Just bought a 1071 Scotty Downrigger today. Will be trying it next week cause yesterday I was marking fish at 35-45 feet down but needed this to get them! Will be a game changer and also I love buying locally made products!
There's no one right answer this question, unfortunately. Some people like to keep a short distance on the leader (10 feet or less), as it effectively makes the release clip more sensitive. Other anglers like to leave a long leader. as they believe they'll get fewer strikes if the weight is close enough to the bait that fish can see it. It's up to individual angler, and can depend on all kinds reasons; wind, water temperature, clarity, species of fish, etc. The short answer is-- experiment, and find what works best for you. There's no hard and fast rule.
I love Scotty, but a big mistake is having the line angled "sharply down" Excessive rod tension does not help to hook the fish, it actually creates a belly in the line (slack).
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Just bought a 1071 Scotty Downrigger today. Will be trying it next week cause yesterday I was marking fish at 35-45 feet down but needed this to get them! Will be a game changer and also I love buying locally made products!
Fishing in Florida??
Been loving all the rigging for my little home-brew kayak! Excited to try a down-rigger for salmon this fall.
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distance from the weight to the bait ? thank you¡¡¡¡
There's no one right answer this question, unfortunately. Some people like to keep a short distance on the leader (10 feet or less), as it effectively makes the release clip more sensitive. Other anglers like to leave a long leader. as they believe they'll get fewer strikes if the weight is close enough to the bait that fish can see it.
It's up to individual angler, and can depend on all kinds reasons; wind, water temperature, clarity, species of fish, etc.
The short answer is-- experiment, and find what works best for you. There's no hard and fast rule.
I love Scotty, but a big mistake is having the line angled "sharply down" Excessive rod tension does not help to hook the fish, it actually creates a belly in the line (slack).
Bro showed a fly fishing setup for offshore
It looks a bit like a fly fishing reel, but it's a mooching reel-- very popular on the Canadian west coast for salmon fishing.