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Comment on Downrigger Setback by Ron Bosmans

Ron Bosmans — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:58:00 +0000

One other factor that I consider when determining the setback length is the depth of water I am fishing over. If I am fishing over relatively shallow depths,
10 – 15 feet, and using a kicker motor to troll, I use a 40 – 50 foot setback. A boat trolling over this water may tend to spook the fish away from the boat. The longer setback allows them to return to where my lure is trolling.

Comment on A testimonial for your book (The Kokanee Obsession) by Kent Cannon

Kent Cannon — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:53:37 +0000

Ted,
Glad it worked out for you! Once you get hooked on Kokanee, the rest of the fish seem to fade into oblivion.

Comment on Model 998 Humminbird Fish Finder Review by Kent Cannon

Kent Cannon — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:16:20 +0000

I have now used the 998 extensively in both salt and fresh. To date I have had no issues with the unit unlike I had with the Lowrance unit I was formerly using. Using it as a fish finder, it is far superior to the comparable Lowrance, especially so with the down scan and the side scan features.

Comment on Platypus Super 100 Line Review By Kent Cannon by luke starling

luke starling — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:46:54 +0000

Essentially it is designed for fishing viciously aggressive, insanely powerful predatory fish in tropical conditions. So basically things like mangrove jack in estuaries thick with deadfalls and mangroves. I’m not sure how well it would go in icy conditions. Off topic, but in fact I have never seen snow. Ever.

The strangest thing I have caught on platy super 100 is a mudcrab which grabbed my bait and refused to let it go.

However, I did catch a flathead (which is not a type of catfish here in aus) which ran 85 cm on 6lb super 100. I suspect virtually any other non-braided line would have broken, as it ran me through rocks and god knows what else.

I can report that play super 100 does get chalky after long exposure to sunlight in high temperatures. Where I live in regularly gets to 40 degrees Celsius and up in summer, and after enough beach sessions like that the line does become brittle.

Comment on Platypus Super 100 Line Review By Kent Cannon by luke starling

luke starling — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:33:02 +0000

Ken,

I’m an Aussie fisherman fishing Aussie species in Queensland. I use platy super 100, its probably the best light line I’ve used; right amount of stretch, thin diameter, but more importantly and this something you didn’t talk about in your review, it has unbelievable abrasion resistance. In fact its similar to flurocarbon.

Comment on Feinstein’s New Gun-Ban Bill Likely to be Introduced January 22 by Kent Cannon

Kent Cannon — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:06:10 +0000

One of the caveats of this legislation is that it would require you to register all of your weapons fingered under this legislation. Further, when you register them, you would be required to pay a fee, I believe it is something like $150.00 per weapon. So, for example if you had a Ruger 10/22 (it has a 10 round detachable clip) you would be required to pay a fee of say $150.00 and it would be on a database somewhere in DC. This would be required for every weapon that happens to fall under this loosely written weapons ban (conspired by those that put themselves over us instead of representing us) and should the powers that be decide it was time to disarm the public they would have a road map to your door. Further, if you don’t register the weapon or weapons and they find them they are seized and destroyed and you are sent to prison.

Comment on Old Abe by Michele Tremblay

Michele Tremblay — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:26:16 +0000

Gosh Kent, so wonderfully written. While I didn’t have the same personal contact with Abe as you did, he is still a very memorable person in my years growing up in Redmond. You have brought him back to life in your words. What a gift. Thank you for the memories!
Michele

Comment on Old Abe by Richard

Richard — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:08:05 +0000

Kent, Everyone needs an Old Abe!
Great Story!

Comment on Replacing an Axle on an Alumaweld/Rogue Trailer by Kent Cannon

Kent Cannon — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:17:45 +0000

Unfortunately, Rogue trailers have a torsion bar which is prone to failure. There are splines on the shaft of the axle which allows you to adjust the height of the tire in relation to the fender.
The torsion bar in not replaceable by its self. When they are assembled, they are dipped in liquid nitrogen to shrink them before sliding them into the axle. The process cannot be reversed so the whole axle must be replaced.

Comment on Replacing an Axle on an Alumaweld/Rogue Trailer by CrackerJack

CrackerJack — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:08:22 +0000

I am not comprehending why the axle replacement for what you described as a lower boat trailer on one side? Or less tire to fender clearance on one side?
This sounds like a leaf spring issue or torsion bar issue. Depending on the style of suspension on your boat trailer. Did the axle crack? Or was there a torsion bar failure and a torsion bar is not replaceable by itself?