Love my x2 on my little 14.5' tiller. One manual rigger is all i need and the rest is divers and boards. I catch salmon on nice enough days, can't complain.
Greetings from the upper left hand corner. This is the first report I have been able to watch in quite a while. It looks like I have some catching up to do. Your Oregon coast report. The eastern pacific has been in its usual state of nasty since the first of the year. The last two weekends have been pretty nice though so the the recreational fleet headed out for limits of ling cod and various rockfish. The surprise this weekend was some chinook were caught in close by the sport fleet for the few boats that bothered to bring salmon gear along. A while back I looked up what a fish hawk was. Needless to say I have never seen or heard of one used out here. There is way too many hazards offshore and inshore to risk using one here anyway. Down riggers work great until you snag a lost commercial crab pot. Also, jellyfish would have it plugged up pretty quick. To give you an idea of just how different the environment offshore is here I’ll share this. Chris finds his best fishing in water under 50 degrees all the way down to like 44 degrees. Of the coast here sub 50 degree water is unproductive. 52 degrees is good all the way up to about 57 or so. When the surface temp is 46 here the temp at 290 feet might be 44. Very little temp difference from surface to bottom during the summer. It has to do with upwelling The cold water and warm summer air make it extremely foggy. At times visibility may only be 100 feet. Challenging conditions.
Plan on getting a Fish Hawk next spring. Can you run their probe closer to the cannonball than what you have going on yours without any interference? Love your salmon videos!!! Thanks!
hello chris another great show. i just picked up some used down riggers. what kind of release's should i try. i fish for mostly walleye and some steel head. i am still waiting for the 55 convectors with the lead core on them. thanks again for the info. going to have to save up for a fish hawk.
Thanks for the show on fishhawks. How important are they? You dont see them for sale used. That's how important. If you do the show on charter etiquette. How much is an appropriate amount to tip the captain and the mate.
Chris I’ve been running my Blacks release just above my probe, reason being I don’t want my fishing line to interfere with the rotation or functionally of the probe wheel. So I have the cable, release, probe, and cannonball in that order. Thoughts about this?
Great video Chris. I have a question about the X4 versus the X4D. All of the extra stuff on the X4D would be nice (Bluetooth and depth at the ball), but is this worth the extra money for a small boat (17.6 walleye type boat). My helm is not very far from the transom. And blow back is blow back ... it is what it is (however with braid I find that it seems to be minimized). However that sale makes the X4D more attractive. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Rick Mitchell
For the few extra dollars I would go with the X4D. Having depth at the ball is a game changer and you never realize how far off your counters can be until you see the difference. Hope this helps.
Very informative video. I wait fir your show all week. You’ve been a huge help to me. ......Randy from Wisconsin
Thanks for watching Randy.
Fish Hawk customer service is the best! They helped me out big time!
Love my x2 on my little 14.5' tiller. One manual rigger is all i need and the rest is divers and boards. I catch salmon on nice enough days, can't complain.
Thanks Chris for another great show!!
Greetings from the upper left hand corner. This is the first report I have been able to watch in quite a while. It looks like I have some catching up to do.
Your Oregon coast report. The eastern pacific has been in its usual state of nasty since the first of the year. The last two weekends have been pretty nice though so the the recreational fleet headed out for limits of ling cod and various rockfish. The surprise this weekend was some chinook were caught in close by the sport fleet for the few boats that bothered to bring salmon gear along.
A while back I looked up what a fish hawk was. Needless to say I have never seen or heard of one used out here. There is way too many hazards offshore and inshore to risk using one here anyway. Down riggers work great until you snag a lost commercial crab pot. Also, jellyfish would have it plugged up pretty quick. To give you an idea of just how different the environment offshore is here I’ll share this. Chris finds his best fishing in water under 50 degrees all the way down to like 44 degrees. Of the coast here sub 50 degree water is unproductive. 52 degrees is good all the way up to about 57 or so. When the surface temp is 46 here the temp at 290 feet might be 44. Very little temp difference from surface to bottom during the summer. It has to do with upwelling The cold water and warm summer air make it extremely foggy. At times visibility may only be 100 feet. Challenging conditions.
Great report Bob. Always interesting to hear what’s going on in your part of the world.
Another great video Chris! Sorry I missed it live. Hope you are able to get the boat in the water soon.
Thanks Bruce.
Great, I came in at the right time and day, I have one I'm hooking up now. Yea!!!
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The price is hard to swallow, but for the big lakes I think it is a must. It really has proven itself on our trips to Ontario.
Agreed.
Hey Chris love whating ur videos I can here u loud and clear
Glad you like them!
Plan on getting a Fish Hawk next spring. Can you run their probe closer to the cannonball than what you have going on yours without any interference? Love your salmon videos!!! Thanks!
You can configure it any way you want to.
hello chris another great show. i just picked up some used down riggers. what kind of release's should i try. i fish for mostly walleye and some steel head. i am still waiting for the 55 convectors with the lead core on them. thanks again for the info. going to have to save up for a fish hawk.
The Dreamweaver dead set releases are my first choice. Send me an email on the lead core setups. I want to make sure we’ve got it covered.
Thanks for the show on fishhawks.
How important are they? You dont see them for sale used. That's how important. If you do the show on charter etiquette. How much is an appropriate amount to tip the captain and the mate.
That’s one of the biggest questions there is about charter fishing. Thanks Mark.
Chris I’ve been running my Blacks release just above my probe, reason being I don’t want my fishing line to interfere with the rotation or functionally of the probe wheel. So I have the cable, release, probe, and cannonball in that order. Thoughts about this?
I think that’s a solid setup. That’s one nice thing about the Dreamweaver release is it keeps everything spaced apart.
Great video Chris. I have a question about the X4 versus the X4D. All of the extra stuff on the X4D would be nice (Bluetooth and depth at the ball), but is this worth the extra money for a small boat (17.6 walleye type boat). My helm is not very far from the transom. And blow back is blow back ... it is what it is (however with braid I find that it seems to be minimized). However that sale makes the X4D more attractive. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. Rick Mitchell
For the few extra dollars I would go with the X4D. Having depth at the ball is a game changer and you never realize how far off your counters can be until you see the difference. Hope this helps.
Do the dead set releases come with the blacks release or did you add that on after purchasing?
They come with them.
No issues with probe hitting boom end when auto up stops ball near surface?
I don’t have auto stop.
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Hello chris
Hello Jeff.
What speed do u like at the ball
It depends on what I’m trolling but 2.0 to 2.5 is a good range.
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45
70 Khz not 50. Great video otherwise.
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