05-20-2015, 08:29 PM
The deeper the fish the less setback I allow, especially with a lot of boat activity so we don't cross lines. I also do a lot of 'whipping' the bow of the boat back and forth. With short lines during a whip my inside bait slows while my outside baits speeds up, quite drastically with short lines. Then you can quickly decide to increase or decrease your overall speed as you fine tune your process.I will run as short as 5 or 6' behind the ball deeper than 30 fow, especially on the top line if I am stacking. My bottom line will run out about 30' or so but never over 40'.
I think us humans naturally assume the ball is scaring the fish. I believe the ball is actually helping bring in fish more than 50% of the time from either visual stimulation or through vibrations through the water.
Last Saturday my most active line was only 20' behind the ball and most of the time only 20' under the boat.
I can't wait to get back up and experiment some more!
Have fun.
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I think us humans naturally assume the ball is scaring the fish. I believe the ball is actually helping bring in fish more than 50% of the time from either visual stimulation or through vibrations through the water.
Last Saturday my most active line was only 20' behind the ball and most of the time only 20' under the boat.
I can't wait to get back up and experiment some more!
Have fun.
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