03-24-2005, 08:47 PM
you want to remember that you lose approxemently 30-40% of the weight of the downrigger ball,when you put it in the water.IMO anything less then a 6lb weight is a waste of time,and if your fishing deep (say at over 80ft)a 4lb weight would never get close to where you would want the weight to be.
A 4-6lb weight would work for fishing less then 40 ft,but even at that it would have a lot of swing back.Go for buying the best downrigger and bracket that you can afford,and if you have to use less then a 8lb weight,you might want to look at pancake weights as they do track better,with less swing back.
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A 4-6lb weight would work for fishing less then 40 ft,but even at that it would have a lot of swing back.Go for buying the best downrigger and bracket that you can afford,and if you have to use less then a 8lb weight,you might want to look at pancake weights as they do track better,with less swing back.
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