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Posted: Jun 23, 2024 - 09:42 am


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Pic 2 of Bridge.

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Posted: Jun 23, 2024 - 05:33 pm


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The bridge is all done. Everything at my fingertips now.

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Posted: Jun 23, 2024 - 05:34 pm


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Another pic from the front.

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Posted: Jun 27, 2024 - 07:20 am


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Nice RIG Arnie.
I hope to see you on water.
Where do you put you kayak on water?
I usually launch at Wabaushene beach.
Tight lines.

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Posted: Jun 27, 2024 - 09:31 pm


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QUOTE (Berger @ Jun 27, 2024 - 07:20 am)
Nice RIG Arnie.
I hope to see you on water.
Where do you put you kayak on water?
I usually launch at Wabaushene beach.
Tight lines.

Thx Berger. I am in a trailer park here in Waubaushene. I go past where you launch most days..

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Posted: Jul 10, 2024 - 05:59 pm


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So I found a spot to launch from and spent the morning playing with the kayak and the salmon equipment between Cedar Point and Christian Island......marked a few salmon but there were no takers. I got out a little late and it was pretty sunny. There were a million bait balls.

I got about 500 feet from shore and felt my life jacket missing.......crap looked and not on the kayak.....I wont go in a boat without a jacket on. Back to shore and searched my car....crap left it at the trailer. I was on the reservation, the woman that looks after the ferry seen I was packing up to go home. Spoke to her earlier and she knew it had been a long dream for me to go salmon fishing and the day was perfect. Told her I forgot my jacket and had to go back to my trailer..... a 45 minute drive. She offered to look after my stuff but I said I had to much invested in my toy to leave it lying on the beach and thanked her for her offer. Then she found a jacket in her pickup and offered me that.....unfortunately it was a children's jacket. While I continued to pack up she asked the ferry captain if I would be able to borrow a jacket......against the rules. I continued to pack up.....then I heard a yelll from her saying she had gotten me a jacket. What a big hearted woman I found that I am now proud to say she is a true friend. She canvassed the line of cars going to Christian Island on the ferry and someone had a adult jacket for me and when done to leave it with the woman that got it for me. Simply amazing what she done for me. I gave her the parking fee back with a handsome tip and thanked her 100 times for saving my day. I did get some nice pics of the area and will post those......sorry no fish boys n girls

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Posted: Jul 10, 2024 - 06:03 pm


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Posted: Jul 10, 2024 - 06:04 pm


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Posted: Jul 11, 2024 - 06:51 am


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Who said you had to catch fish & post pics to have a good day.
Seems like you had a good one.... nice pics from the water and you experienced / established a a 'friendship'..now that's a winner for sure.

btw...real nice rig!

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Posted: Jul 11, 2024 - 09:33 am


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QUOTE (Fozzy47 @ Jul 11, 2024 - 06:51 am)
Who said you had to catch fish & post pics to have a good day.
Seems like you had a good one.... nice pics from the water and you experienced / established a a 'friendship'..now that's a winner for sure.

btw...real nice rig!

Thanks Fozzy....yes I did have a great day and plan to return there a few times.

In regards to the rig....love fishing from it but I don't like the way I mounted the rigger. I don't trust it for strength so I will raise that bridge section by three inches and put in a longer track and mount the rigger mount on the track and then we are good to go.

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Posted: Jul 26, 2024 - 10:17 pm


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I changed the bridge on the kayak today. I raised it by 5 inches and put a full 36 inch track on it, so it now has room for the downrigger and it will be a lot stronger by being in its new place.

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Posted: Jul 26, 2024 - 10:23 pm


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Posted: Aug 19, 2024 - 07:56 pm


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I decided to put in 2 support bars, from the bridge to the gunnal tracks, to stiffen up any horizontal movement. It is definitely solid now.

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