 200++) we got 2-24"/28" rainbows on spoons. Green spoons with no flashers etc. We were way too deep and pulled the riggers up very shallow and got them right away.

Thanks for the info, I saw tons of bait west of lighthouse also, as I say, new to the game and help is appreciated. I've got a dock so getting out is easy this year. I'll keep updating as I get out more. The Bonnet was void of fish when I was there too. Lets keep this Brighton thread going! Thanks!