btsguitarguy
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Cheers to all.
I've been lurking this page for awhile now, and all of your info and insight has been much appreciated.
My father and I started fishing Erie and LSC 2 years ago when we bought our first boat, a 15' Lowe with a 40HP Yamaha. We've been fishing our entire lives so we know our way around the sport to a certain degree, but had never got onto the great lakes until we got this boat. It has been good to us, but we've decided we want something that's more sturdy, spacious, and safer on the great lakes so we can also fish Huron and Ontario.
We just purchased a 1992 23' Seaswirl Striper with a 4.3L Volvo Penta. Needless to say, I think this boat will handle worse weather than I'd ever feel comfortable being on the water in.
We're really looking forward to getting this thing out on the water and getting into some walleye. We have fished walleye out of Port Burwell the past 2 years and done a very basic setup just trolling deep diving lures. However, this new boat has downriggers and all the gear necessary to get a bit more serious about fishing for not just walleye, but trout and salmon as well.
So, I'm looking for some insight into what I should be purchasing for our new trolling and downrigging rods and reels.
Currently, we have some light spinning rods and 2 heavy rods for Muskie. This is all we've been using so far for walleye and it has had mixed results.
The 2 heavy rods are Ugly Stik Tiger's with Daiwa Millionaire reels, running 50lb test with a 6' (75lb) mono leader.
I look online and there are "trolling" rods, "dipsy" rods, "downrigger" rods, etc...
My question for you guys: is there a rod and reel combo I can buy that will perform adequately for all these applications? We would like to try everything out a little bit and see what method we enjoy fishing the most, but at the same time I don't want to have to buy a dozen rods to find the right one.
I'm going to assume that having a multi-purpose rod for muskie, trout, salmon and walleye is a bit far fetched, but I would like to buy 4-6 rods that we can use for walleye and trout at the very least.
Sorry for the long-winded leadup to the question, your feedback will be much appreciated though!
I've been lurking this page for awhile now, and all of your info and insight has been much appreciated.
My father and I started fishing Erie and LSC 2 years ago when we bought our first boat, a 15' Lowe with a 40HP Yamaha. We've been fishing our entire lives so we know our way around the sport to a certain degree, but had never got onto the great lakes until we got this boat. It has been good to us, but we've decided we want something that's more sturdy, spacious, and safer on the great lakes so we can also fish Huron and Ontario.
We just purchased a 1992 23' Seaswirl Striper with a 4.3L Volvo Penta. Needless to say, I think this boat will handle worse weather than I'd ever feel comfortable being on the water in.
We're really looking forward to getting this thing out on the water and getting into some walleye. We have fished walleye out of Port Burwell the past 2 years and done a very basic setup just trolling deep diving lures. However, this new boat has downriggers and all the gear necessary to get a bit more serious about fishing for not just walleye, but trout and salmon as well.
So, I'm looking for some insight into what I should be purchasing for our new trolling and downrigging rods and reels.
Currently, we have some light spinning rods and 2 heavy rods for Muskie. This is all we've been using so far for walleye and it has had mixed results.
The 2 heavy rods are Ugly Stik Tiger's with Daiwa Millionaire reels, running 50lb test with a 6' (75lb) mono leader.
I look online and there are "trolling" rods, "dipsy" rods, "downrigger" rods, etc...
My question for you guys: is there a rod and reel combo I can buy that will perform adequately for all these applications? We would like to try everything out a little bit and see what method we enjoy fishing the most, but at the same time I don't want to have to buy a dozen rods to find the right one.
I'm going to assume that having a multi-purpose rod for muskie, trout, salmon and walleye is a bit far fetched, but I would like to buy 4-6 rods that we can use for walleye and trout at the very least.
Sorry for the long-winded leadup to the question, your feedback will be much appreciated though!