I have had success this year first thing in the morning with uv spoons. But it was still bright and sunny in the morning... have not fished deep yet this year so will be interesting to see if they produce down in the dark
I have used the uni to uni knot without issue. Easy to tie, if your rod has smaller guides on it the knot some times catches on the way out. You just have to give the rod tip a little shake and the line passes through
Do any of you use the snubbers on you downriggers, and use 20# balls? I just got two new 2116 and use the snubbers. I have now purchased some 20# balls and noticed there is a lot of stretch in them. Are they good for this weight or do I need to use a different snubbers for that weight. I looked on scotty's Website and found no weight capacity
If you go to your sonar settings and change from clear mode to max mode or switch fire mode you should have no trouble seeing your balls. Inside of 100 feet you will need to adjust your sensitivity a little lower. That is as long as your transducer is point in the correct direction. I have noticed that the stock transducer on mind can be a little temperamental some days I get some strange readings but a reboot usually solves that problem.
Started of at sunrise didn't move a rod till 10. All riggers from 10 till 11:15 boated 11 fish. 9 small kings 1 and 2 lbers. 2 lakers both were around 10 lbs. All on spoons fished 60 to 130 not many marks. Action 70 to 90
much better then working
I have never had them bounce around to much, the weight of the rigger keeps them in their place. Make sure they have the cut outs on the bottom that lock around the pin in the bottom of the rod holder
I have used them two seasons now if the holders they go in are solid they work well. I just upgraded my riggers and kept the gimbal mount rod holder setup.
I had a 5 hp kicker on my 1650 Crestline and yes it was "rough". A little loud but great on gas and was more then enough on most days. Some times when the Wind was blowing I wish I had a bit more. Mostly to help with boat control but it was worth the money just for the fuel alone. And a back up motor is always a good thing saved my but last year in my new boat when my main died on me.
Does it lose power or does the rpm drop off even at full throttle? On my old boat I had a 55 Suzuki on it and when I was under full throttle some times the rpms would drop and if I slowed and then powered up it would fix it's self. It was a stuck switch that was to power down if the motor was trimmed up to much. It got stuck up when I was trailering the boat... not sure if your motor has the same thing
I'm not to sure of your area but over 100 might be hard to find fish... maybe start in sub 100 water and look for bait. I have not been out over 100 feet yet this year and still have put a few fish in the boat every trip but my first. Good luck out there
Some times I will run my boards out without a line on them when I am alone... they help the boat track straight and I can switch a core or flat line out quick if my rigger or dipsey are not firing. I try to stay out of traffic and when the tournament is on this weekend in port dalhousie I will be staying west and out of the way.
Unlikely I am sure I will do it again at some point. That's why I love these fish I have caught lots but they still get me fired up where I make rookie mistakes.
One fish off 2 colour, other two off riggers down 15' spoons of the riggers and stick of the core. I did notice that down speed out by port dalhousie was a lot different then surface speed even only 15' down...
I was out that way to marked some fish by port dalhousie. Picked up two small kings and lost a good one to a bone head move... I got him on 8 lb test and tried to stop him cause my spool was getting low and he took my new spoon for my stupidity. Lol
I ended up drilling a hole 1/2 up and 1/2 forward and they pulled well I may play with the hole position again this weekend. But they run much better now
> Hi Frank
>
> So I picked up a set of boards and for some reason only my starboard
> board tracks well. My port board is not running correct it doesn't
> pull hard to the side it kinda pulls a little side ways through the
> water. Any tips on what might fix this or what is causing this?
>
> Thanks for any info
> Eric
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Try moving the eyebolt. start with 1/2"down and 1/2" back. The densities
of the plastic is different in every board, so it may take a little
tweaking. Don't make drastic changes. Most of the time it only takes a
little different placement of the eyebolt to work it out.