Trolling speeds

[wakina]

I run my lines after the jets or dipsey no longer than my rods but atleast 6 feet do you run mono or braid if you use braid you need to run snubbers right after your jets or dipseys or you will pull the hooks out.

My harness lenght is about 60" I have found it to difficult to net fish when using longer harnesses mostly because I fish by myself alot and cannot manuver the fish into position to net with those longer leaders.
I run braid and have never ran a snubber in the 7 years that I have used it. Most fish (99%) come unbuttoned right at the boat. There is at least 20 foot of slack in the line when you consider that those small boards are nothing more than a big bobber that also positions your line away from the boat. Watch them go backwards when you get a fish on, there is alot of extra line relief in that boards ability to slide back in the water acting like a big bobber than in a rod in a rod holder that is already partly loaded with the weight of the lure and diver. When I flatline out the corners of the boat I back the drag off to about half of what I normally run. Alot of those lost fish are caused by eyecrossing hook sets that are totally unneeded with braided line, those fish normally hook themself while trolling. Now Steelhead , that would be another story. Have any of you considered how much the added weight of those snubbers affects the dive curve of a jet diver, most weigh an ounce or more.

Dipsey divers are different story as they put a heavy load on the rod as they are hard pulling, it takes a pretty good tug to get them to release, so snubbers would probably be a good idea with dipsey divers.