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  1. Mainefisher
    Thanks for the information! Really looking forward to this trip. The experience will be a lot different then what we’re used to. We really appreciate all the information given this far. I’ll be sure to report back on how we do!
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    Thanks! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out. Love seeing your posts on Facebook as well.
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    My sonars have surface speed and temp. It’s looking like a fish hawk is going to be ordered in the near future. More I read and listen to sounds like a necessity to have.
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    ok great, that’s pretty much what I was hoping for. Offshore a bit more and being able to troll for them similarly to what we do in Maine. By skinny water I was thinking 10 feet or less. But being new to fishing the area and not being familiar with the hazards being a little further offshore seems to be a good thing to me.
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    Help everyone, new member here. My wife and I have a planned trip to trailer our 20ft boat from Maine to Pulaski over an extra long memorial weekend and fish for browns. We’ve got downriggers, leadcore, pretty much everything but a fish hawk. Just looking for some general info on tackle (lures, line, etc) I should buy and what I should expect to run into out there that time of year. I assume everything is going to be early this year and my hope is the browns will still be in skinny water given how early things seem to be. I’ve charted boats in July for kings but it’s always been a dream of mine to bring my boat to New York and give it a whirl. Thanks for any help you have to offer!
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    The ball tracks exactly the way it should if I attach a Scotty or offshore release to the tail of the cannonball. If I attach a blacks or chamberlain release to my cable then a snubber under that then to my weight it won’t track at all. If I ditch my snubber it does the exact same thing. The only way the ball tracks right is if I attach a Scotty or offshore style release to the tail of weight. I can’t imagine going heavier for the type of fishing I do. I’m currently at 10lbs. The lakes in Maine don’t have the current the Great Lakes have. Fish style weights and torpedos track fine no matter what. It’s only the cannonball style that track like garbage. I’ve tried 2 different cannonball style weights and get the same results.
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    Thanks everyone! Just ordered 2 scotty releases 👍
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    Hey everyone, new guy from Maine here. I’ve gone to Lake Ontario on some charters and what a fishery you guys have compared to what I’m used to! I’m hoping I can gain some knowledge here that’ll help me better my fishing on the lakes in Maine. Now I’ve searched all over the web and cannot find anything on the problem I am currently having with my downrigger setup. I run two cannon mag 5s with cannon terminators, then chamberlain releases, to an Amish outfitters 6” snubber then my downrigger ball. The problem I’m having is when I’m trolling hardware 2-3mph my downrigger cannon ball style will zig zag threw the water causing a ridiculous bounce in my rod tip this is only when running inline chamberlain style releases. If I run an offshore style release connected directly to the cannonball the ball will track nice and straight and give me no problems. Also if I run a fish style weight the weight will track straight as well no matter what style release I use or my speed. I really don’t prefer one style weight over the other, other then the cannonball weight is easier to come by in Maine. I’ve tried the cannon ball style weights with and without snubbers, with different terminators, and with my riggers at different angles and depths and they still zig zag. When parked in my garage and the weight hanging freely they hang perfect straight. It’s more of an annoyance thing then anything and it’s driving me crazy I can’t seem to get it straightened out. Thanks for your help!
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