07-19-2010, 05:53 PM
"So TD - do you use your motor when you tube up there, or flipper power only?"
[cool][#0000ff]The only times I have fished up into the channel have been while in a "non-powered" tube. And I have been seen by rangers and never challenged. On one occasion when I asked a ranger about it the reply was something along the line of simply trying to keep the power squadron out of the channel. I never go much above about the halfway point. Better fishing within 100 yards of the buoy anyway.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]My opinion is that you DON'T need a rubber snubber for walleyes. They DON'T have tender mouths like kokanees. In fact I often double set when I hook a walleye to be sure to get good hook penetration in their hard jaws...and I sometimes lose fish that I don't set hard. Walleye often bite very lightly and a snubber might make it more difficult to detect their bite. Just my opinion.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]The only times I have fished up into the channel have been while in a "non-powered" tube. And I have been seen by rangers and never challenged. On one occasion when I asked a ranger about it the reply was something along the line of simply trying to keep the power squadron out of the channel. I never go much above about the halfway point. Better fishing within 100 yards of the buoy anyway.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]My opinion is that you DON'T need a rubber snubber for walleyes. They DON'T have tender mouths like kokanees. In fact I often double set when I hook a walleye to be sure to get good hook penetration in their hard jaws...and I sometimes lose fish that I don't set hard. Walleye often bite very lightly and a snubber might make it more difficult to detect their bite. Just my opinion.[/#0000ff]
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