Fishing with wire

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by macojoe

We use Lead core for trolling tube and worm!

We use LC to get down in summer when stripers go deep :)...hate the stuff, but it sure hooks up 8) ...

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by macojoe

We use Lead core for trolling tube and worm!

We use LC to get down in summer when stripers go deep :)...hate the stuff, but it sure hooks up 8) ...

I have a couple of old penn 49 mariners that I have rigged with monel for deep wire fishing but I hate using it. You got to watch the kinks etc but it will go deep and at times you cant get hits on anything else ..Sometimes I use 24 oz sinkers to bounce bottom when I'm fishing 90 feet deep or so with double bucktail rigs or fake eels. Frank

I have a couple of old penn 49 mariners that I have rigged with monel for deep wire fishing but I hate using it. You got to watch the kinks etc but it will go deep and at times you cant get hits on anything else ..Sometimes I use 24 oz sinkers to bounce bottom when I'm fishing 90 feet deep or so with double bucktail rigs or fake eels. Frank

[regidog]

I was looking into wire cause I see alot of guys trolling it and catching. I trolled mono with deep running outfits and it never gets down like I want, especially this year when only thing catching was deep running rigs. I don't like the idea of wire but I dont llike not catching either. I gonna try the braid see how it works. You sure can fit a ton of it on a conventional reel. Im not into downriggers either, hate the idea of drilling holes in my boat and having these setups around all the time. Anyone use planing boards??

[regidog]

I was looking into wire cause I see alot of guys trolling it and catching. I trolled mono with deep running outfits and it never gets down like I want, especially this year when only thing catching was deep running rigs. I don't like the idea of wire but I dont llike not catching either. I gonna try the braid see how it works. You sure can fit a ton of it on a conventional reel. Im not into downriggers either, hate the idea of drilling holes in my boat and having these setups around all the time. Anyone use planing boards??

[reelapeelin]

Reg...I like to put release-clips on planers...requires two rods, but worth it when hooked up ;) ...

[reelapeelin]

Reg...I like to put release-clips on planers...requires two rods, but worth it when hooked up ;) ...

[Stillrunning]

I have been using 32oz Mojo and have no problem with mono and holding the bottom in 40' of water. You can us an inline sinker if you want to get the umbrella rig down father. I like using a 32oz mojo for the bottom a 24oz mojo to run a little higher and on the out side poles I usually run umbrells and one of them with a 10 to 15oz in line weight. This will give you a good rang of depth and all rigs are of different colors. When we get into the fish if one seems to working better than the other we switch so we have at least three of the ones that the fish are hitting. We have had no problem catching large stripers in the winter and have only once not limited out. I run mono on all of the poles.

[Stillrunning]

I have been using 32oz Mojo and have no problem with mono and holding the bottom in 40' of water. You can us an inline sinker if you want to get the umbrella rig down father. I like using a 32oz mojo for the bottom a 24oz mojo to run a little higher and on the out side poles I usually run umbrells and one of them with a 10 to 15oz in line weight. This will give you a good rang of depth and all rigs are of different colors. When we get into the fish if one seems to working better than the other we switch so we have at least three of the ones that the fish are hitting. We have had no problem catching large stripers in the winter and have only once not limited out. I run mono on all of the poles.