My new walleye catchin tool

[davetclown]

Here is my first attempt at building a Slammer style tipup.. "used for salmon and walleye in the great lakes"

"sorry, I did not follow the directions. you can order a kit or one pre-assembled"
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[lonehunter]

Oh great !
Now ya' got me thinking , how can I make one to mount on the side of the boat when i'm drifting a spawn bag or a waxey during the run ?
Has to set on a lite hit in waters that have a lot of flow , hmmmm , my gears are a little rusty but there turning ![]
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[davetclown]

ya you know them walleyes, ya have to set that hook just as soon as they strike, just as soon as they feel a tug or the hook they let go fast... and you have to keep tention on the line because they can let go if you dont as well...

I would asume a rod holder mount and a hook on the end of the boat is all you need. set the rod holder angle to the tention you want... you will be pulling up a lot of sheep head tho...[]
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[davetclown]

you using a flat back or a canoe?

for a hook
if you drill a hole it the rim then screw in a self tapping pan head screw, then take it back out and grind three sides off and then put it back in using vice grips.

get your rod holder pisitioned just right, when you get a strike the rod will dip down and jump out of the hook.

I dont think you need to make a frame unless you have a canoe and if that is the case, then all you might need is an elbo similar to a trailor tail light bracket.

but ya know any twig you hit, or sea weed or fish your line bumps in to will set it off... but it would be great on the hard top of the saginaw river...

lots of stuff floating down the river, but what the hay, if your going to run in to it, you may as well know about it sooner than later...
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[tubeN2]

That looks like a gauranteed case of lock jaw for the little Walleyes. That is a clever idea.[cool]

I was thinking of adapting something like that to my float tube but then again, it might just shoot a nail and pop my tube.[pirate]
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[davetclown]

they use something simmilar on down riggers.. I am not using a nail, dont trust them, I am using a wood screw, and grinding down three sides... aint takin no chances....

you only need one, if your fishing rod in one hand and trolling with the other...

I dont think you need a slaming are as big as mine, I think a 3 of 4 inch arm will do nicely..

to attach the bungie, drill a though hole, then counter sink the oposite sides and tie a knot on both sides, be sure the arm is down when you tie the knots that way when the arm is up you will have tention...

the trick is matching the base lenth with the rod... otherwise you have to drill holes all over the place..

also important is using a fiberglass rod or an ugly stick so it dosnt snap on ya...

wished I could say the idea was mine, but I cant take credit for another mans work...

but ya, I could see this working on a tube big time.. a three way conector with a 45 and a short nub as a rod holder mounted just in front of your elbo and just the slaming arm attached to the front of your tube...

do that and now ya got ten more pages to add to the tubin board... LOL[laugh]
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[tubeN2]

That sounds good. I may just give it a try.[cool]
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