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  1. TyeeTanic
    OK, maybe I was too harsh. I just like to put rods in the water that typically produce more fish. There's a limited window of opportunity when you go out, and I like to stick with what I know produces consistently (at least what I hope will work).
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    Exactly what Tim said. It maybe easier to use (a little, a braid bird nest is impossible to fix), but who cares if it can't catch fish.
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    I still don't see the advantage. Braid doesn't stretch as well. Don't know if you will really see any improvement going to braid. Wire is the choice of line for dipsies for a few reasons.
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    If you already have wire, what's the advantage of switching to braid??
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    7" is about the minimum I'd go with. But do yourself a favor - compare one 7" screen to the next. They are not even close to the same size. For instance, the Simrad 7" unit is actually only 6.5" across. All of them have different profiles (length:width ratios). I plotted the screen length and width on a paper in actual size, based on dimensions I pulled off the internet. I basically overlayed many screens. When I did that I could immediately see which screens I was getting more active viewing area with.
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    We use the albright to join Leader to wire. The Leader is what we twist around the wire that is bent back. Make sure it's a clean knot and you should be fine.
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    What is apparent to me in the graph is there seems to be every 19 years, 3 cold points (ice cover is increasing year to year) then a sudden drop in ice coverage. So if 2013, 2014, and 2015 are those three consecutive years of increasing ice coverage, if history repeats itself, we can expect a mild winter next year.
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    Yup, that's what we do. Probe is connected to the downrigger cable. Cable terminates to snubber, and weight is attached to the snubber. It reduces sudden jerks on the downrigger, and if something's going to brake, then it will be the snubber, saving the probe.
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    I don't know guys. I saw a charter boat in a competition last year with 4 lines setup in a way with two baits off one dipsey. I wish I would've taken a picture. At the time I though it just might work. And why run 4 of them at once if it wasn't almost foolproof?
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    What they are saying is that if the lead is too short, the arc of rotation is restricted and not free. It's like shortening the leash. Anyhow this comes from the LOTSA salmon seminar that just passed, and stated by the speakers.
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    I saw someone at a tournament attach two lines to their wire dipsey setup. Can't remember how they did it. But at the time I thought it was a good idea.
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    JD, in that first picture, I see you have the beads before the first hook. Aren't the beads supposed to be between the two hooks to get both hooks within the fly skirt?
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    So just learned this from the pros. I longer lead from dipsey to spin doctor may not benefit for the stealth aspect. Rather, what is happening is with the longer leads the spin doctor can sweep in much bigger circles, which imposes much more action on the fly/bait. Interesting - think of the dipsey as an anchor in the water, and if you have a real short lead to the SD, it can't really make a big rotation in the water because the leash is short. If you lengthen the leash, you allow much more freedom for that SD to rotate.
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    The new torpedo trebles look nice. We got some at the LOTSA salmon school. I rigged up a fly lead yesterday, looks real nice.
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    Here is how I do it for my dipseys, flashers & flies, 24 complete setups ready to go, just unravel and snap onto the wireline:
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    Yeah, I agree, it was a good course. It helped in two ways - it helped to confirm/reaffirm some stuff that I've been doing already (so I can keep doing it with confidence). And I learned a few things I had no clue about previously. When I got home, I worked on some of my tackle. I know, spring is still 3 months away, but I need to keep myself busy!
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    And that is why you want a 10' dipsey rod.
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    Some of the best spoons are all torn up ones! LOL. Anyhow, I connect snap swivel straight to spoon. Snap swivel's I use are high quality ball bearing like Spro. I use the smallest snap swivel I can get into the spoon eyelet. Less steel between the line and the spoon, the better. Read Captain Keating's books and you will get this advice straight from a pro.
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    Under $500, buy yourself a used HDS5, want to spend $750 to $800 you can get yourself a used HDS7 Touch! The prices on the HDS Gen 2s has dropped significantly as the Gen 3's have been launched. So lots of people are basically selling their 1 to 2 year old units for cheap.
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    Honestly, for the money, the convectors are great reels. If you want to spend more go for the shimano tekotas, but I don't think it is necessary.
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    I took some dipsey divers I have with colors I don't like and painted them black. My green colored dipseys work really well. Probably catch 50% of my fish on them, but black works too. White glow is a good one as well. Anyhow, the point is, don't stress, if you want to paint them, get a good plastic paint and go wild.
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    I suggest cutting out a variable and keeping the downrigger weight black. There's just too many other parameters to get right. But in response to the last post, I have caught lots of kings on non-black dipseys - like frog pattern, hawg wild pattern, and chartreuse in the spring.
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    I read they were experimenting with a "dye/tattoo" system. Basically like a bar code, but multicolored. It would then no damage the fish permanently, and it would not be a persistent impediment.
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    Yes, but there's been an alewife explosion the last two years, so they are overfeeding is my guess. Did you not see the HUGE baitfish balls all summer long in 2013 and even worse in 2014. They are gorging on alewife, and essentially poisoning themselves. Less predators, due to mortality, will mean even more alewife, which will mean even more deaths. I think they need to introduce Cisco to balance the diet of trout/salmon in Lake O. Either that, or stock A LOT more salmon to get the Alewife levels back down. But then you risk a baitfish collapse, and ultimately a salmon/trout collapse.
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    If you want to catch big fish you need to book a full day trip to be able to get out far enough. The gulf is be very shallow. 14 miles out is only 35 to 40 ft deep,and you will essentially only be into snapper and grouper. Ask your charter what is possible to catch and what he recommends to get a sense of what size of fish you're going to get into.
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