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- Mon May 16, 2016 8:39 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Opinions On SAW Trolling Wire
- Replies: 35
- Views: 142470
Re: Opinions On SAW Trolling Wire
Since I was the one who started this thread, I should report that I purchased enough 1/16-inch SAW wire for my floatbags at the beginning of last season, and was very satisfied with it. I had some discoloration develop on the starboard float wire, but [at Stan's suggestion] I changed-out my lead can...
- Fri May 13, 2016 8:25 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: 2 simple issues - not so simple!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 23254
Re: 2 simple issues - not so simple!
BD - My heavies always out-fish my floatbags, but not usually to the extent you describe on your boat. Have you tried swapping the lead off the lucky wire to another wire to see if the luck changes? I have this happen once in awhile and have discovered that some leads just fish better than others. A...
- Sun May 01, 2016 2:34 pm
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Big Eye Jig
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5994
Re: Big Eye Jig
There are a lot of different versions of "Big Eye Jigs" shown on the Web. if they are a small "bucktail-type" you may try http://merricktackle.com/prodpages/wizard-lures.htm . If you have a picture of what they look like, it would narrow-down the search online. Good luck.
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:52 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Hand Troll or Power Troll?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 121222
Re: Hand Troll or Power Troll?
Salty - It sounds to me like you need to do something about your "low-liner" status.
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Batteries & Inverters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7504
Re: Batteries & Inverters
I agree with the two answers above: in my own experience, a set of good commercial-grade Deep-Cycle batteries (I like "Inter-State" and "Caterpillar"), and Outback power inverters seem to be a good bet for a troller application. I am using two 4-D batteries for now because I don'...
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:06 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Mother Superior Spoons
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13579
Re: Mother Superior Spoons
I'm glad to see that the PAL spoons are being replicated in North America. And the [Mother] Superior spoons look [pretty much] like the LJ originals. I plan to order a few of all of the various spoons they have on the website, but their website is a PITA to navigate, so I plan to call them direct. I...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Easthope parts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4792
Re: Easthope parts
There have been a couple of different threads on gurdy rebuilds and parts on here the past couple of years. I suggest you do a search on this site for "Dennis Rush" - he operates "DR Machine" in Oregon and his contact numbers come up in responses to questions concerning gurdy par...
- Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:53 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: NS or Stainless wire snaps
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12328
Re: NS or Stainless wire snaps
I haven't noticed any changes in catching with different metal snaps but then I also haven't kept any sort of log on the subject. I acquired a mixture of snaps (including SS) when I was setting-up my last boat to troll back in the 90s. As I recall, I changed most of the SS out over a few seasons sim...
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:47 pm
- Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
- Topic: LED flood instead of Sodium?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 63143
Re: LED flood instead of Sodium?
Once and Future - I didn't say anything about my Highliner being dimmer, my light is actually brighter than a most of the Tite-Lite and Wide-Lite 1000W 208ACvolt fixtures I am very familiar with (hence the complaints). I ended-up with a narrower area of illumination than I was used to - that's all. ...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:44 am
- Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
- Topic: LED flood instead of Sodium?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 63143
Re: LED flood instead of Sodium?
For those that are curious - I have been pleased with my forward-facing 300w Highliner LED fixture. I found it to be very well made and it does exactly what I wanted it to do. It DOES draw a lot of amperage but we installed it using over-sized wire components and have had no issues. I already had a ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:22 am
- Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
- Topic: Water proofing urethane
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20222
Re: Water proofing urethane
Lulu - Wahl does some retrofitting on boats so they may/should know exactly what you need.
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:17 am
- Forum: Mechanical & Electrical
- Topic: Water proofing urethane
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20222
Re: Water proofing urethane
I can't help you directly because I have forgotten what the product was called, but you must have a few private outfits that spray urethane insulation down in your area. Most of them are pretty up-front with how they seal the products they apply for insulation. I know there a few different types of ...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:38 pm
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Sirius radio
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10953
Re: Sirius radio
Once and Future - Thanks for the "pro-tip". That sounds like how my first subscription went. I DID cancel my first subscription and then got a flood of mail with better offers.
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:46 pm
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Sirius radio
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10953
Re: Sirius radio
actionalaska - Thanks for your information. I haven't gotten around to purchasing a mushroom-shaped antennae for my satellite radio yet, so I will check-out the TSS unit you describe. Once and Future - I also see that I didn't follow-through on my promise to check on the satellite receiver and let y...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:02 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Wire Storage Methods?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17147
Re: Wire Storage Methods?
I like the "gurdy horse" idea and something along the lines of the plywood-sided spools I mentioned above. The extension cord spools may work also if I could fashion a mandril of sorts to get them tight to the threaded rod. I'll see what I come up with - I'm building a new cannonball holde...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:52 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Wire Storage Methods?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17147
Wire Storage Methods?
Things have been pretty slow on the Forums for awhile so I figured I would post this topic. There are some very "handy" characters posting on here and I keep thinking that there must be a "better way" to handle/store trolling wire when you switch from one marker spacing to anothe...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:50 pm
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Sirius radio
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10953
Re: Sirius radio
I fish here in SE Alaska. I was given a Sirius-XM system for Christmas one year and didn't do anything fancy to get decent reception that I connected to my AM/FM sound system. Other than having the incoming signal blocked from time to time by trolling superstructure, it worked with no problems for 2...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:40 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: Fall/ Winter King Keeper to Shaker Ratio
- Replies: 13
- Views: 29859
Re: Fall/ Winter King Keeper to Shaker Ratio
I refuse to work in an area that is producing only sub-legals, and your ratio seems to be very high. In my experience, I would agree with what others have posted - deeper seems to be better for size, and bait is a no-no if there are shakers around.
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:23 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: hokiam blue finn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6799
Re: hokiam blue finn
I agree - it can be a good thing. I'm a little surprised that you haven't gotten more of a response to your question. There are a significant number of these hulls fishing coast-wide. The steel Monk-designed hull I was using for comparison was 10-feet longer, somewhat wider and was equipped with rol...
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:23 am
- Forum: Troller Talk
- Topic: hokiam blue finn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6799
Re: hokiam blue finn
This will be an interesting discussion of Hoquiams. As near as I can tell they have a lot of respect as a good work platform. They are good sea boats in my limited estimation. In years past I've crewed for short periods on one and ridden on two others. All of them seemed a little "quicker"...