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by Crawfish
Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:47 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved geneti
Replies: 11
Views: 31809

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved geneti

I can't imagine what the ultimate ramifications will be for our industry. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States. The Obama administration had stalled in approving the fast-gr...
by Crawfish
Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:28 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: comnav
Replies: 8
Views: 28014

Re: comnav

That sucks. I would be all over them. It's hard enough to make it without equipment failures let alone 5 week repair times.
That's crazy.
by Crawfish
Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:56 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: comnav
Replies: 8
Views: 28014

Re: comnav

Did you call Comnav?

I would like to think they would have gotten it back to you in a week not over a month. What is wrong with your pilot? I have a Comnav and luckily its worked well so far. Four and half weeks is terrible turnaround.
by Crawfish
Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:31 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Sea Anchors
Replies: 3
Views: 6166

Re: Sea Anchors

The other issue is boats drifting into you because they were not running a sea anchor. If your by yourself and the wind is screaming all night you can't beat the ride.
by Crawfish
Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:07 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Preseason crew member expectations
Replies: 20
Views: 60738

Re: Preseason crew member expectations

Speaking of weeding people out. My step brother fresh from the air force "not a fisherman", let the pole out one time as I was running out the jaws. He forgot to hold onto the haul in lines :o It was a forty five foot pole. I was going 7 knots. It took all of the rudder I had to keep out o...
by Crawfish
Sun May 31, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Preseason crew member expectations
Replies: 20
Views: 60738

Re: Preseason crew member expectations

Well, I am in a completely different universe than crawfish and JKD. I grew up crewing with my family, worked on a family operation seiner, and have run a family and friends crew trolling business for many years. But, I know a lot of trollers who run their operations separate from family and friend...
by Crawfish
Thu May 28, 2015 7:37 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Understanding the electrical
Replies: 3
Views: 15727

Re: Understanding the electrical

Flukes are a good meter, I would be inclined to believe it over another testing method. Maybe you have a dirty connection on your black box and your losing a tenth of a volt? If you are looking for your "Hull Potential" you need to have everything shut off while sitting at the dock lines i...
by Crawfish
Tue May 26, 2015 7:52 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Preseason crew member expectations
Replies: 20
Views: 60738

Re: Preseason crew member expectations

Can some of you please weigh in on how much preseason help you expect from your crew members & what percentage wage you pay? I'm offering a friend of mine (whose new to commercial trolling) 15% Gross (with the exception of splitting groceries) with a bonus 3% for lasting the whole season, havin...
by Crawfish
Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:26 pm
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Thanks for the link. Gonna try some.
by Crawfish
Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:37 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Engine driven RSW systems
Replies: 41
Views: 329518

Re: Engine driven RSW systems

Where did you come up with the add on pulley extension for the Volvo?
by Crawfish
Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:35 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Engine driven RSW systems
Replies: 41
Views: 329518

Re: Engine driven RSW systems

dellori3 wrote:Typical engine driven RSW compressor installation. Note the compressor can be driven in either direction.

That water pump looks like a TAMD 41 series or maybe AQAD 41 series with an outdrive?
by Crawfish
Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:28 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Salty,


If you were to choose one manufacturer of flashers to be the "do all" one.

Which would it be?
by Crawfish
Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:00 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Well, having fished the "usual" on the last couple boats I crewed on, I'll say MY new boat came with a ton of old school gear, including a lot of well used Abe and Al's (which is all I ever heard about from the old trollers growing up in Oregon). Whether they only left their "scrub g...
by Crawfish
Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:53 pm
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Abe and Al's .... Yep I have got them, as a matter of fact they work splendidly for a shaft brush spring. Seriously though flasher's impart action into a hootchie. The fish bite the hootchie not the flasher. Does color of a flasher matter ? My guess would be yes but it is above my pay grade. I can t...
by Crawfish
Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:04 pm
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Makes me wonder which ones you have been successful with?
Wow , I have tried all kinds of dogers / flahers/ spinners and none have been that wonderful.
Maybe I don't have not enough faith in them to drag them long enough?
Seems I always come full circle when trying out different ideas.
by Crawfish
Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:28 pm
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

Oddball low drag flashers are my nemesis... I tried the cone zone flasher's last year. They did not work well for me. Moon Jelly UV was supposedly one of their better colors. Fish Flash were better. I called and tried to order some fish flash from Yakima Bait Co in a old color they used to make and ...
by Crawfish
Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:29 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Chain length on Stabilizers
Replies: 48
Views: 458759

Re: Chain length on Stabilizers

I have a friend who told me back in the 60's they would be fishing off of Channel Islands for Swordfish and at the end of the day they would find a large kelp island and slide the boat right into the center of the mass and drift with it all night. He said it would be blowing 20 knots with white caps...
by Crawfish
Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Engine driven RSW systems
Replies: 41
Views: 329518

Re: Engine driven RSW systems

We run 40% fresh water, 60% salt water.
by Crawfish
Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: Troller Talk
Topic: Flashers
Replies: 30
Views: 44501

Re: Flashers

"PURPLE" for the win!
by Crawfish
Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:51 am
Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
Topic: Chain length on Stabilizers
Replies: 48
Views: 458759

Re: Chain length on Stabilizers

The best solution is anchoring in a bay or cove where you don't need stables. Sleep better, make better decisions, catch more fish, have more fun, extends your fishing career. This said by a man who obviously knows his stuff :) Although even if it's flat I still throw them out in the anchorage. My ...