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#51
Saltwater / Re: Line counter reels.
Last post by FinsnFur - July 16, 2026, 05:31:12 AMI bought one for Walleye fishing up in Canada years ago, which was jigging also. And yes it was a big help for working suspended fish.
Thats about all they are good for, jigging or trolling.
I forgot I had one out there until you mentioned it
Thats about all they are good for, jigging or trolling.
I forgot I had one out there until you mentioned it
#52
Saltwater / Re: Line counter reels.
Last post by nastygunz - July 15, 2026, 11:29:54 PMI'm looking forward to the autonomous remote fish blasting drone.
#53
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Canadian Fires
Last post by nastygunz - July 15, 2026, 11:28:27 PMWe have an air quality alert going on because of the Canadian wildfires.
#54
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Canadian Fires
Last post by MI VHNTR - July 15, 2026, 06:30:48 PM #55
Saltwater / Re: Line counter reels.
Last post by Hawks Feather - July 15, 2026, 06:07:27 PMTechnology at work. What will they think up next?
#56
Saltwater / Re: Line counter reels.
Last post by nastygunz - July 15, 2026, 02:06:00 PMThey use those a lot up here for trolling for salmon and Lake Trout.
#57
Saltwater / Line counter reels.
Last post by Okanagan - July 15, 2026, 11:24:31 AMI flat out love line counter reels for salmon jigging in salt water. In combination with fish finder sonar that shows depth, you can put your lure precisely the depth you want and or a precise distance from the bottom or a bottom structure.
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Twice this year I have spotted a specific fish on the screen, dropped to that exact depth and had an instant hook up.
We don't look for salmon on the fish finder as much as we look for schools of bait and a depth we prefer, but seeing salmon on the fish finder is a nice bonus.
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Twice this year I have spotted a specific fish on the screen, dropped to that exact depth and had an instant hook up.
We don't look for salmon on the fish finder as much as we look for schools of bait and a depth we prefer, but seeing salmon on the fish finder is a nice bonus.
#58
The Tailgate / Today in history 7-15
Last post by remrogers - July 15, 2026, 10:51:38 AM1918
July 15
Second Battle of the Marne begins with final German offensive
On July 15, 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. Dubbed the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies.
The German general Erich Ludendorff, convinced that an attack in Flanders, the region stretching from northern France into Belgium, was the best route to a German victory in the war, decided to launch a sizeable diversionary attack further south in order to lure Allied troops away from the main event. The resulting attack at the Marne was launched on the back of the German capture of the strategically important Chemin des Dames ridge near the Aisne River on May 27, 1918. This was the latest stage of a major German offensive—dubbed the Kaiserschlacht, or the "kaiser's battle"—masterminded by Ludendorff during the spring of 1918.
On the morning of July 15, 23 divisions of the German 1st and 3rd Armies attacked the French 4th Army east of Reims, while 17 divisions of the 7th Army, assisted by the 9th Army, attacked the French 6th Army to the west of the city. The dual attack was Ludendorff's attempt to divide and conquer the French forces, which were joined by 85,000 U.S. troops as well as a portion of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), most of which were located in Flanders.
When the Germans began their advance after an initial artillery bombardment, however, they found that the French had set up a line of false trenches, manned by only a few defenders. The real front line of trenches lay further on, and had scarcely been touched by the bombardment. This deceptive strategy had been put in place by the French commander-in-chief, Philippe Pétain.
As a German officer, Rudolf Binding, wrote in his diary of the July 15 attack, the French "put up no resistance in front...they had neither infantry nor artillery in this forward battle-zone...Our guns bombarded empty trenches; our gas-shells gassed empty artillery positions....The barrage, which was to have preceded and protected [the attacking German troops] went right on somewhere over the enemy's rear positions, while in front the first real line of resistance was not yet carried." As the Germans approached the "real" Allied front lines, they were met with a fierce barrage of French and American fire. Trapped and surrounded, the Germans suffered heavy casualties, setting the Allies up for the major counter-attack they would launch on July 18.
July 15
Second Battle of the Marne begins with final German offensive
On July 15, 1918, near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I. Dubbed the Second Battle of the Marne, the conflict ended several days later in a major victory for the Allies.
The German general Erich Ludendorff, convinced that an attack in Flanders, the region stretching from northern France into Belgium, was the best route to a German victory in the war, decided to launch a sizeable diversionary attack further south in order to lure Allied troops away from the main event. The resulting attack at the Marne was launched on the back of the German capture of the strategically important Chemin des Dames ridge near the Aisne River on May 27, 1918. This was the latest stage of a major German offensive—dubbed the Kaiserschlacht, or the "kaiser's battle"—masterminded by Ludendorff during the spring of 1918.
On the morning of July 15, 23 divisions of the German 1st and 3rd Armies attacked the French 4th Army east of Reims, while 17 divisions of the 7th Army, assisted by the 9th Army, attacked the French 6th Army to the west of the city. The dual attack was Ludendorff's attempt to divide and conquer the French forces, which were joined by 85,000 U.S. troops as well as a portion of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), most of which were located in Flanders.
When the Germans began their advance after an initial artillery bombardment, however, they found that the French had set up a line of false trenches, manned by only a few defenders. The real front line of trenches lay further on, and had scarcely been touched by the bombardment. This deceptive strategy had been put in place by the French commander-in-chief, Philippe Pétain.
As a German officer, Rudolf Binding, wrote in his diary of the July 15 attack, the French "put up no resistance in front...they had neither infantry nor artillery in this forward battle-zone...Our guns bombarded empty trenches; our gas-shells gassed empty artillery positions....The barrage, which was to have preceded and protected [the attacking German troops] went right on somewhere over the enemy's rear positions, while in front the first real line of resistance was not yet carried." As the Germans approached the "real" Allied front lines, they were met with a fierce barrage of French and American fire. Trapped and surrounded, the Germans suffered heavy casualties, setting the Allies up for the major counter-attack they would launch on July 18.
#59
Saltwater / Re: Recommend a stiff braided ...
Last post by Okanagan - July 14, 2026, 07:33:15 PMBelow is a 2 oz. Dungeness Stinger salmon jig. In this pic, mono line is tied directly to the jig, no swivels or anything else. To fish it for salmon, it is dropped straight down and then repeatedly lifted and dropped.
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The hooks are 2/0 Siwash. Two is the max legal number of hooks, so no treble hooks allowed. We put a tiny rubber band around the hook shanks to position them turned in opposite directions.
Two reels below. My Okuma Convector with mono line, which I am using for salmon this summer, and a Cabela's salt water spinning reel with braid on it. With braided line, both systems tangle line around the tip of the rod terribly when jigging the lure (shown above) vertically from a boat. No problem doing the exact same vertical jigging with mono line.
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Errata: The bait caster is left handed.
The specific jig pictured above has caught more than 20 salmon. I finished last season with it and started this season with it. I'm surprised that I haven't lost it. It is chewed and chipped a bit but not very much considering how many salmon have bitten it. That's the third set of hooks on it. Lucky jig!
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The hooks are 2/0 Siwash. Two is the max legal number of hooks, so no treble hooks allowed. We put a tiny rubber band around the hook shanks to position them turned in opposite directions.
Two reels below. My Okuma Convector with mono line, which I am using for salmon this summer, and a Cabela's salt water spinning reel with braid on it. With braided line, both systems tangle line around the tip of the rod terribly when jigging the lure (shown above) vertically from a boat. No problem doing the exact same vertical jigging with mono line.
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Errata: The bait caster is left handed.
The specific jig pictured above has caught more than 20 salmon. I finished last season with it and started this season with it. I'm surprised that I haven't lost it. It is chewed and chipped a bit but not very much considering how many salmon have bitten it. That's the third set of hooks on it. Lucky jig!
#60
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Robbed!
Last post by FinsnFur - July 14, 2026, 06:06:42 PMCant see nuttin, Hoss.