bandit depth

[Eyezcrazy]

Yes I put a flouro lead from the braid. I'd actually never put out 200ft line on a Bandit. To get deeper I'd put a Jet 40 on and pull a stinger spoon or harness. Furthest I've run Bandits back is 115ft to hit around 20ft down. So, I if I'm fishing 30fow I might use some Bandits to cover the column and set a Jet 40 back 115ft to get it down to 28ft (also according to the precision trolling app info). The app is amazing and I'd recommend picking it up for anyone with a smart phone. Free app and $1.99 per each lures info. As I said I only bought Deep Walleye Bandits and Jet 40's as that's what I use. Last edit I promise Others have mentioned the precision trolling info being off. In my experience it may be a little off and you're probably running a little deeper than it says you are. Just the other day I was fishing 22-26fow and my Bandit out 115 didn't ever hit the bottom to my knowledge. Speed and line width are factors obviously too. Basically, spend enough time out there with different leads of line out and you'll figure out how much line you need to get down where you want. For instance, I saw a thread on here last year that a guy said his jet 40's ran 33ft down with 100ft line out. Precision trolling has a Jet 40 at 25ft down with 100ft line out. I think the answer for me is somewhere in between. Maybe some others can chime in with their knowledge?

Sometimes people confuse jet40's with TruTrip 40's. Big difference in dive curve.

[rscotfish]

we have jet 40s
do you use them with bandits we use them with our spoons and other harnesses thanks for all the info i will download the app but left my phone in daughters car ill get it back later shes coming over for mothersday thanks again i love this site so helpful

[rscotfish]

we have line counters jet 40s jet 30s last year we used harnesses mich stingers homemade worm burners which work very well but now was using bandits also we run heavy bottom bouncers straight out back days we limit days we dont and we use mono leaders.5-6 ft all different kinds of lures had good luck with j sevens and fives. so you run the bandits straight off the board 50-60 back without a jet we have not used a jet with bandits and average 50 back now 10 fish 3 trips but short 3-4 hours experimenting maybe Tuesday an all day trip

[Eyezcrazy]

I have never heard of anyone using jets or trutrips with Bandits. I have added inline weight ahead of bandits with success when I was experimenting one day.

[BLACK PEARL]

I have never heard of anyone using jets or trutrips with Bandits. I have added inline weight ahead of bandits with success when I was experimenting one day.

I tried using bandits and jets once it does not work! lol

[Pauken23]

Agreed, I only pull Stinger Spoons and Harnesses with Jets. Bandits I run as is without weights. If I ever were to run a crank behind a Jet (never have) I would use a shallow diving crank.

[Ltrain]

In reference to the dive chart, what speed is that at?I'm assuming there will be a different depth say at 1.5 and 2.0mph.

[Pauken23]

Bandits don't have a speed adjuster in the Precision Trolling app which according to them means the speed doesn't have too much of an impact. Obviously extreme differences would.

[Pauken23]

http://www.grimsbytackle.com/images/jet_diver_40.jpeg
Yup that Bandit chart is basically the same as Precision Trolling. A google search for "Bandit Deep Walleye dive chart" can find that pic and then you can can save it. Hopefully this Jet 40 pic comes through I'm trying to post.