4 rod set up to 6; question about running copper and dipsy

[mdrducks]

I have couple college buddies coming up this weekend and would like to add 2 rods to the spread. Right now I'm running 2 riggers and 2 - 300' coppers on otter boards. Can I slip a dipsy with a mag ring between rigger and copper? Or am I asking for trouble? Any other suggestion would be appreicated.

[Gill-T]

Yes, no problem. You want the dipsy closer to center to stay out of the coppers so you can loose the ring and put them on a 1 setting. Mag dipsys will dive even steeper with less troubles (mag dipsys NOT a size# 1 dipsy with a mag-ring).

[TyeeTanic]

I don't have exactly your setup, but I think I can shed some light here.

I don't have downriggers on the boat, so I have wire dipseys on the outside of my boat running mags on #3 setting.

I assume your copper is going right over the riggers on your sides, right?

Well, I then have two rods in the between (in the center of the boat) running either #0 or #1 dipseys. I set them to 0.5 or 1.0 position maximum. The trick is the center dipseys - these will be the closest together and the highest risk of tangling together. What I do is put 1 rod on a #0 dipsey, and run it out about 250 feet - this gest me down aroudn 40 feet. I then run a #1 dipsey on the other rod out about 170 feet - which gets me around 60 feet down. What this does is staggers the lines away from each other in the water, so when you are turning, the line of the #0 basically goes over the line of the #1 dipsey.

If you try running two dipsys at the same setting in the center you will need to be VERY careful on your turns or they will clash.

[rshubuck]

I run my copper on the boards as well and run 4 dipsys. My outside I have put on a 3 setting. I have not had any issues with setting lines. Now I do have this one issue often enough that is worth mentioning. When you are putting the copper back out there is a chance that the dipsy might fire and dam the copper is in its path:) usually Im quick enough to get the copper out but not everytime. It just adds to the excitement.

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