Picked up my first two 40 jets... now what?

[Mark Komo]

Way out of my snapweight comfort zone. But what the heck. Just another tool in the tool box.

Gonna give it a shot this week. 200 out gets me 40 down. I can run them on boards right? Do I need to use braid or will mono suffice? I am almost tempted to snap on a snap weight on that bad boy.

[zackblain]

we use 30lb powerpro and add a 2-4 oz snap weight depending on how much deeper we need to get. I think braid is a must

[Mark Komo]

Good point. I am breakin out my braid and flouro leads. 200 back. Giddy up.

[Mark Komo]

Good point. I am breakin out my braid and flouro leads. 200 back. Giddy up.

[K Gonefishin]

100 back will get you 36 down but after that it's just more line because they are bouyant 50 tru trips is what everyone runs now or 40 tru trips. I pull 40's on offshore boards with 10lb Maxima, co-polymer has less stretch than mono. I would run 2 per side so if you get a junk fish and the jet doesn't turn ove you'll see the diffference and know to check one. Jet's pull fish and pull fish well. You can add weight to them, 2-3oz is standard for us Ohio boys when running out east.

[Mark Komo]

Yep, nice work Kevin. Shouldhave hollared at your first. Got a few dive curves.

Now I know the jets are productive. But I can get down to 40 feet with my 3oz snaps with less line. Pickin up my riggers this week. I want to start running balls deep, and figure the jets can only add to the fun! The buoyancy is an issue with the snaps. I stall or do a crazy ivan, and I am grinding the mud. I figure the jet will float givin me added bonus time in the strike zone.

Did pick up my first copper rig (thanks shorthanded). So ready to hit some kings soon.

[143447]

Mark, I have a 200copper rig I troll with an 8oz torpedo musky diver clipped in front. I have 150 feet of 7strand dipsey wire between the torpedo and copper. I tied a 2 inch loop in the 7strand to hook the torpedo clip in line just in front of the 200 copper. Allows great control of depth without 10trillion miles of line out.

Only had it in the water on 2 trips but its landing fish every trip. I reset the line counter at the 7 strand and roll off 60-70 feet. this gets me down between 90-100 for the kings. 50 feet of flouro to a good snap swivel.

really an inexpensive rig and user friendly in a smaller boat.

I just picked up a cuda diver I'm rigging on my wire dipsey pole tomorrow I like how these track through the wild currents on lake O better than the dipsey diver and not all that wire out!!

-Chris

[times two]

Mark:

There is a way to do it so you can "pop" the jets, like the tripz that are on the market. I haven't got that set yet.

However, heres another way. We and an OR-16 (the red one with the center pin) to the jet. I run 40 foot or so of 30lb flouro

between the braid and the lure end. Can clip the jet anywhere you want. Only drawback is you have to unclip it as it comes in,

but with a bit of practice it doesn't impede the angler at all.

John

[Mark Komo]

John, nice. Kevin, you da man..We are gonna run some jets and hope for da best

[fishkiller16]

Mark, our main Eastern and Western Basin program consists of Torpedo Divers (2 & 4 oz), Woodstock Lead Core (2 thru 10 color), and 20,30,40 jets and thats it. We rus our Torpedo Divers and our Jets strictly on 15lb Berkley Big Game Mono, I dont have a single reel with braid on it. Our lead core program is simple 100-150' yards of 20lb Mono backer then the lead core and 75-100' of 15lb leader, and a #2 Torpedo ball bearing snap swivel. We have run mostly harnesses this year with very few cranks. This our yearly program day in and day out and it has produced over 350 Walleyes so far this season in the Eastern Basin and 195 Walleyes this past May in the Western Basin and a major tourny win this year. (You just dont want my tackle bill)....lol The only difference is in the Western Basin we only run 2-5 colors of lead. We should hook up a day or two in the beginning of next season and I'll show you our program. There is a great forum going on on the Eastern Basin page at Walleye.com also you should check that one out.

[Mark Komo]

That sounds like a good plan.

Back when I was in the midwest, had a couple of buddies that put on "on water" training type charters. 4 hour class, 4 guys, $150 a person. You got a pretty good idea for when and where to run your programs. Lets face, most programs are the same, tweaked for the individual.

They mainly did this for Salmon, since a lot of guys in Chicago, wanted to get into it, but already invested in boat, gear, etc. It was pretty cool if you ask me.

I ll bring beer....