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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2019, 12:58:45 PM »
That's actually a great chirp image in #3.  A bit frustrating to have the  At that depth, you're going to get a lot of feedback on something as solid as a downrigger ball.

Question - You're really getting a 40° angle on your wire at 24ft deep going 1.1 ish mph?  How heavy of a lead are you using?
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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2019, 01:12:58 PM »
I cannot tell from the pic but what speed are you going?  If the downrigger wire is not at a 45ish degree angle there probably isnt much you can do other than move the ducer angle forward. 

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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2019, 01:26:29 PM »
I cannot tell from the pic but what speed are you going?  If the downrigger wire is not at a 45ish degree angle there probably isnt much you can do other than move the ducer angle forward. 

He's doing between 1.05 - 1.22 mph in those pics.
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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2019, 01:32:07 PM »
Interesting that in image 2 and 3 it's reading the interference depth as water depth.
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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2019, 02:29:38 PM »
This was just in the lake, so no blow back. To get the balls out of the cone  I had to speed up to about 5mph which was way steeper than a typical 40 degree angle.


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Re: Downrigger weights?
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2019, 07:24:51 PM »
I would guess there is nothing you will be able to do to reduce the signal of a ball/weight at 24' deep.  You can even see you swivels and other rigging above the ball.  The last image is more typical of downrigger fishing here in the San Juans and looks pretty normal to me.

 


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