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I agree with you here. Their is absolutley no need for a 10 foot rod on your boat. I wouldn't go over 8'6, I've used 7's, 8'6", & 10's and the 10's are a real pain in the butt to deal with and have no advantage over a 7 or 8' 6". A good rod like a shimano talora or Ugly stick has all the back bone and fast tip you need. The cheaper the rod you buy the less back bone you will have on a longer rod. I have 28 7ft rods and 2 8'6" rods on my boat and never have to break them down for storage. If I had all 8-10 ft rods I wouldn't be able to fit them all on the boat. The other advantage to short rods is manuverablity, Try passing a 10ft rod between a rigger cable if a king charges the boat, ain't happening, or better yet when you got 3 or 4 fish on and you have to switch positions it's alot harder. I guess it's just a personal preference thing. To me, simple is always the way for me.

I've always been under the impression shimano sets the price on their takotas the same for everyone. I've bought them all over and always payed the same exact price. Boater Barn has the 700's for $168 looks like the cheapest. http://www.boaterbarn.com/Shimano_TEKOTA_TEK700_SALTWATER_Casting_Reel.htm

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Very nice, how big was that trout?

Hopefully in Kenosha/ Racine 2nd week in may Milwaukee 3rd to 4th week. Could be sooner or later all depends on how fast the water warms.

Here are my 3 coho setups. I put the spin doctors on the divers and 00's on one side boards and b&b's on the other sides boards. What ever works best that day gets put on all my boards. I don't get any more creative than these 3 setups because they are proven for me so if the cohos are their it shouldn't take to long to limit out. Josh can attest to this, if the fish are their you should get them pretty easy.

when I had big jons I could not use the auto stop on that rigger because of the bead. Maybe someone that uses big jons has a way for you.

For the guys who have been out already what are the cohos looking like? Size wise and health?

Change my monos every other year. My power pros have never been changed and are 8-9 years old. Change my cores once I get a tangle that can't be fixed.

That's what I heard.

exactly what I do.

John is right on, honestly if they stopped making every fly color except aqua and only made white and green flashers it would completly change great lakes fishing. Most people would learn how to fish flasher flies to their fullest and probably double their normal catches. Aqua flies go on all my blades all the time, their really is no better fly color for salmon. This might sound crazy but if you asked 50 charter captains what fly color pays the bills 49 would say aqua.

If your fishing Kings always clear. I don't believe colored divers attract fish. I want em looking at my flasher, not my diver.

The other thing I didn't like about big jons was the counter, I was constantly adjusting it, at least every other trip. My cannons are 3 years old and they haven't moved an inch.

No I trailer mine. My buddy has a baha with shore power on the starboard side. I guess that would make sense about where you want to put the breaker panel. He docks on the port also but the cord reaches.

I had Big Jons on the last boat and they where decent. But on the new boat I got Cannon Mag 10's and think they are alot better. I like auto stop on the cannons better, telescoping booms, and no swivel pulleys. The motors have more power also.

I got all shimano rods and love them. $12 for a diawa rod sure is cheap, I've bought flashers that cost more than that. Looks like the tdr's are about $22

Tie braid directly to diver with 1 big bead ahead of diver. Attach your snubber to the diver and tie a 5 foot leader to the snubber Tie a swivel to the leader on the snubber Attacher your flasher to that swivel Tie a loop knot on your fly leader and hook it on the flasher

Keeping them all the same is the main thing, now just dial in your speed with that length and you should do well. Good luck!

Man those were some pigs, must be Lake O kings.

Leader length makes a huge difference in how many fish you catch. It depends on your speed, weight of the fly, and #lb test of leader material. I would suggest once you find the best length don't change it. We tie all of our leaders 24 inches from the tip of the loop to the HEAD of the fly. #40 ande mono and our speed is 1.8-2.0 on a depth Raider. We have been running this program for probably 10 years and it is right for our boat. A buddy of mine with almost the same boat runs the exact same setup and it kills fish for him too. Once you start varying your leads 3-4 inches and your speed all over the place your catch rate will drop alot, but you won't know that unless you have already found the perfect speed and leader length. Make sure you know where people measure from also because that will change the length by up to 3 or more inches. Also run the same amount of beads and hook setup everytime, that will change things also. Some of the best charter captains in the bussiness would probably even say my 1.8-2.0 is to broad. You can have things close and consistantly catch 5-7 fish each trip or get it dialed in and consistantly be in the double digits each trip. It's that important. Hope this helps you out.

Sorry you said it too.

Kind of suprised your the first person to mention and think of that. I agree with the movement thing, super long leaders cancel that out. I put on 4 passes and replace when it get to about 15 feet.

Wow, those are some crazy conditions your faced with. I think stinger makes a 24 pound weight. At a possible 6mph that might help. If not hope the ridgebacks work for you.

I agree with both guys here (that's an awesome flasher by the way) I've testest the echip theory on flasher and believe it does absolutley nothing and heres why. Take an echip out of your flasher and shake it back and forth, theirs a bb in it that hits the sides supposedly emitting an electrical impulse. Now remember when you were a kid and filled a bucket with water and swung it in a circle over your head and it never spilled. Same exact theory here, momentum of the spinning flasher causes the bb to stay on one side and never move so how could it actually work. I do use protrolls and they are a top producing flasher, because of the echip, I don't think so.