Commercial Salmon Trolling Forum

Got any extra MH axles and tires? I need about four axles and 8 tires.

In the spirit of ion trails and other random electrical theories. Do you think the flashers with the Echip are marketing hype or valid producers.

Very cool.

I like the mast light pic. I was holding my breath from here. I hate replacing mast lights.

Don't forget to take a good look at the trailer and axles. If the axles look questionable replace them, they can and will break on you with out warning. If needed, Pacific trailers is a good place to go for competitive trailer parts prices.

My radar quit this year "4KW open array antenna" Furuno. I went exploring options on stand alone radars, combination units radar, plotter, sounders and so on. I got the consensus from the electronics dealers that Furuno is well equipped but Garmin may be a good alternative cost/quality wis...

Old fish boat website. http://www.sarasotasailingsquadron.com/SalmonFishing/SalmonTrollersPics.htm#ActiveII If you have any pictures to submit please do so. It would be cool to have an accurate representation of our heritage. I think our heritage is slowly evaporating lets keep it digitally archived...

Good job. You might put an eye on your davit and stay it back to the mast. As far as the shears they are incorporated into the floats, the way they clip on the line in relation to to the float position is what causes them to shear. You can make line shears either surface or sub surface,maybe someone...

My dog lines saved me this year. When everything is working right you should do between a 60/20/20 split and a 70/20/10 split.

And then you have the other side of the story. The guys who fish old worn out wood boats with no nails left in them, zinc's that are completely missing, no bottom paint left and props that are pink. These are the same guys who bolt their gurdies straight down to the deck,have their davits tied on wi...

Typically for small boats 35# and 50# do the trick. You can use boards or crab pot buoys. Some guys use shears for inside /outside deep but the board style floats are what I prefer. You want to get the floats with shears so you can spread the gear out a little farther. I would suggest trying to get ...

Salty wrote:Then there is the recent science indicating seabirds find their prey fish by smelling their excretement. Wonder if salmon do the same.

Boy do I have a story for you guys about smelling the fish. But its got to wait until later.

I have not built any davits out of aluminum but I would think it should work with proper brackets.
As far as springs I would look at Pacific Net and Twine or Seattle Marine.

When you build your davits put an eye on the end of the davit to attach a cable stay back up to your mast. This way when you hang a trap you wont bend your davit. You will just rip the mast off. Just kidding! But seriously make sure you have a proper break away on your lead. I just built a new set l...

Four shives for each davit for two spool gurdies.
Six shives for each davit for three spool gurdies.

Lulu,

I was actually citing one of your experiences about voltage earlier in a post.
Good to see you here. Keep posting. I want all of your secrets.

You will most likely want to use the poles in conjunction with the davits or your gear will be a pile on top of itself and be more prone to tangles. Poles are used for spreading the gear. Davits are used for running the gear. Tag lines are what goes in between. Make sure you put a break away on your...

The davits need to be overboard enough to allow you to run your gear without the wire cutting or leads pounding into the side of your boat.
If you are going to fish much current or fish deep use a double shive set up as it's less work in the long run and may make your trolling wire last longer.

Its fun designing your new fishing boat. I always liked setting them up.

Look at GSI, Dock Street Brokers, Permit Master, Oregon Coast Maritime and Pacific Boat Brokers for pictures. Most pipe davits are built out of schedule 80 in case you hang a trap.