JTowne

I appreciate everyone's response . Bottom feeder thanks for the offer and taking the time to answer my phone questions. After considering for awhile I said to heck with it and just ordered some convectors, rods, tips, and a couple spools of wire.

North of Watertown . Gouverneur.. I sell a lot of used parts on eBay and have no problem taking motor apart into manageable pieces and shipping .

Well I have a complete parts motor. What ya wanna trade me !? Lol

its a 1974 going by your picture. is this a regular shaft or does it have an extension? if you have a picture of the whole motor or the lower unit i could tell

the splines where that shaft goes are usually fine. feel up in there and look with a light to verify. its really not that big of a deal to change out

Moonshine lures - carbon 14 is what your talking about . I do know that one .

This is a bad picture for what I am pointing out ...but if you look at the meat rig in the right side of the picture ... I use that with familiar bite herring and the paddle shown above from the other poster and has done well. I can't get bites on anything else. Except last weekend seemed to be all on spoons. I am the same way... toss the package and forget the name . I should really figure it out so when it gets lost I can buy another .

Does it look like this ? Like I said I have a couple of these in the boneyard so let me know what you find.

4hp lightwin is a 180 degree motor with no shifting, and a throttle lever on the side ...Unless it's a super old metal shrouded one. If it has a shifter and a throttle on the tiller it's not a lightwin. Very simple motors with not a lot to go wrong.

that was my guess. have also seen the upper driveshaft splines round off on them. What year is the motor? depending on what you find I may have what you need in the shop.

Anyone going out tomorrow morning ? I'm still on the fence

Luke.. I'm considering getting rid of the corner riggers with the fixed mounts and short booms.. and putting my swivel mount long booms back there . It's really a pain in the butt setting them back riggers on my boat .. you've breifly seen it .. you basically have to lay on your belly and reach out over the back . I'm thinking with the long booms on swivels on the corners I could swivel them to the side .. set up and swing them out the back ... So my question .. is there any reason to not run the long booms off the back? Or should I just leave the short ones there ? I appreciate your feedback . You haven't steered me wrong .. i purchased those three spoons you showed me and one or more of them has produced every trip so far

lol good to know , any recommendations?

I have 2 spare daiwa 47lcb, and 2 okuma Magda pro 30dx . All have line counters ..either of them up to the task ?? Also here's my rod holders, no markings but sure seem well built , attatched with screws and washer/nuts on backside .

Also can someone clarify about the snap on rings ? How much difference they make ?

Well after reading all this ... I might as well just order wire and tips and be done with it. Maybe run just the divers for a bit until I get the hang of them .. then add back in the riggers.. I can just see myself getting in a lot of trouble with that many lines....heck just last Sunday a king ran at the boat so fast there was no time to clear anything , he decided he'd do a lap around the other riggers before was finally contained . What a mess. But a fun memory. This all really is a blast to learn . Especially when it works lol . I need to dig out my reels and see if I have some that could handle the wire . will report back with a model number , and also a photo of the rod holders im working with

Dipsys for dummies Alright folks. I've finally got the hang of running my 4 riggers off the boat. Now looking to learn more methods. I read a lot of reports of fish on dipsys... I guess my first question - with riggers already on the boat is it worth the effort ? Do they present that much differently ? Now the other questions..... it seems like the more I read on using them properly the more confused I get . Wire, copper , snubbers. Etc ... well i have two 9' heavy rods equipped with line counter reels, do i have to jump into all this wire and copper or can I use super line like power pro ? I already have adjustable rod holders that I can lay right flat out the side to clear riggers in my fishing stuff sickness I have acquired various dipsys from yard sales, with boat purchases, etc... I have a mixture of sizes and colors , and even some of these snap on rings ? What size is everyone using ? I assume bigger goes deeper with less line ? Does color matter ? Should i treat it like an attractor ? What is the point of the rings ? I assume more depth ? If you guys think it's worth it.. I'd like to experiment with a cheaper set up untill i get the hang of it ... then possibly invest in better gear for dipsys... I've learned the hard way this hobby is expensive to learn , I've already donated 30lbs of lead to the bottom of ontario.............and one complete pole ....reel......flasher...... and meat rig ... complete with herring .... that was a rough day