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  1. Sk8man
    When technology may not be your best friend :>) Fished Cayuga today. Near the end of trolling we had a medical situation onboard and I had to very quickly clear 6 lines includig 2 300 coppers and a wire dipsy, and three cheated downriggers. Normally the downriggers work flawlessly despite being older Cannon 10 A's but one wouldn't come up from 35 ft so I had to hand roll it up (thankfully not down 100). We quickly motored to the launch and headed for home (Canandaigua about 40 miles away). When I went to put the boat away I was taking the down riggers off as usual and I looked at the Digitroll II and said WTH (see pic) That downrigger stays active when plugged in and I had forgotten to unplug it and when used earlier I had set it to cycle 5 ft up and then 5 ft down automatically to entice the fish. I forgot and left it plugged in and apparently ti was doing this all the time I was enroute home without the weight on it and while I had secured the terminus so the (new) 200lb wire just kept going over the side of the wheel . Looking for my sharp wire cutters right now
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    Man....you've got me shaking
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    You are a master of simplification Brian (as well as a good fisherman) Thx bud. Only after the silvers so as you know it can be hit or miss
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    semperfi- I think if you incorporate the advice above with my previous post that you mentioned you should be good as that is right in the area that you mentioned you'll be I'd be circling that complete area until I hit either some marks or fish and then keep messing with them. Don't be surprised if you see dorsals sticking out of the water with rainbows and landlocks feeding on bugs....hard to get them to hit but sometimes if you stick at it they will hit the small 2-2 3/4 inch (esp. orange/silver or blue/silver). Can be fun with flyrod ad flies or poppers.
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    Heading to Cayuga tomorrow (Deans) for the silvers. Lake O looks a bit too "iffy". As far as the Black releases I have used them since they came out in the 70's and have tried most of the others. What I found is if you use a scale to set them at about 3 to 3 1/2 lbs (I use an inexpensive luggage scale from Walmart (about$8?) that is supriisingly accurate. The only time I have to mess with them is if running large 11 inch flashers behind and there is strong current (Lake O). The Chamberlains are good too but I just don't feel like re-terminating the three downriggers when I already have something that works. Any info on Cayuga Brian?
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    Another possible variable is the setting on your depth finder if it is on a setting for shallow water e.g. 100 ft or less 200 khz you may be going way outside the cone aangle of the transducer. If you have say a 50 or 83 khz setting with a wider cone angle you may be able to pick up the weights better.
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    Again....aluminum or glass boats?
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    For starters you need either torpedo or shark type weights and most likely the problem will be solved.. If not, your transducer needs repositioning.
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    Congrats Bob.....one heck of a fish Good thing it wasn't caught at Loch Ness or they might think it was "Nessie"
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    Just one more straw added to the camels back....
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    It works well for what it is designed. It is not a substitute for the Fishawk 4D by any stretch of the imagination. I use mine to find the thermocline layer for running my rigs on the Fingers by attaching it to my downrigger running it down to say 100 ft while in neutral and then I record the temp chenges in 5 ft intervals, and to determine where things like coppers and leadcores are running by attaching it directly to the line bringing it back in and seeing how deep it ran and what the temp was there.
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    Nice work Joe
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    I'm with you on that Steve....great reels otherwise but that isthe clincher for me too.
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    Looks like you folks are having a great time John...beautiful day for it too
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    Brian it seems as though you are ALWAYS doing it right out there.
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    Matt - the temp range you want to be in is 50-60 degrees and it is running at 30-55 ft down at the north end right now. The cowbells are mainly used for lakers down deep although an occasional silver may be caught with them.. Run small to medium flutter spoons about 30-50 ft behind the boat and troll about 2.4 -2,8 mph making S turns frequently. Start out near the Geneva Golf Club where it drops off to 70-80 ft and troll south on diagonals from 80 ft of water out to about the middle back and forth all up the west side to Reeds Bay and then go back north east all along the east side near the high banks area doing the same trolling on diagonals until you hit fish. Along the way every few minutes raise or lower the riggers 5 ft or so and keep varying your trolling speed. Occasioanlly put the motor at idle for a brief time and then start back up increasing your speed. Good luck.
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    Keep at it you're doing fine
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    Nice going Aaron
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    You should be right in the thick of it with brown territory right nearby and late running salmon heading along the shoreline on the way to the salmon river.
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    Basically you can figure about 22 ft per 100 ft out on the usual copper and roughly 5 ft per color for the leadcore so as an estimate 50 ft for the 10 color and 66 for a 300 copper. Trolling speed, lure, current etc. affect the actual depth. You can get increased depth by adding clip on weights to either option. Another option would be to run a shorter section of leadcore off one of the downriggers and control depth that way but still have the possible "attracting" factor of the leadcore itself whipping through the water. Iusually run it off inline boards so it is out of the way and then is on top of the other stuff vertically as well if something hits it
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    Hey Mike I think even your 24 PennYan maay be in danger of sinking with all that new metal aboard
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    Very cool Kevin. It is always great to see kids enjoying themselves fishing at that age
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    Mike if it were me I'd be motoring to Sheldrake and then come back north out in the middle or go over to Longpoint for lakers
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    Good point
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