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trolling lead core with a dodger
porkpiehat:
I always assumed that a dodger would increase drag and bring my rig up on the water column. This past weekend I was drifting a good 2mph with the wind and I have to assume I was hitting bottom because on each of three passes I lost my gear in 80-120 fow with leadcore and a dodger and smelt.
Either I kept hitting giant lake trout or I was hitting bottom with 8 colors or lead core which shouldn't have been that deep. thoughts?
porkpiehat:
three consecutive passes this happened and I wasn't going over any discernable humps
fishinjohn:
In my experience I wouldn't think the Dodger would drive your gear deeper by any means... and with 8 colors of lead out you certainly arent smacking bottom at 80 fow.... INTERSTING
filetandrelease:
How were you calculating your speed and # test is your leader line , you should notice the difference between fish and bottom
Mac Attack:
https://www.fishusa.com/Fish-Hawk-TD-Digital-AtDepth-Water-Temp-Gauge
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