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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Brian.Dixon on October 03, 2024, 01:52:26 PM »Is it legal to fish with a light? If so, then I want the stern spot!
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Is it legal to fish with a light? If so, then I want the stern spot!
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Rbob on October 03, 2024, 12:47:48 PM »Monday it died off but I caught one Coho and quit by 10:00am. Sunday we caught 2 halibut and 5 salmon, a great trip for my Nephue Andrew and his son beau.
Beau did catch the biggest Coho on the first day al by himself. Put the boat in the shop for winter project installing the bow thruster.
I cant wait to try out fishing in the dark with the lighted drain plug.
https://youtube.com/shorts/5tk898dbij0?si=cuByBjvN-z52SzYX
Beau did catch the biggest Coho on the first day al by himself. Put the boat in the shop for winter project installing the bow thruster.
I cant wait to try out fishing in the dark with the lighted drain plug.
https://youtube.com/shorts/5tk898dbij0?si=cuByBjvN-z52SzYX
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Brian.Dixon on September 29, 2024, 07:40:28 AM »Nice! Those are great eating size ... melt in your mouth tender!
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Rbob on September 28, 2024, 06:54:34 PM »Limited on halibut. I will resize later.
More tomorrow
More tomorrow
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Brian.Dixon on September 28, 2024, 10:46:54 AM »Awesome! Looks like the seas, weather, AND fish all cooperated!
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Re: Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Rbob on September 28, 2024, 09:38:07 AM »Great fishing we had four in the first half hour just need one more now five total
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Blood on the Deck! (And Other Grand Adventures!) / Sekui Salmon
« Last post by Rbob on September 27, 2024, 08:18:44 PM »Making a last run to Sekui, Washington for The Coho we get the key native and Hatchery fish so it could be good stay tuned for some pics, fishing with my nephue Andrew and his son Beau.
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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: EZ Anchor Puller is now out of business - plus seeking advice
« Last post by Dan Boccia on September 27, 2024, 02:32:56 PM »You're right! You cannot switch the wires, you have to either put the motor on the port side to wind from bottom, or SB side to wind from top.
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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: EZ Anchor Puller is now out of business - plus seeking advice
« Last post by json on September 27, 2024, 08:18:49 AM »Yep, I am aware of the motor position, just didn't want to put in the work when I received the winch because I was antsy to get my boat on the water and good seemed good enough. 
I did call their support at the time and ask them, specifically about the roller guide and the angle the rode was going to go across it, if it was ok to mount in that configuration, to which they said 'absolutely'. I think you could be right, I am going to add the project to my winter list of todos (growing by the day) and even if it doesn't solve the problem I think it will still be a win to reduce that angle and have a straighter run from the roller to the drum.
As for switching the wires, I don't think it's that simple for the rebel winches. Since the clutch for the free fall is integrated, unless that is disabled I don't think you can switch the motor polarity at will, as it would just free fall any time you wanted to pick it up and would be strictly power down. That trick would work on any of the non-free fall ones tho.
I did call their support at the time and ask them, specifically about the roller guide and the angle the rode was going to go across it, if it was ok to mount in that configuration, to which they said 'absolutely'. I think you could be right, I am going to add the project to my winter list of todos (growing by the day) and even if it doesn't solve the problem I think it will still be a win to reduce that angle and have a straighter run from the roller to the drum.As for switching the wires, I don't think it's that simple for the rebel winches. Since the clutch for the free fall is integrated, unless that is disabled I don't think you can switch the motor polarity at will, as it would just free fall any time you wanted to pick it up and would be strictly power down. That trick would work on any of the non-free fall ones tho.
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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: EZ Anchor Puller is now out of business - plus seeking advice
« Last post by Dan Boccia on September 26, 2024, 10:12:42 PM »You're aware that by switching the wires on the solenoid from the up/down switch, you reverse the direction the drum spins, and you can spin the motor around on its shaft in 12 different positions, right? This allows an enormous amount of flexibility in mounting it and running the big cables to it. I always mount the drum as far back against the aft anchor well bulkhead as possible, with the motor oriented horizontally forward. The further from the anchor roller the drum is, the shallower the angle to port/SB, and the rode winds on better.
I also think it's possible to have TOO MUCH friction on the rode if it's paying out from the bottom of the spool, and thus can imagine the line whiplashing because it's unable to feed out as fast as the drum gets spinning. To that end, I've yet to see an anchor drum up here that pays out from the bottom - they all pay out from the top, and I have a strong feeling that may be your silver bullet to fix this.
I also think it's possible to have TOO MUCH friction on the rode if it's paying out from the bottom of the spool, and thus can imagine the line whiplashing because it's unable to feed out as fast as the drum gets spinning. To that end, I've yet to see an anchor drum up here that pays out from the bottom - they all pay out from the top, and I have a strong feeling that may be your silver bullet to fix this.