07-16-2008, 02:15 AM
I would say 90% of the time if you can get down 40-50 feet with lead core, you will be in the strike zone. I have fished FG at times 60-100 feet and on several occasions gone deeper than 50 feet at Strawberry with down riggers.
Another great advantage to downriggers - it is easier/faster to adjust you depth when you go over a school of fish. I can't count the number of times that I have either raised or lowered my downrigger 10-20 feet based upon the school of fish that I just passed over and seen on the fish finder and got a hook-up. In addition, you can add a cheater hook and pull two hooks through a school of fish and often times get double hook ups - this is a very frequent occurence at FG and Strawberry.
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Another great advantage to downriggers - it is easier/faster to adjust you depth when you go over a school of fish. I can't count the number of times that I have either raised or lowered my downrigger 10-20 feet based upon the school of fish that I just passed over and seen on the fish finder and got a hook-up. In addition, you can add a cheater hook and pull two hooks through a school of fish and often times get double hook ups - this is a very frequent occurence at FG and Strawberry.
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