Trolling advice, still new

[ebijack]

A lot of folks put too much into other folks line out numbers. It is only a guide, which helps you know if someone is in the upper column, middle or near the bottom.
Perfect example: 2 fisherman in the same boat. Each using their own rods/reels pulling Jet 40's. One fellows jet tag bottom in 40 fow at 105 ft braided line out, the other 135 ft of another brand of braid ( same brand/model reels)to tag bottom. This was running 4 rods/2 each.
The amount of line backing, line type/size and amount of main line type/size all changes the calibration equation/line out numbers. Some folks calibrate their reels, some only to 100 ft. Me, I don't care as long as I start with all my reels spooled exactly the same. I know they are all very close, till someone looses a lot of line
Once I know at what water column area/level the fish prefer the bait, I can start working on giving them plenty of it
If the bait's profile, bill length and angle are real close to each other. They should/will dive very close to the same depth. Given all the other variables.
Just more stuff/experience that has changed the way I think about fishin compared to when I was starting out.

[wakina]

Don't read to much into the # test line the line is unless you compare the diameters, braid to mono or Fireline to mono. Power Pro is smaller in diameter than the Berkley fire line. Here is a comparison , the info is taken from the two manufacturers respective web sites. Berkley Fire line 10# .008 inch/.20mm comparable to 4# Trilene XL. Power Pro 10# .006 inch/.15 mm comparable to 2# mono. Most of the Fireline products are a larger diameter than the Braid from the other manufacturers. The reason is that Fireline is a fused line and braid line is well, braided. They are actually two different types of line in the way they are manufactured. Braided line is pretty much ranked like this Braid #test/mono #test with equal diameters. 30/8, 40/10, 50/14.

[Frank]

Wakina is right what I was thinking and what I wrote are two different things .the diameter is important,