Never used a dipsy, ,,, but I have over-reeled into top eye a lot over the years, I love the idea of a bead and bumper at top,, where do you get the rubbery beads ?
Great detail on the rigging. I am just getting back into fishing after a 12 year hiatus. Down in Georgia and I have used dipsy divers and planer boards to catch hybrid stripers in Lake Lanier. I have moved to the NW part of GA and with a new boat due early Nov I'm eager to get on Carter's lake, which is a very deep lake that DNR puts walleye in. It's the only walleye fishing in GA that I'm aware of, and most people down south have no idea what a walleye even is. Having done a bunch of fishing for walleye and other northern species in MN and Canada in my past I'm really looking forward to figuring out the walleye fishing down here. Carter's lake is deep (~400'ish around dam) but I am concerned of losing rigs on trees. Going to have to figure it out. I realize Lake Erie doesn't have those challenges but any tips would be great to battle the trees (besides pulling 100lb braid :) ). Loved your video, subscribed and will be checking out more of your videos to help me fish for walleye in GA>
Thanks Paul! We'll my advice would be to start with your baits running high.....away from all danger. If you are marking walleye and they don't bite.....slowly let out line 5 ft at a time until you get hits. I catch most of my fish running baits 5 ft above the fish I'm targeting. Keeps you well away from bottom and trees and targets active fish
I put 400 ft of braid on top of mono backers. Best way I found to figure out the exact amounts is to reverse spool onto an identical reel. Put 400ft of braid first then fill the reel with mono......and record the amount of mono. Then reel all that onto another identical reel and you are perfectly filled and now you have the amount of mono you need for the next reel.
Great video. Would love more east end walleye videos. I'm newer to trolling walleye and I know the east end fishes differently, most Erie walleye videos tend to be West end related. You mostly run harnesses off your dipsys? Thank you
Well.....you've come to the right place.....East end walleye make up a very large percentage of my charters. I will be posting a bunch of videos dealing with different techniques. Stay tuned
I grew up fishing the upper river and into Canada. I retired from the military and moved back to western NY about 10 years ago and want to get into walleye and perch in the east end of the lake. I subscribed and looking forward to more vieods. How do you know when you get a hit on the dipsy?
THE DIPSY IS SET BY YOU TO DIVE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DIPSY/DOWNRIGGER ROD, THE DIPSY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE ROD AND BEND IT DOWN. WHEN THE DIPSY RELEASE IS SET PROPERLY WHEN A FISH HITS THE DIPSY WILL RELEASE AUTOMATICALLY AND IT CHANGES FROM DIVE TO PLAIN OR FIGHT MODE. THE ROD WILL POP UP AND USUALLY SET THE HOOK FOR YOU MIOST OF THE TIME.
How do you calculate the depth of a crank and the diver? are you just verifying with livescope? do you normal run shallow or deep diving cranks ? seems like it could get complicated.
Hey thanks for that great explanation! I’m curious, I also use a lot of dipseys and slide divers, and I’ve been wanting to go to shorter rods but can only get them in medium light… in 7.5ft… what size dipsey are you running on those ugly sticks? They are ugly conventional? Or big water? Thanks for any info you got!
Sorry for late reply.....I love the big water 8'3". Use it for all my divers now. Bends up awesome.....loads up and holds onto fish. People don't like them cuz they are ugly sticks.....but when the bend is right......the bend is right
How do you set the tension on the release? I find the larger dipsy load up a lot of tension and dialing in the tension to get them to release on a bite can be challenging having to balance that with them not releasing just from the resistance of the water.
I stand at the edge of the boat with a screw driver in my hand and play with it until it's right. I don't think there is any other way. Should easily handle a 2mph trolling speed without popping too easy so that hooks get into the fish before the dipsey breaks.
Completely new to trolling, i will definitely be returning to this video when i get my dipsys in and need to set them up. I will be trolling for trout aiming for 10-15 depth. Trolling from my jet ski is definitely a different experience but it works even with my newbie setup of 3/4 oz egg sinker and 1/4 spinner. Only question i have is can you cast the dipsy out? Because i cant just let line out since it'll get sucked into the pump, im saving for a trolling motor for that exact reason and to save wear and tear on the engine
What size diver do you recommend to get down to 40'? Don't want on that's to big if I can help it but don't want to let out a ton of line either if I can help it!! Thanks!
Good vid brother, straight up, no nonsense chirping, thanks for taking the time to post
Really Smart of you! Great setup, thanks for showing that. I really learned some things watching that video.
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Whoever edits your videos does a great job
He is really good
Good Video with the extra details. Thanks from Barengate Light NJ
Great advise Hans.
Love the East end of Lake Erie. East of long point is amazing. Lots of depth and fish.
Thank you for the tips. I am juat getting into walleye fishing on eire myself out of dunkirk harbor.
Never used a dipsy, ,,, but I have over-reeled into top eye a lot over the years, I love the idea of a bead and bumper at top,, where do you get the rubbery beads ?
Great video thanks
Great advice!! Priceless! Thx
Great vids for Eastside fishing... I'm running 3 dipsy's each side lately, my leadcore program doesn't produce like it used to it seems..
I've done 3 a side.....not bad once you got a system
Great detail on the rigging. I am just getting back into fishing after a 12 year hiatus. Down in Georgia and I have used dipsy divers and planer boards to catch hybrid stripers in Lake Lanier. I have moved to the NW part of GA and with a new boat due early Nov I'm eager to get on Carter's lake, which is a very deep lake that DNR puts walleye in. It's the only walleye fishing in GA that I'm aware of, and most people down south have no idea what a walleye even is. Having done a bunch of fishing for walleye and other northern species in MN and Canada in my past I'm really looking forward to figuring out the walleye fishing down here. Carter's lake is deep (~400'ish around dam) but I am concerned of losing rigs on trees. Going to have to figure it out. I realize Lake Erie doesn't have those challenges but any tips would be great to battle the trees (besides pulling 100lb braid :) ). Loved your video, subscribed and will be checking out more of your videos to help me fish for walleye in GA>
Thanks Paul! We'll my advice would be to start with your baits running high.....away from all danger. If you are marking walleye and they don't bite.....slowly let out line 5 ft at a time until you get hits. I catch most of my fish running baits 5 ft above the fish I'm targeting. Keeps you well away from bottom and trees and targets active fish
Hans - I’m finding with 30lb braid, dipsy with ring on a #3 at 1.5 mph I’m almost 1:1. Does that seem right
What speed range do you like when fishing dipsey's? Thank you for the great video
Great video. Well done
Thank you
One more question. How much line do you load onto your trolling rods?
I put 400 ft of braid on top of mono backers. Best way I found to figure out the exact amounts is to reverse spool onto an identical reel. Put 400ft of braid first then fill the reel with mono......and record the amount of mono. Then reel all that onto another identical reel and you are perfectly filled and now you have the amount of mono you need for the next reel.
Hi. Thanks for the info. Question: DO you troll crawler harnesses off this rig?
Sure you can.....I do sometimes
Great video. Would love more east end walleye videos. I'm newer to trolling walleye and I know the east end fishes differently, most Erie walleye videos tend to be West end related. You mostly run harnesses off your dipsys? Thank you
Well.....you've come to the right place.....East end walleye make up a very large percentage of my charters. I will be posting a bunch of videos dealing with different techniques. Stay tuned
I mostly run worm burners and stickbaits.
@@HansTheCarver Subscribed and looking forward to them. Thank you
Thanks Andrew!
I do have a question, what size dipsy was that? The big one or the small one?
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I grew up fishing the upper river and into Canada. I retired from the military and moved back to western NY about 10 years ago and want to get into walleye and perch in the east end of the lake. I subscribed and looking forward to more vieods. How do you know when you get a hit on the dipsy?
THE DIPSY IS SET BY YOU TO DIVE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DIPSY/DOWNRIGGER ROD, THE DIPSY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE ROD AND BEND IT DOWN. WHEN THE DIPSY RELEASE IS SET PROPERLY WHEN A FISH HITS THE DIPSY WILL RELEASE AUTOMATICALLY AND IT CHANGES FROM DIVE TO PLAIN OR FIGHT MODE. THE ROD WILL POP UP AND USUALLY SET THE HOOK FOR YOU MIOST OF THE TIME.
DIVE MODE
How do you calculate the depth of a crank and the diver? are you just verifying with livescope? do you normal run shallow or deep diving cranks ? seems like it could get complicated.
Hey thanks for that great explanation! I’m curious, I also use a lot of dipseys and slide divers, and I’ve been wanting to go to shorter rods but can only get them in medium light… in 7.5ft… what size dipsey are you running on those ugly sticks? They are ugly conventional? Or big water? Thanks for any info you got!
Sorry for late reply.....I love the big water 8'3". Use it for all my divers now. Bends up awesome.....loads up and holds onto fish. People don't like them cuz they are ugly sticks.....but when the bend is right......the bend is right
We're abouts on lake Erie n how would you set up the smaller ones
Do you run straight braid to the dipsy and the your flurocarbon from the back to your bait?
Do you just attach the swivel straight to your lure?
Is 40 lb too much for a leader strength from dipsy to spoon ? Targeting browns
How do you get your middle or outside dipsy back out in the water without tangling your lines after catching a fish
What do you usually use at the end of the line? Cranks, spoons?
How do you set the tension on the release? I find the larger dipsy load up a lot of tension and dialing in the tension to get them to release on a bite can be challenging having to balance that with them not releasing just from the resistance of the water.
I stand at the edge of the boat with a screw driver in my hand and play with it until it's right. I don't think there is any other way. Should easily handle a 2mph trolling speed without popping too easy so that hooks get into the fish before the dipsey breaks.
Completely new to trolling, i will definitely be returning to this video when i get my dipsys in and need to set them up. I will be trolling for trout aiming for 10-15 depth. Trolling from my jet ski is definitely a different experience but it works even with my newbie setup of 3/4 oz egg sinker and 1/4 spinner. Only question i have is can you cast the dipsy out? Because i cant just let line out since it'll get sucked into the pump, im saving for a trolling motor for that exact reason and to save wear and tear on the engine
You won't need to, the dive is so strong on them it will dive down before getting sucked in. Also you can set them to plane out to the sides.
Get video, what is the green bead you use?
Can you run dipsy diver with planer boards?
What size diver do you recommend to get down to 40'? Don't want on that's to big if I can help it but don't want to let out a ton of line either if I can help it!! Thanks!
I know it’s probably too late but if you go to the divers it has numbers and I think you’ll need 3 1-4 is a 40’
Why not steel leader?
No snubbers
Snubber?
I notice you don’t use snubbers. Obviously you’ve never had issues