totally tyee
Active Member
excellent advice demco, fishing spoons and bait "naked" is very under rated.
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Thanks for the extra tip guys. I was out this morning for 4 hours but all I got was a dog. I ran 2 lines off the downrigger (thx Tsquared) and was fishing at 150/120 feet all morning. I was trying to run the lines 25 feet above the bottom. I also had a dummy green flasher running on a 12 feet leader 20 feet below my lines. deeper line was green flasher, herring special. shallower line was green flasher, army truck hoochie with mylar removed. Was making 1.2 mph on GPS the whole time (i know this can be misleading because of the tide and wind, but I don't have a proper speedo).
To Digger: I have been fishing Snake bay, Mclean bay, in front of the Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, and the wall between 4 mile point and mclean bay. All I want is 1 fish to prove to myself they're in this damn inlet!
Thanks also for the fishing 'naked' tip demco99. I'll try that if I run a 3rd line.
smatty
To Digger: I have been fishing Snake bay, Mclean bay, in front of the Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, and the wall between 4 mile point and mclean bay. All I want is 1 fish to prove to myself they're in this damn inlet!
Thanks also for the fishing 'naked' tip demco99. I'll try that if I run a 3rd line.
smatty
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Thanks for the extra tip guys. I was out this morning for 4 hours but all I got was a dog. I ran 2 lines off the downrigger (thx Tsquared) and was fishing at 150/120 feet all morning. I was trying to run the lines 25 feet above the bottom. I also had a dummy green flasher running on a 12 feet leader 20 feet below my lines. deeper line was green flasher, herring special. shallower line was green flasher, army truck hoochie with mylar removed. Was making 1.2 mph on GPS the whole time (i know this can be misleading because of the tide and wind, but I don't have a proper speedo).
To Digger: I have been fishing Snake bay, Mclean bay, in front of the Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, and the wall between 4 mile point and mclean bay. All I want is 1 fish to prove to myself they're in this damn inlet!
Thanks also for the fishing 'naked' tip demco99. I'll try that if I run a 3rd line.
smatty
To Digger: I have been fishing Snake bay, Mclean bay, in front of the Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, and the wall between 4 mile point and mclean bay. All I want is 1 fish to prove to myself they're in this damn inlet!
Thanks also for the fishing 'naked' tip demco99. I'll try that if I run a 3rd line.
smatty
My dad has a place up towards Egmont and I have done most of my fishing up that way ..but u are doing the right things ...check this site out it has a fishing diary there and some of the places u have mentioned are there ..check it out as fish tend to be around the same places year after year !!!!http://www.user.dccnet.com/fishingsechelt/fishingdiary.htm
My dad has a place up towards Egmont and I have done most of my fishing up that way ..but u are doing the right things ...check this site out it has a fishing diary there and some of the places u have mentioned are there ..check it out as fish tend to be around the same places year after year !!!!http://www.user.dccnet.com/fishingsechelt/fishingdiary.htm
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islandphile
Guest
Have you tested the voltage on your boat to make sure you don't have a "hot boat"? If your natural voltage is too high it could scare fish. DO you have a Black Box??
Remember, "When the Fish aren't Biting...the Fish aren't Biting!!"
Remember, "When the Fish aren't Biting...the Fish aren't Biting!!"
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islandphile
Guest
Have you tested the voltage on your boat to make sure you don't have a "hot boat"? If your natural voltage is too high it could scare fish. DO you have a Black Box??
Remember, "When the Fish aren't Biting...the Fish aren't Biting!!"
Remember, "When the Fish aren't Biting...the Fish aren't Biting!!"
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Hi islandphile:
Nope I haven't tested the voltage and don't know how to go about that. Also, what is a "black box"?
thanks
Nope I haven't tested the voltage and don't know how to go about that. Also, what is a "black box"?
thanks
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Hi islandphile:
Nope I haven't tested the voltage and don't know how to go about that. Also, what is a "black box"?
thanks
Nope I haven't tested the voltage and don't know how to go about that. Also, what is a "black box"?
thanks
Deewar25
Well-Known Member
Smatty - Can be an issue with an aluminum boat (especially if you have electric start). If you just have an outboard and that's it, you should be fine. 2 things to do though incase. 1, replace the zinc anode on your motor (underneath the bottom fin typically - only a few dollars) 2. Use a rubber snubber on your downrigger instead of your clip - they are about a foot long, usually green non-conductive material (like clothes line) and come rigged at your favorite fish store. That is supposed to isolate any hot charges coming off your downrigger. Also helps to use a vinyl coated ball or one of those new enviro-balls.
To test, you just get a voltmeter that reads from 0-1 V, lower your rigger a few cranks and troll normal speed (away from other boats), then put the positive on the downrigger wire, and the negative grounded to the boat edge - look for a reading from 0.5 to 0.7 - if you are outside of that, you may have a problem.
Black box are considered by many a money pit depending on what you have. The only case they would save you is if you have a big aluminum, electric start, gps/sounders all sorts of electronic crud, and a rusted away anode on your engine! All they do is dial in whatever voltage reading you want as you can dial in a certain voltage to actually attract certain species (ie. sockeye like hot around 0.8). They usually run in th $200-$400 range.
Check the pro-troll website for a thorough description and do a search on this message board or many others for it - tons of discussions on it.
Trolling deep apparently has very little effect though so you should be fine either way - just need to find a place with more fish - anywhere south of Campbell River has been awful this year on the east side, so it probably isn't just you!
To test, you just get a voltmeter that reads from 0-1 V, lower your rigger a few cranks and troll normal speed (away from other boats), then put the positive on the downrigger wire, and the negative grounded to the boat edge - look for a reading from 0.5 to 0.7 - if you are outside of that, you may have a problem.
Black box are considered by many a money pit depending on what you have. The only case they would save you is if you have a big aluminum, electric start, gps/sounders all sorts of electronic crud, and a rusted away anode on your engine! All they do is dial in whatever voltage reading you want as you can dial in a certain voltage to actually attract certain species (ie. sockeye like hot around 0.8). They usually run in th $200-$400 range.
Check the pro-troll website for a thorough description and do a search on this message board or many others for it - tons of discussions on it.
Trolling deep apparently has very little effect though so you should be fine either way - just need to find a place with more fish - anywhere south of Campbell River has been awful this year on the east side, so it probably isn't just you!
Deewar25
Well-Known Member
Smatty - Can be an issue with an aluminum boat (especially if you have electric start). If you just have an outboard and that's it, you should be fine. 2 things to do though incase. 1, replace the zinc anode on your motor (underneath the bottom fin typically - only a few dollars) 2. Use a rubber snubber on your downrigger instead of your clip - they are about a foot long, usually green non-conductive material (like clothes line) and come rigged at your favorite fish store. That is supposed to isolate any hot charges coming off your downrigger. Also helps to use a vinyl coated ball or one of those new enviro-balls.
To test, you just get a voltmeter that reads from 0-1 V, lower your rigger a few cranks and troll normal speed (away from other boats), then put the positive on the downrigger wire, and the negative grounded to the boat edge - look for a reading from 0.5 to 0.7 - if you are outside of that, you may have a problem.
Black box are considered by many a money pit depending on what you have. The only case they would save you is if you have a big aluminum, electric start, gps/sounders all sorts of electronic crud, and a rusted away anode on your engine! All they do is dial in whatever voltage reading you want as you can dial in a certain voltage to actually attract certain species (ie. sockeye like hot around 0.8). They usually run in th $200-$400 range.
Check the pro-troll website for a thorough description and do a search on this message board or many others for it - tons of discussions on it.
Trolling deep apparently has very little effect though so you should be fine either way - just need to find a place with more fish - anywhere south of Campbell River has been awful this year on the east side, so it probably isn't just you!
To test, you just get a voltmeter that reads from 0-1 V, lower your rigger a few cranks and troll normal speed (away from other boats), then put the positive on the downrigger wire, and the negative grounded to the boat edge - look for a reading from 0.5 to 0.7 - if you are outside of that, you may have a problem.
Black box are considered by many a money pit depending on what you have. The only case they would save you is if you have a big aluminum, electric start, gps/sounders all sorts of electronic crud, and a rusted away anode on your engine! All they do is dial in whatever voltage reading you want as you can dial in a certain voltage to actually attract certain species (ie. sockeye like hot around 0.8). They usually run in th $200-$400 range.
Check the pro-troll website for a thorough description and do a search on this message board or many others for it - tons of discussions on it.
Trolling deep apparently has very little effect though so you should be fine either way - just need to find a place with more fish - anywhere south of Campbell River has been awful this year on the east side, so it probably isn't just you!
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Hi Guys,
So I tested the Voltage, it reads .95 V on the downrigger line. Is this bad? I know the Sechelt inlet is slow but this is crazy, hours and hours and hours and nothing. And other guys are catching in here. If this is a bad voltage, is there a quicky and dirty fix for now?
thx
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smatty_mcfly
Guest
Hi Guys,
So I tested the Voltage, it reads .95 V on the downrigger line. Is this bad? I know the Sechelt inlet is slow but this is crazy, hours and hours and hours and nothing. And other guys are catching in here. If this is a bad voltage, is there a quicky and dirty fix for now?
thx
Deewar25
Well-Known Member
Well, I'm not the expert by any means, but I'd say 0.95 is way too hot. Have you tried the things I suggested in the previous post? Most of those would cut it down. Read up on the below link and you'll find the best route on finding the problems and correcting them!
http://www.apexlures.com/blkbox3.html
http://www.apexlures.com/blkbox3.html
Deewar25
Well-Known Member
Well, I'm not the expert by any means, but I'd say 0.95 is way too hot. Have you tried the things I suggested in the previous post? Most of those would cut it down. Read up on the below link and you'll find the best route on finding the problems and correcting them!
http://www.apexlures.com/blkbox3.html
http://www.apexlures.com/blkbox3.html
wolf
Well-Known Member
Yes thats a bit hot try what deewar said with zincs you can also put extra zinc on the boat its self bolt it right on to it start small and keep adding also take of the plastic scotty downrigger clips and put on the s/s ones also make sure the cannon balls are from a good store that uses pure lead in there weights also see if the weights have a brass loop or some other metal i have seen just old plain coathangers used to tire weights for lead
Good luck Wolf
Good luck Wolf
wolf
Well-Known Member
Yes thats a bit hot try what deewar said with zincs you can also put extra zinc on the boat its self bolt it right on to it start small and keep adding also take of the plastic scotty downrigger clips and put on the s/s ones also make sure the cannon balls are from a good store that uses pure lead in there weights also see if the weights have a brass loop or some other metal i have seen just old plain coathangers used to tire weights for lead
Good luck Wolf
Good luck Wolf
MyEscape
Active Member
If you follow the steps from the pro troll book listed above you will end up with the right output off your boat. I have a black box but after folling every thing they tell you in the owners manual as listed above in a previous post, the first trip out I felt great I had a black box only to find out LOL before I turned the box on my boat had dropped from 1.1 to .64 no need to use a the box.
Cheers ME
HAPPY HOOKIN !!!
Cheers ME
HAPPY HOOKIN !!!
