Trolling with 40 jets and big boards

[walleyewarrior]

When running bandits it's no jet just bandit correct?

[Capt Eric]

When running bandits it's no jet just bandit correct?

Shallow Bandits will run behind #40 TT's, but 90% of the time, if we're running Deep Bandits, it's no diver or weight.

[BtweenShots]

Capt. Eric, pulling big boards and the rise in the towline will change how my crank gets into the water column by a few feet. My inside rod when attached to the release and down the towline I usually stop it a 5 to 6 feet off the water and use that 5 to 6 add
to the line out, is this to much? Just calculate it just a couple of feet and forget about how far my release is off the water?

Gene

[Capt Eric]

Capt. Eric, pulling big boards and the rise in the towline will change how my crank gets into the water column by a few feet. My inside rod when attached to the release and down the towline I usually stop it a 5 to 6 feet off the water and use that 5 to 6 add
to the line out, is this to much? Just calculate it just a couple of feet and forget about how far my release is off the water?

Gene

Your tow line is 5 or 6 feet above the water? Any way to bring that down? I don't compensate for that at all, because eventually my inside rods might become my outside rods, as they get moved down the towline....

I can adjust my towline height from about 3 ft to 13 ft above the water, just by pulling a leash line. Can easily lift baits higher in the water if i see marks getting higher.

One of these days, i'll get a video put together to demonstrate. Other than that, i posted before, and i'll say it again - open invitation to all - call me, if I'm here, walk down to my boat. I'll be more than happy to show you what i do and try to answer any questions!

[BtweenShots]

I may be a bit over exaggerating but I usually let more rod line out to where it is just a foot or so above the water but just when its close to the side of the boat let say the first five feet of tow line it seem to be that five feet down to the water. I'll check it out.

Thanks,
Gene

[branhamautomotive]

Great to hear, also glad to hear that even though the td scales in at almost 3 oz......the have the size, shape, and buoyancy right to not appear to effect the dive curve in negative way. I would had guess between the weight and size it would had changed it. Wonder what it reads 125 back on it own......

[branhamautomotive]

I suppose given its size it could be buoyant. Put it out 100 ft and see what it reads. If it does cause the diver to rise then it again isn't an accurate dive chart either. Weather or not the published are accurate......I would be incline to think they are.......it's what most ppl use and seem to get fish at the depth targeted using the charts.

Post back your findings

[branhamautomotive]

I can't wait to see if there is any differences. I'm sure the unit reads it's depth and temp right. Just have a hard time seeing adding 3 oz of weight anywhere on the line not causing a depth reading to be a little deeper. I can see it not effecting dipseys as much but on a tt40 or 40 jet I can't see it not effecting it.

The Web says it's 2.7oz 3 oz sinker at 2.0 mph, back 50 ft will be about 22.......so that thing on it's own would get close to that. I just can't see if I had 40tt at 50 back already running in that same 22ft area that if I clipped a 3 oz sinker to the line and let it slide down to jet that the jet wouldn't diver deeper. Maybe I'm thinking about wrong

Hopefully others will have input

[Fish Tales]

I have one of these, the issue is it reads depth in (5) foot increments. Some days I believe four feet can make a difference.

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