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06-08-2014, 07:19 PM #7
If when the boats move in you may be able to get a figure 8 pattern going for you. 1 of the loops (ends) of the figure 8 will be productive like your circle while other may or may not because it will be in opposite rotation. I like to use the figure 8 on flat days when there is little or no wind to fight in the one direction. I don't use it as much since changing almost exclusively to the Hatchet blades as they are effective at the normally slower harness speeds and equally effective at the higher spoon speeds.
Just make sure that you are using a large enough clevis, one that when the leader is hanging straight down and you lift the blade to the right angle or 90 degrees to the leader the tip of the blade inside the clevis does not touch the leader, and to check your leader for wear more often at the clevis if trolling at the higher spoon speeds. I have trolled them at up to 2.2 to 2.3 GPS speed without twisting with the use of a quality ball bearing swivel or swivel snap and a large enough clevis.Wakina
23 foot Pro Line
HDS 5X Sonar
HDS 5M GPS
Navonics chip, model #DMSD/649P+
Platinum Plus Lake Erie and Lake St Clair Marine.
Raymarine Dragonfly7 Sonar-Downvision-GPS combo with chirp technology.
Navonics Hotmaps Premium East chip
Perch 9/30