Deep trolling?

[thump55]

Originally Posted by metmen

Hey guys how far behind the snap weights do you want your crank?

JB

I usually go 50' behind the weight with a stick bait, less if using a diving lure like a shad rap.

If using lead core, I have a 30 to 50' flouro leader.

[Ned]

Originally Posted by AllenW

I think what he meant was "without" downriggers it may be harder to do.. ??

You could also try tail dancers/wally divers and some of the other deep divers, they get pretty close to that depth.

Snap weights might be the easiest also.

Had a friend that back in the 80's trolled for Musky's with downriggers, wasn't a lot of deeper diver large baits around so he'd hook a Suick, ReefHawg or whatever up to a rigger, run the ball at different depths to put the bait where he wanted it.

Did pretty well that way and he'd hit a walleye every now and then, nice thing was the walleyes were usually 5-6 pounds or bigger, big bait, big fish I guess.

Al

I actually meant long lining these baits you could not get them that deep.

With snap weights its a breeze.

[Ned]

Originally Posted by thump55

I usually go 50' behind the weight with a stick bait, less if using a diving lure like a shad rap.

If using lead core, I have a 30 to 50' flouro leader.

I go 20' behind then the snap weight. This way i can use the dive curves for snap weights from the trollers bible.

[Ruffnek]

Remember the old "Red Fin" minnow baits? I think they are still on the market. Years ago I had great luck pulling them behind cannon balls. The ones I am thinking about would only dive 5 feet or so, so I put them 100 feet behind the ball and went fishing. Caught some very nice walleyes on them. No reason they wouldn't work the same way today.

[pantherdev]

The dipsy divers are good for this. I use 20# power pro to connect to rod and 10 or 8# flourescent to connect to dipsy.

[mudpuppy]

I've used snap weights for years and caught plenty of fish on them. A lot of guys are going to the Torpedo Divers in the Great Lakes. They're more hydrodynamic, can be directional so you get a better spread, can run long leads with them, 2 to12 oz sizes. I like to use them instead of deep (inside) dipseys right alongside my downriggers, but can be a good rigger substitute.


http://www.torpedodivers.com/index.asp