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    Custom aluminum downrigger rail??

    I willl be installing downriggers for the first time. For added functionality, I would like to mount my downriggers and additional rod holders on an elevated "rail", mounted across the stern, ahead of the outborad motor. This could be aluminum channel or tubing.<br /><br />Cannon and other have...
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    Anyone use a fish "gripper"?

    Cabelas and others, sell "fish grippers" that grip the fish's mouth, allowing control for hook removal, even for lifting fish out of the water. Supposed to be good for catch/release.<br /><br /> <br /><br />This looks like a harsh way to handle a fish, especially one you want to let go...
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    GET SOME DAMN SMOKE DETECTORS!

    It's truely amazing how other things in life can be more important than these $8 life savers.<br /><br />My kindergarten son lost a class mate and her brother and sister, in an early morning house fire. It appears that the only smoke detector (in the basement) had the battery missing. The...
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    Anyone have a Wunder Boner?

    I know what you are thinking and this is not that ;) <br /><br />Cabelas sell them. It looks like a rod tip and 8" fishing rod, shoved into a plastic base.<br /><br />You take a cleaned salmon or trout (salmonoids), start feeding the spine into the ring (rod tip) and start shoving downward...
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    Electric downriggers

    Looking at Scotty or Cannon.<br /><br />Any opinions?<br /><br />Thanks
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    Freshwater downriggers or divers?

    Money burning a hole + spring fever is a great combo!!<br /><br />I will be fishing mountain lakes (usually fishing deep)and maybe lake Powell (shallow or deep). <br /><br />Downriggers are a lot of coin, but does anyone get good freshwater results with divers and/or planers?<br /><br...
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    Freshwater trolling with planers?

    Need information on using planers for trolling planers.<br /><br />Is speed a major factor when using them? If so, is slower better?<br /><br />Thanks for any input.
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    Shaft stuck in hole !!!

    I know what you are thinking, and this is not it :) <br /><br />My removable pedestal seats have a shaft that sticks in a hole on the base and uses a button latch.<br /><br />Although the boat is new, removing these seats requires a move that can only be likened to a drunken Scot trying to...
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    Configure truck, camper and boat

    OK, you guys talked me out of pulling two trailers, so on to plan "B". I wasn't really all that physed about pulling 2, but was looking for camping options from a cost/vehicle view.<br /><br />I am now considering a pickup with slide-in camper, pulling my 16.4 aluminum w/40HP.<br /><br />Anyone...
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    Homemade Downriggers?

    After getting the nod to buy a new boat, my wife is rolling her eyes when I tell her I need $400 for a pair of mediocre downriggers, for freshwater use.<br /><br />I could probably prove their value if I were able to actually catch some deep fish using this method.<br /><br />Anyone ever...
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    Info on fresh water trolling?

    Anyone have any info (or web sources) on techniques, equipment, etc., for fresh water trolling for trout or Kokonee salmon?<br /><br />I'll have to wait a bit to purchase downriggers, but if I get get some depth other ways, it would be useful.<br /><br />I'm new to real trolling, so any...
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    Install trim gauge on 40HP Johnson.

    I am interested in installing a trim gauge on a 40 HP 2001 Johnson two stroke. The motor has power tilt/trim.<br /><br />My dealer wasn't sure, but thought that it already included the sending unit on the OB and showed me where to look. It appears to have some type of mechanism.<br /><br...
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    Newbie fishing in Mazatlan

    I'd like to fish Mazatlan late May, but don't know where to begin.<br /><br />I'm going with my wife, but will be fishing solo, so I'd like to split a charter.<br /><br />Some charters offer a "Super Panga". has anyone fished one of these?<br /><br />Any fishing input for this area is appreciated.
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    Outboards at altitude.

    My new 40HP 2 stroke Johnson could hit about 20MPH and 5500 RPMs,at a lake at 6500 feet. <br /><br />A week later it would only hit 17.5 and 4800 RPMs at a different lake, which is 8500ft.<br /><br />Does this seem about normal?<br /><br />Is there a good way to deal whith these altitude changes...
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