POP GEAR SIZE

[AFDan52]

[font "Arial Black"][red][size 3] How do I determine which size of Pop gear to use, for example at Echo, the Gorge or Strawberry?[/size][/red][/font]
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[bkidder]

my favorite pop gear is by far giant cowbells in half silver half gold. ford fenders are also pretty effective at the berry. good luck to ya.
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[Kent]

Try small and if necessary work up to larger. If small will work it is far more fun reeling in the fish. I have found that a small dodger or flasher often works as well as pop gear, and they provide far less drag.
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[Hellsangler69]

For the Berry I use ford fenders back when I used pop gear . Gold /silver . Which is fairly big but it works for kokes and cutts . I do like the dodgers / flashers too . Most will work but some better than others at times . You will get a work out from reeling in fish on bigger stuff . So how did you do at echo this weekend ?
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[bkidder]

if reeling in heavy pop gear is a concern to you try macs flashlites. they work pretty good and cause hardly any pull. i also attach my pop gear straight to the downrigger weight sometimes. then i use a stacker release to clip on a few feet above that. then you can run your line back over the top- either with a lure only or with a small flasher. ive found that this setup works really well if your 20 feet or deeper. if your under 20 feet you may need to run your line back a ways to escape the motor noise.
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[AFDan52]

[font "Arial Black"][red][size 3] Thanks for the info Randy. I was going to take my boat up to Echo but had a lot of trouble with my kicker, craps out on me a lot . I am going to replace the whole Ignition system. Coils are shot and the points had never been changed. So It;s getting a once over.[/size][/red][/font]
[font "Arial Black"][#ff0000][size 3] Anyway I went with my Brother-in-law and my nephew. We did pretty well several Browns and Rainbows in the 20-24 in range. Got really wacked a couple of times but never saw them. Speed was 1.8-2.5 mph, I think the water temp was around 60 degrees or so can't remember was too busy having fun. Was a great day on the water. All fish were returned for another day of fighting. By the way we were long-lining J-13 split-back Rapalas in rainbow and brown trout colors.[/size][/#ff0000][/font]
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