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I'm good at fishing but not that handy, so tips and advice would be great. I need some advice on how I should install my down rigger? I have the following boat: outfitter-v150-t I wish to install my scotty 1050 downrigger. Currently I'm using the following mount: Portable Clamp on Bracket...

I have 2006 25HP 4 Stroke Merc. Forward, newtral, and reverse are all changed on the handle. I don't know the correct termonology so I will do the best to describe my problem. I start the motor when the handle in newtral position. Then to go forward the I turn the handle, it clicks and boom...

I mostly troll for salmon in Goulais Bay. It's a Bay, it's a large bay, and does get stormy, but not as bad Lake Superior. My boat is Deep and Wide Hull, as soon as the wind picks up I aways head back in.

My boat trolls about about 3.8km/hour... is that too fast. I have 14ft lund, the max transom weight is 200lbs my 25HP 4-stroke weights 163lbs... I have 30lb thrus electric, but I'm not sure how it would push in in big water if it gets rough. Would it be silly to put my 2HP Honda 4stroke on...

What's the ideal trolling spead for salmon?

Thanks guys for the replies.

I have a Lund DLX 14 foot deep and wide boat. The specs on the hull say that max HP 25 outboard and weight of 200lbs. I recently just bought a Mercury 4-stroke outboard - it's weight is 163lbs, it looks massive on the boat, but it seems to float and drive and handle fine... but some people at...

Thanks for all the input guys, btw it wasn't a stocked lake. Just confirmed, I read on the wiki that fish have acids that dissolve hooks.

They were weren't even a pound, really small, slightly bigger then a smelt. I can't keep them that small. I heard that the fish have acid in them that disolves the hooks is that true?

I was using a #2 hook it was pretty big. I was using natural worms, they'd swallow the hole thing.

I went spec fishing the other day. To my surprise the lake was healthy and had 100's of little specs. I caught many, but a few of them swallowed the hook, so I had to cut it off, and leave the hook in the trough of the fish. Will these little specs survive with hooks in their mouth? Any...