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After falling in the ice at UL last friday I put away the short poles and decided to get the boat ready.
It took a little "customizing" to adapt my Mag 10 to a 12" Scotty riser but was well worth it. The Mag 10 cannot be centered on the Scotty riser but is only a cosmetic flaw. It is still rock solid.
The Scotty 12" riser can be rotated at 90 degree increments and only costs about 79 bucks. A Canon swivel is 99 bucks and I would have still had to buy a Canon riser that only come in 6" high models.
And a 12" riser instead of a 6" riser saves your back after a couple of hours.
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[#0000FF]Sounds a bit extreme for shallow Utah Lake.
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Good one Pat, and maybe over kill for them Gills he's been after all winter?
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[#0000FF]Maybe not. If the water comes up a bit they might go deeper.
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How deep was it where you fell through? Guessing you made it out okay. Never fun to go through. I spent Saturday moving my reels from ice poles to my long rods and have been working boat issues as well. Figured it was the season change time. Glad you survived. Later J
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Dang Pat, you figured out my UL walleye secret!
I just drive around UL bonking them on the head with an 8lb. ball of lead.
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Thanks J.
It's all good, the spot I fell in was a tiny weak spot about 24" wide with solid ice all around it. It was easy to get out.
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My Cannon Mag 10 STX Electric Downrigger came with a swivel base,
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[quote SBennett]Dang Pat, you figured out my UL walleye secret!
I just drive around UL bonking them on the head with an 8lb. ball of lead.[/quote]
[#0000FF]Now you need the big treble hook on that lead ball and you can join the "in crowd".
I'm guessing your downrigger will work better at Starvy. But what do I know? Can't use riggers on my float tube. Every time I try to screw down the mounts my tube goes flat.
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[quote TubeDude][#0000ff]Can't use riggers on my float tube. Every time I try to screw down the mounts my tube goes flat.[/#0000ff][/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]Oh come on Pat; you mean to tell me that the PVC Master hasn't figured out how to build a pipe system to support 2 riggers of the stern of your 'toon? I find that immensely hard to believe.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[#0000FF]Right you are. I engineered a super PVC setup but I have to make a big decision. Should I install the riggers or the second deck...with the barbecue, music blast system, walk-in freezer, etc.
At this point I am opting out of the riggers. I can't get my tube going fast enough to really do much damage by bonking those bluegills and walleyes in the head on Utah Lake. Kinda just pushes them out of the way.
Prolly won't do the second deck either. I already get a hernia (hisnia) carrying my tube to the water. That extra weight could be a problem for this old guy. Would be nice to have that second deck...with the high wattage music system...if only to blast back at the power squadron when they are considerate enough to share their "sounds" with me.
Hey Shane, sorry about the hijack thing.
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No worries Pat, I enjoy talking about all aspects of fishing or fishermen.
EXCEPT 'Holier than thou' fly fisherman.
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[#0000FF]Yeah. Wouldn't it be fun to watch an "Orvis dork" trying to work a downrigger? Or (hoo haa) trying to cast a 10 pound ball on a 3 weight?
Actually, there are fly flingers up in British Columbia that send down their flies on a rigger for salmon. After the strike and hookup they are in direct connection with the fish without any extra weight.
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We do the same with small squids (no dodger or flasher) and ultralight gear.
I fought the downrigger thing for a long time because all I saw was heavy equipment being used.
Then I started messing around with riggers with 6 lb. test and 6' and 6.5' ultralight poles and I have been having a blast.
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Actually, there was guy up in Alaska that caught a fly rod record halibut just like that. I read a story in the paper put out by Sportsman's Warehouse that told about it several years ago but it didn't say anything about the down rigger. Sounded interesting and fun to me so I got rigged up with 10wt rod, heavy line and some huge flies made up by Nate at FT. I went up around Gustavus with my cousin who lived up there and ran into one of the guides who took the guy out and he told me about the down rigger. You almost have to use a rigger as the tides up there will not let a fly get down to the bottom unless the tide is slack and that happens only briefly. That being said, I did manage to land a 20 pounder in the fog and with whales swimming all around. Never did get into large ones but the one I did get was fun as heck. I can't imagine a 200 pounder on fly flinger like the dude in the article caught. Maybe someday!
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