Dipsy setup help

[POPEYE]

All lines are new this season. Power Pro #30 main line and Seaguar #15 leader. Leader about 6 feet long.

Yes, I’m sure we have drug junk fish.

After a day of fishing we store the dispy’s with leader wrapped around the diver. I’ve noticed the leader has that memory to it as we start the day. Kind of a little kink if you will. I didn’t think bad enough to hurt anything.

Have a look at the pictures, this is my current setup. They should answer other questions of where the swivels are attached.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Looks good and that answers a few questions . I prefer 30# mono for the leader 7 1/2 ' (lenght of our rods ) . Gregnwtf tips on the adjustment of the trip tension is spot on . This might have solved your problem ,save the 15# mono for makeing perch rigs

[skinny5382]

Popeye, Gregnwtf, Sherman
Thanks for your help, we had great success Friday. Pulled some pretty heavy fish without any of the lines breaking. Pulled two 9 pounders with no trouble and believe it or not a huge Sheephead that had the pole bent in half (no breaks).
New setup was:
• Adjusted trip arm to lighter setting.
• Snubbers behind dipsy.
• #20 Leader

I had pictures to load up to show new setup but website won't upload for some reason. But the only final thing to improve is storage, wrapping that Fluorocarbon around the dipsy generates kinks that I don't like. Maybe its not a problem now. We will see.

[Dr.Ed]

I made a cylinder of Styrofoam that is 6 inches in diameter and 15 inches long that I use to wrap my leaders so there are no kinks or folds to effect memory. If there is any sign of abrasion or wear after use it is not wrapped on the cylinder.

[SteelEyes]

Couple thoughts, many of which echo what has already been said, since I had 2 breakoffs this weekend on braid dipseys without snubbers, using 12lb mono leader.
I keep the release tension set pretty light so trash fish trip it. The first breakoff happened when the netman hit the fish in the face, so a big cause, the leader was only a couple weeks old. Tied a new one with 12lb mono and the next day it broke as soon as the fish struck (but had caught a few in between). Put my snubbers back on after that.
So severeral things you can watch:
Release tension
wear and tear on the leader, or abrasions
watch the drag setting on your reel, I probably had mine to tight, i think this is key when using braid.
leader storage, I wrap mine on a cylinder, otherwise you get kinks which = weak spots

[skinny5382]

Thanks Steeleye,
We have made many changes since the breakoffs, added snubbers, replaced leaders with #20 vs #15. Last and final thing I need to get done is storage of leaders, I too want to move to cylinder style storage.

We had a few heavy hitters since the switch and so far (knock on wood) no breaks.