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my friends and family used to fish Manistee lake with me for many years starting all the way back to the year I got out of the Marine Corps in 1976. we caught many fish back then. snagging was legal back then and I got pretty good at getting fish. I looked forward to Labor Day weekend every year so we could go to Manistee Lake and have a blast. I loved going up there more than any other place I fished. but after we got addicted to walleye fishing in Erie we started slacking off on how many trips we made each year. then most of the people that went with me had died or moved away so I stopped going. then about 3 years ago my oldest son and my favorite nephew made a trip with me but there wasn't as many fish around as they used to be. snagging wasn't allowed anymore so we tried bait fishing or as it's called up there line fishing but after spending 2 all-nighters we gave up and came back home to Indiana. It was really rough on me as I was 70 years old and not in great shape but it brought back so many great memories and flooded me with emotions. talked about making another trip but it hasn't happened and I don't believe it ever will. but my best trip I will remember even after my death. I had bought an old heavy aluminum 18' Cherokee boat and had it painted a bright blue with a huge vinal sticker that said OUTLAW on each side. that trip we made the mistake of using a gaff and left the net at home and every time we stuck a fish it bled like a stuck hog. we had one side of the boat covered with blood. At about 8:00 am a boat came past us and gave us a hard look. some kids had stolen a boat and left it tied up to the bank. after the occupants looked everything over they got in their boat and took off. then made a beeline to our boat which was registered in Indiana. it was a deputy and a LEO the deputy started giving us heck about all the blood then had to see all 4 of our licenses then had to see all our safety equipment, we were good so far but then he wanted to see our vests. I kept them in the floor compartment. I started pulling them out 1 at a time. by the time I got to 8 he came unglued. he yelled you can stop now you have enough. he was very peeved off at us and wanted to ticket us for anything but we were more than legal and even had 2 sets of flares and guns to fire the air flares. As he started to withdraw the LEO started cackling and that just peeved him off that much worse. he never checked another boat even though the south end was full of boats with more out of state boats than local boats and he went WOT until he was out of sight. -
just wanted to know what weights you decided on??
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you can get a pair of the weights from ebay for 99.00
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I use the 13# pancake weights and love them. I only use 2 riggers and only run 50' to 60' down on lake erie. but I get very little blowback. but I have had no trouble with not running straight. I would never go back to around ball. I use them with big jon downriggers.
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I would just remove the lower unit drain plug to make sure there's no water and the oils not milky looking. then just lower your motor at the ramp to let all water drain out before trailering it home. then store with the motor in the down position. and you should be good to go on your next trip. we use to use my boat for late season deer hunting. we would cross Brookville lake to get to our hunting spot and never had a problem with anything freezing. and its a good idea to check lower unit for water before it gets cold.
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have you checked out the helix model hb,s I have the helix 7 di with gps and it has the brightest screen I have seen. I use it in a tri hull open bow and can clearly see the screen in direct sunlight. and it has a very fast screen update. if the 7 is a little to big for a yak there's always the 5. but I like the 7" screen a lot better than the 5" screen.
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you need to get the ratio for the engine you have. I think the ratio for a v-8 is 1.50 to 1. you should be able to contact them and tell them what engine you have and they can tell you what ratio you need.
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i'm like pplepeu I only change my cable if I get a kink in it. but I use a big jon clincher assembly on the end of my cable. and I've never lost a ball after using riggers for many yrs.
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Running out the lake with Dipsy Divers hooked on
sherman51 replied to Fake Bait's topic in Great Lakes Fishing Discussion
those bundeze will do the job. but I just buy the little bungees that has the little ball on them that I get at wall mart. you can adjust the length by pulling the cord back through the little ball and cutting to length. then I wrap the bungee over the diver then around the rod then back over the diver. -
if you don't want to lose your gear you better keep putting it in the cabin. I always use 20# seaguar leader on the central basin on my divers. this yr I went to 20# seaguar invizx on my downrigger rods.
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blue and silver has been a real hot spoon for us.
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I use small spoons that I get from galeforcetackle.com that catches quite a few steelies while trolling for eyes at 1.8 to 2.0. I'm sure if you run just a little faster with them you'd catch plenty steelies. 2.5 should get you into fish. and the paint doesn't peel off like with scorpion spoons.
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the more you use the bags the more you'll like them. I tried a pair of drift bags many yrs ago and didn't like them at all. the backs of the bags didn't tie off like trolling bags. but once I tried trolling bags I loved using them. now its so easy to put them out. and when we move we just pull the bags over the side of the boat and leave them tied off. so we just pitch them over the side when we start another troll.
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I use them on my boat on the central basin of lake erie when I need more lines in the water. I use 6 lite bite slide divers as my main set up, then run 2 downriggers which gives me 8 rods in the water. that takes care of 4 fishermen. if I have a 5th person I use the outriggers. I use 15# braid with a small dipsy diver and let out anywhere from 200' to 300' of line. some days they are a waste of time but on other days they catch fish. if you run inline boards I wouldn't want to use them as I think a dipsy type diver over the side would be a better way to get extra lines in the water if you need them. its easy to run 3 boards off each side then put out a dipsy type diver off each side and to the rear of the boat for an 8 rod spread.
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have you tried going to there wed site? walkerdownriggers.com they have a listing of service centers or you can contact them direct for parts if you want to do the work yourself.
