Dive Curves

[Capt Eric]

You'll hear us say that occasionally.... "caught at 35' back, high on the inside"... if i see a couple of those, and i don't have any shorter leads out yet, you know i'm gonna be setting a few higher.

But, yes.... don't overthink things. The height of the tow line is a variable, you just need to seek the mid point... I love it when the little board guys tell us that we can't troll as precise as they can. But i challenge them to show me a school of walleye that will only feed at 15.7ft deep.....not 15ft, not 16.2ft, but only 15.7ft. I try to zero in on the 2 ton3 foot depth range that catches the most. Usually by the time i figure it out, we've got 36 and are heading in!

[branhamautomotive]

I fish small boards on my own personal boat and all summer with big boards on charters.....I don't personal feel little boards on Lake Erie are better at keeping an accurate depth. Maybe on glass smooth lake.....but with an average 2 ft wave, plus the boards speeding up and slowing down over the waves and being pulled from the spring in the rods, I just don't see that bait staying at one depth.

I love how on a big board set up, especially with bandit's or baits with a lot of action, even after being hooked to main tow line, that action can be seen on the rod tip. Allows real easy to tell if something is going on or not. You don't get that in little board.

When I take the information from how we fished on big boards I do tend to have to run a few feet shallower on my little boards to get the same results.

Each systems has it strengtha and weeknesses, and ever boat you fish on will fish slightly different.....it's just learn what they are and how to adjust. This has been a good thread with a lot of great information shared thanks to all who have chimed in