I have a question for the forum concerning what type of cable is best for use on downriggers for Kokanees, and how many do y'all usually run? I run a pair of Penn Fathomasters off my boat at present. I originally had a single downrigger with a stainless steel cable and an 8 lb. ball, then added a 2nd downrigger a year later that came spooled with 150 lb. PowerPro. The PowerPro is 1/2 the diameter of the steel, runs at the same angle/"blowback" with only a 6lb. ball and is nearly completely silent even up to 2.0 mph which I initially really liked. The steel cable starts to hum at about 1.3 and is quite loud over 1.6mph. Interestingly, I seemed to have noticed that I have had more bites on the steel cabled downrigger than the PowerPro one and that I have had fewer bites when running both than when I had only the one steel cable one. Coincidence or does the PowerPro setup and/or a 2nd downrigger in general spook fish? I have not ever measured the electric current on the steel one but I intend to do so. I would assume that the PowerPro one has no measurable current and therefore should neither attract nor repel them, but I'm not sure that something about it has changed my success.
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