Downrigger Weights

[den63]

I just swiched to Shark 12LBS wights thay track stright blow back I was doen 60 feet my fish finder showed me at 59 feet trolling 1.2 . my fish cach has double thay are not cheep abought $100 I think if you order them from the factery in canada you could save about $30

[den63]

Ok guys, I am new so I got questions. What is blowback?
I will be using my Penn manual (600?) downriggers with an 8 oz lead ball. Apparently I need to rethink the set up. Also, I still have stainless steel cables on them. Should I be changing over to monofiliment or Dacron or what?

Check the waranty if you change the cable it my void the waranty.

[den63]

10lb sharks in crome all the way baby!!!

I use 12lb sharks in crome my cach has bubled

[RalphL]

+1 The right clip is important. I prefer to do a manual release due to the hookset being better and more control over the fish. I run 10 lb. pancakes that I respray yearly with plastidip and add holographic tape to the fins.

newbie dummy here. what is a manual release??

[Kokonuts]

My latest project is more DR weights. I use 11/2" x 15" chrome tube for 10lb, and 11/2" x 11" for 8lb weights.

So far they are working great! I really like them because they track straight, nothing to hang up on and they fit into the pole holders for easy storage and travling around the lake.
Also I have a "Bottom Dragger" model for the Brown Trout & other fish on the bottom.

I'll take some pictures soon!

Kokonuts

[trollmonkey]

newbie dummy here. what is a manual release??

Welcome you will learn a lot here.A manual release is when you reel down and snap the rod tip up to pull the line from the release clip.For the last few years I've been setting my lines deep in the clip so more than half our fish have to be manually released. I also use 1'-2' long cable on my releases, so the rod can really dance ,but thats covered in other threads. Pancakes Rule