New England Role Call

[oldmud]

Welcome aboard Pete/squidrig. I think we have the information thing covered. I hope so!!!!. You'll know what is going down up here.

Don

[oldmud]

Welcome aboard ZGY: Like the vid's. you guys make! without those there would probably be a lot of cut throats and wrists in our long winters LMAO. And any friend of Shoe's can't be ALL BAD!!

Don

[shoefish]

Umm yes and no. As you know all of us northern boys need a lil' work on rigging and just learning the planer setup is another learning curve in itself so the more it gets used the better itll be for all of us.

I am having a friend of my dads built it for me. I told him what I wanted and watched boxes videos over and over again just to see the action. The hardest thing about it was the swivel tip. We talked more about the damn tip then about anything else. I ended up having an aftco big foot swivel on it. For the reel I unfortunately didnt go with the Shimano 80 ended up getting a great deal on a new Penn 80 VSW. Im still just a weekend warrier so its hard w/o a huge budget, (did some side work the last month just to pay for it ) and even harder to find the people as passionate as me up around here.

Now the funny thing is gonna be seeing a 22' cc dragging a bent putt 80, tryin to put out a 5-7 rod spread, rigging some meat and drivin the boat.. Ohh boy!!!!

If you don't already have the bigfoot guide on it, you will reallly want to consider doing the exact same set up as Marty's. The reason is that you want the line to be held off the blank- there is so much pressure, and you are dropping to freespool so much, that all it will take is one wrap around the end as you slack it up and your set-up is done.

I've seen Marty's set up first hand, so if you have some questions I may be able to point you in the right direction.

The Penn 80 should be fine- just make sure to put a backing plate under your rod holder, or you won't be too happy when your fiberglass starts creaking and cracking.

[squidrig]

Pete,,,,, welcome

Any friend of Shoefish is a friend of ours !!!!

normally i would have been on cape to great you guy's but it sounds like you were in good hands with Vin and the Admiral !!!!

Hey shoe that marina i am sure looks better with some sporties docked there !!

Thumbs up poon man ! I think we may have met at one of the Saco Bay seminars. Those are some high tech sticks you build. Now I just have to find something to throw them at-

[squidrig]

Shoe and squidrig.

I am currently having built the secret weapon (planer rod) for up north that I know will kill up here.

You guys are more then welcome to have a go at it as shes gotta get used!!

Glad to see more nothern guys joining and the missed hospitality

I'll take any secret weapon you can throw my way! We did a little bit of downrigger / planer running last year and to say there is a learning curve would be an understatement.

[Bluefin22']

Shoe,

I am getting the aftco big foot swivel guide, for the exact reasons you stated. Thanks for looking out for me.

Squidrig,

If you know shoe hes full of some southern secret weapons that are dying to be "let out of the box"

[TOMMYV]

Yo Shoe: Thanks, I have been thinking about rigging one up with 15" or 18" shells for you guys that get a shot a the giants. We had one two years ago on an 80 stand up and fought it for 2 1/2 hours. I'll say she was 800lbs , until the hook pullled about the third time we had her to the boat. If I do I'll send you one. E-mail your address on a P -message. Tommy V

Shoe : what color shell do you want?

[shoefish]

Shoe : what color shell do you want?

I guess that depends on what color the 800# hit

[Tuna Meltdown]

Tony the Tiger with a Green stinger got us a 700 pounder last year.
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Notice the rig just to the right of the fish. Hint Hint

[POON MAN]

Melt Down Nice fish

who's bar did you catch it on ?

That ride looks like 40 footer by the size of the pit ?