Trolling with downriggers

[sherman51]

Well put, yes more details helps, I am out of East Harbor, the past two weekends I was east of kellys, (north of kellys in 40 ft last weekend) I tried 20, 30 and 40 foot water trolling speed was 2-2.5 mph, Used a perch, carrot top bandit. I was only using 10 foot or so leads and changed to 30 ft or more, balls 1-2 ft above where I was making fish. Changed up last weekend and In 40 ft of water had balls at 30-35 ft and 1 at 20 ft.

I'm thinking I am not going fast enough, but that can't be all of it.

Next time I am out I plan on going north of Huron

Thanks for the comments

I have used 10' leads and still caught fish. but I do better with 25' to 30' leads. are you using shallow or deep diver bandits? you want the bait above the fish for best results. if the fish are being marked at 30' in 40' of water you want the lure at or better yet a few feet above the fish. if I was targeting fish at 30' I would want my lures at 25'. allowing for lure depth with a 30' lead with a deep diver I would set my riggers at about 18' to start and adjust if needed. and I would be trolling about 2.7 to 3.0 in warm water.