Sk8man

The only "arm" that I have seen is the black plastic emergency handle that came with the downriggers originally. Maybe contact Cannon or someone on here may have an extra they would be willing to part with for you? The retrieval rate of the downrigger mainly depends on the motor itself, gearing and the amount of weight you are trying to bring up. The recommended maximum weight for that downrigger is 10 lbs although some folks run heavier on them.

Sounds as though you may have lost the little drag washer. Try here Jared - http://www.nyreelrepair.com/

Pap and Jason are right save yourself some headaches too because when you are melting lead you want to be outdoors etc. Rich's (bikinibottom) weights are definitely the way to go and they are far superior to the ones you can do yourself more expensively. Troutman 87 (Harvey) also makes some great torpedo weights. I made my own for years and take my word for it it is not worth the effort or expense to mess with on a small scale for personal use. Rich's email address: Email address is richmatwiejow@live.com Harvey O'Hara's phone number: Troutman 87's phone number is 607 535 2390 They are both great guys to deal with.

The Okuma Magda Pro DX 45's aren't a bad reel and have pretty good capacity and an acceptable drag, they are sturdier than the 30's although the clicker is not real loud (you can probably tell I'm a dinosaur right? )

It also says OUR PRICE next to the suggested retail price that's where the difference is ADK1. A lot of times individual outlets for products are prevented by the manufacturers from directly disclosing or displaying deep discounts online.

It sounds as though you did better than anyone I talked with John on Seneca or Canandaigua. Nice going

Fished the north end from 7 AM -12:30 PM without a touch 6 rods out everything from leadcores,downriggers with sliders, boards, wire rigs, and toplines and depths from 25 to 180 of water east and west sides but only fishing for silvers. Most of temp was 38.5 ish but found a pocket of 42 degree water but it had zero fish in it. Only marked a few fish mostly small ones within top 40 ft of water or big lakers hugging bottom for dear life. Spoke with multiple people and friends out there and they had same result. Ultra crystal clear water with east wind and minimal chop on surface = recipe for no fish. Some thick weeds and junk suspended in a couple bands on the east side that didn't help out much either. Just nice to get out there and have everything working perfectly on the boat and equipment. On the downside -the Chamber of Commerce launch is now a complete disaster after the construction as they placed curbing in the worst possible places, narrowed up the place where you back in, and have even tighter parking availability....what a waste of space. I can see the fist fights coming during the derby already

I just primarily use the small dipseys with small to medium light spoons in shallow in the Spring and let them out till they briefly hit bottom and then let them come up a bit on their own and leave them there so they are running up a little off bottom and on a 3 setting so they are out aways from the boat. They gradually lift a bit and I adjust them as I go.

Cool Kevin. Nothing like seeing those eyes light up at night ..(especially when they are on the end of your line though) sounds as though there is a healthy population there.

Welcome aboard Jim! I think you'll like it here and best of luck on Seneca.

I have always assumed it was illegal to dump sewage directly into the lakes.....