08-14-2017, 07:57 PM
[quote Quicky] I mark fish all over in the water column, but I just put the downrigger ball at the level where I am marking fish. The fish hawk x4d at $650 seems like a lot but is it worth it when you can just place the downriggers at the depth you are marking the fish?[/quote]
When the fish have a very narrow range that is comfortable for them in the water column then tools like this can be very helpful.
The fish that you are marking could be rainbows, cuts, chubs, or salmon. So just setting the downrigger where you are marking fish is just the start. Then you have to find the depth that the active fish are holding at, what speed, and colors patterns are working.
Liketrolling was kind enough to take me out for a day of chasing salmon and it was fast and furious fishing till just after the sun hit the water and then it slowed down pretty quickly. After about a half hour of nothing he broke out his old temperature device and located exactly the depth that would best and set the riggers to that depth and the catching was back on.
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When the fish have a very narrow range that is comfortable for them in the water column then tools like this can be very helpful.
The fish that you are marking could be rainbows, cuts, chubs, or salmon. So just setting the downrigger where you are marking fish is just the start. Then you have to find the depth that the active fish are holding at, what speed, and colors patterns are working.
Liketrolling was kind enough to take me out for a day of chasing salmon and it was fast and furious fishing till just after the sun hit the water and then it slowed down pretty quickly. After about a half hour of nothing he broke out his old temperature device and located exactly the depth that would best and set the riggers to that depth and the catching was back on.
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