Post by: metlhead on January 29, 2025, 10:34:20 AM
Post by: fishngamereaper on January 29, 2025, 10:40:51 AM
10'-15' behind the ball..
No flasher
Post by: Crunchy on January 29, 2025, 11:11:36 AM
Post by: Linkshander on January 29, 2025, 12:01:16 PM
If I’m reading this right your talking big billed divers? I do this in the sound when working around “sticky structure”. Never in the ocean. My boat is not “salty” enough for the ocean. Sekiu is about as “ocean” as it gets for me. I do this to keep a 18lb cannonball, snubber, and release, out of harms way. Mostly I keep them fairly close to the ball as they only add 10-15 feet of depth and I still have an idea where my bait is fishing. I descend slowly as I have found mag-lips or any big bill diver has a tendency to find its way back to your main line and tangle when dropping too fast. Also, I only do this on smaller tidal exchanges or slack. I want my wire and ball at almost a 90* angle and pinging on the fish finder. I’ve had varied success messing around with this. It can get real spendy really quick $$$ but I’d rather send a $10 plug into the danger zone after a fish than a $80 cannonball set up. It’s a guessing game. Electrics are a must as you’re constantly going up and down. I troll as slow as possible. If its a gravel or sandy bottom I wont even bother with a diving unit and will just put a tomic where it belongs…
Post by: metlhead on January 29, 2025, 01:43:51 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on January 29, 2025, 02:00:15 PM
Yes, the billed diving plugs. I like the profile more and seem to get much more action out of em than the Jplug styles. Not worried about the bottom as the ocean kings are suspended with plenty of space below.
In my experience they don't love deep water current.
We troll xraps for tuna and trying to send them deep doesn't always work out well...20-30' seems the best we can do.. after that they get pretty chaotic..and track like crap.
Post by: metlhead on January 29, 2025, 05:35:19 PM
Post by: dilleytech on January 31, 2025, 11:23:04 AM