beckoning
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2010
- Messages
- 183
DOWNRIGGER CABLE:I have 2 electric BigJon's and 2 electric Walkers. I used to have 2 Canon manuals. The stainless cable on the Walkers and the Canon's never kinks. The BigJon cable on the starboard side tries its best to kink and get all twisted up. Three weeks ago, I more than an hour untangling cable that had wound around itself when I accidentally hit the down switch with the boat in the hoist. Solution #1: After untangling, I took the boat out and let out 150' of cable with a light weight at the end, hopefully to allow the cable to untwist. It helped a little. I'm now very careful. If it happens again, I'll replace the cable. Any braid vertical in the water is a water flea magnet on Lake Michigan, so I won't replace stainless with 250lb braid.
My question: Is there a metal cable out there that won't kink and twist itself into knots if it comes off the spool? Or, could the problem be the cable should come off the top of the spool, and not the bottom? I know that is important when putting mono line on a reel.
Any thoughts?
RADIO: My Standard Horizon seems to have lost its ability to stop scanning when an incoming call is received. It just keeps scanning. Once in a great while, if the transmission is strong (nearby boat, Coast Guard) scanning stops. It's intermittent. Any thoughts as to why? Or just a worn out radio?
My question: Is there a metal cable out there that won't kink and twist itself into knots if it comes off the spool? Or, could the problem be the cable should come off the top of the spool, and not the bottom? I know that is important when putting mono line on a reel.
Any thoughts?
RADIO: My Standard Horizon seems to have lost its ability to stop scanning when an incoming call is received. It just keeps scanning. Once in a great while, if the transmission is strong (nearby boat, Coast Guard) scanning stops. It's intermittent. Any thoughts as to why? Or just a worn out radio?