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For Sale / Re: Couple rods and reels - SOLD
« on: April 30, 2024, 09:10:03 PM »
Sale pending to Sonny..   need to find a way to get the items up to him at the cove.  Wish I could do GS myself...  :smt010

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For Sale / Re: Couple rods and reels
« on: April 30, 2024, 08:40:35 PM »
Awesome! pm sent

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For Sale / Re: Couple rods and reels
« on: April 30, 2024, 08:01:30 PM »
More pics...

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For Sale / Couple rods and reels - SOLD
« on: April 30, 2024, 08:00:11 PM »
Selling some extra gear...

Rods: both are in good used condition.

Okuma Cedros 7' rod - $20
Penn Warfare 6'6" rod - $20


Reels: the Penn reel works fine, prob could use maintenance.  The Okuma reel needs help... Technically it works, but the line counter is shot.  The spinning reel has been primarily used for launching crab snares only a few times.  For that, it is fantastic.  The reel is in great condition. 

Penn Warfare 30LW with braid - $20
Okuma Magda MA 45DXT with braid - free
Okuma RTX-80 with braid - $50


Thanks for your interest!
 :smt006

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Gearing Up and Rigging Up / Re: Viewing squid on the fish finder
« on: April 24, 2024, 08:45:08 AM »
This is what they appear on my FF...

Nice!  Thanks!  Looks flat out there!   :smt001

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Gearing Up and Rigging Up / Re: Viewing squid on the fish finder
« on: April 24, 2024, 08:42:27 AM »
Personally I get a lot more sensitivity on my Lynx than on my Outback with the same FF (Lowrance Hook 5) but different transducers. I don't know if the difference is the transducer or the mount.
I remember taking notes from someone (Alan Fong?) that the transducer is more important than the FF and the ones that come included are not that good.
I feel like I remember this as well.  Do you happen to know which td gives you better signal?  For me, I feel like the old blue lowrance one has better signal than the long skinny triple shot one. 

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Gearing Up and Rigging Up / Re: Viewing squid on the fish finder
« on: April 23, 2024, 08:09:27 PM »
Awesome info guys.  Thanks.  I def did not see anything like that.  That Garmin looks nice.
Mark, what brand did you switch to if you don't mind me asking?

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Safety First / Morel danger - RIP pmmpete
« on: April 23, 2024, 04:07:02 PM »
I did not know Pete personally - never met him, but his posts were VERY informative and it seemed like he was a bomb kayak fisherman.  Looks like he was poisoned by morels!!



This was one of my favorite pmmpete inventions: https://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=97723.0    :smt044 :smt044

His more useful posts were on downrigger setup.  You can find a lot here, but also on NWKA: https://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=11486.msg128141#msg128141

RIP Pete... hope you're slayin macs somewhere nice
 :smt006

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Gearing Up and Rigging Up / Viewing squid on the fish finder
« on: April 23, 2024, 03:32:02 PM »
This weekend, I was right next to a pb while jigging up squid in Monterey.  He was marking it on his sonar, depth, relative concentration, etc. and on my sonar (lowrance hook5-2 with tripleshot) didnt pick anything up at all - barely saw the bottom at 120' deep.  It was pretty obvious that I was either not using the right settings even though I changed the settings the whole time trying to see them, or the transducer/ff is not working correctly.  Interestingly, one of the settings was "overlay downscan" which was checked, and when I unchecked it, I no longer had signal.  A restoring of factory defaults and a restart got the sonar only signal back, but still, no squid marks.  Increasing the sensitivity just increased noise. 

My questions: what does squid look like on sonar, and is there a specific type of setting that allows seeing them better than other settings?  I usually see big bait balls just fine, but wondering if I am missing smaller ones too.     

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General Talk / Re: I've Gone Strapless
« on: April 17, 2024, 07:24:10 PM »
I thought it looked a little short. My thought too if it was too short that you could find a tube that would work.

That's what she said...  :smt044

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General Talk / Re: I've Gone Strapless
« on: April 17, 2024, 08:46:18 AM »
If you go strapless, and start bouncing up and down, the kayak will pop out eventually.  Just sayin...

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General Talk / Re: Chevy truck drive off of Monterey Wharf
« on: April 09, 2024, 08:03:59 AM »
Sound like the getaway was almost successful if the guys knew how to swim quietly back to the beach... 

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Hobie Kayaks / Re: Guide - Metal 180 MD Sprocket Installation
« on: March 24, 2024, 05:26:12 PM »
Great job summarizing this!  Looks sharp.

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So the Hobie recommended fix for a broken sprocket is to replace the entire spine.  So, I ordered a new spine (MD 180 with Kick up fins) and the vendor sent a spine fully equipped with the idler roller and two new drums.  So, last night I put all of the remaining parts on the new spine and interestingly, the original chain cables were not long enough.  I swapped out the chains from another drive and same thing.  Then I got to measuring - why would they not fit?  Turns out, this new spine has about 1/4" more length from the base of the sprocket to the ridge the sprocket housing is attached to than on both of my older drives (one with KU fins, one MD 180 w/o). 

Has anyone experienced this before?  I havent had the chance yet to look if Hobie makes longer chains, or if you can add a chain link or two to add room.  Also, I wonder if the knock-off chains on amazon are a bit longer?  I just need another half inch to an inch of length to make up for the longer trip around the sprocket.  Seems messed up.  I ordered the spine from Sunjammers in Florida.  Got here quick and the quality seemed perfect. 

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I literally scoured the internet last night looking for this video - I dont know it exists, but I feel it does... like bigfoot. 

I have a new 180 w/ KU spine on the way, my 180 w/ KU spine with a single broken sprocket (nothing else wrong), and an old spare 180 drive that needs to be retired.  I am (kind of) contemplating replacing the broken spine with a single working sprocket off of the old 180 drive, so I have two (like new) mirage drives.  This involves me cutting, or removing the lines to one side, removing the broken sprocket, then re-running the lines on one side through the replacement sprocket. 

May be more trouble than it is worth. 

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