Results after using techniques from Blackmouth seminar.

LUSR - FIFE

Picture of a rod from Don's Custom Rod's

Ian took a ride with me and got this, I will let him give the details.

This was caught using the techniques learned from Capt Downriggins and his seminar.

Rodney

Jazzmanic · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

Rodney,

Beautiful fish! Where and when? Was that caught today?

Peter

starcrafttom · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject:

I thought the seminar was next month? was this a different one.

As asked about what ,were,when and how....

LUSR - FIFE · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

I went to an earlier seminar and John (Capt Downriggins) has been giving me some help since we work together.

The fish was 12-22-06 at 1:45 pm high tide was around 1:00 pm.

This fish came from Quartermaster Harbor, we were in approx 130' of water fishing just off the bottom with a green flasher and hootchie with the "Black Box" set at .640 volts. Alligator is one of the names of the hootchie style. We were calling it a day and I turned the engine off and Ian hit the auto up button on the rigger and it was fish on.

starcrafttom · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject:

fish hit after a speed change. This is why I zig zag a lot and would love to have different down riggers. The cannon dig-trolls will "jig" you ball at pre set depths and times. You can set them to change from say 90 ft to 80 ft every 2mins and take 5 seconds. One day......

Captain Downriggin · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

That is one beautiful Blackie guys! As always it is a pleasure to help out.

SCT.. Although presetting the Digitroll is a great feauture, it causes more work for the angler from the constant changing depths and irregular bottom contours. E.g. removing slack from the rod when the ball raises or ensuring slack when the dr ball drops.

The picture of the rod shows ideal "rod loading." Note the wire angle vice the slack in the mono on the rod. There is virtually no slack in the mono. At this point the rod is doubled over and the mono becomes elastic. Once a fish hits and releases from the clip, the line will immediately return to it's natural state and the rod eliminates any slack in the line.

Another attribute many overlook when pruchasing a set of downriggers is where they were devised at and for. The Scotty's are tried and true for the briny deep of the Pacific Northwest whereas the Cannon's were breed for Great Lakes fishing.

The main difference in tactics are thermocline in the Great Lakes and along the bottom for juvenile Chinook here in the Sound. The exception would be for returning ocean fish in the summer where the fish "typical" migrate at depths of 60 to 90-feet within the Sound

See you folks at the seminar!