Cayuga kayak flatlining 9-16

[Lakertaker187]

Went out first light in kayak. Flatlined rapalas from 100-150' back in anywhere from 20-60 FOW. No takers there. Moved out to 100-150 FOW with couple different colored last masters from 100-200' back. No takers either. Depth works great on FF but does not show much on screen. Any suggestions? Thanks

[discovery246]

Try mounting a couple of Mag 10's with 12lber's to the back of that thing, so you can get down to where the fish are    

[devilfishIII]

Lead core would pry get you deep enough with good depth control too at such a slow speed

[Lakertaker187]

I was thinking leadcore. Or maybe dipsy with wire

[christrouthunter988]

No doubt would work dipsey diver even on braid would be good. You need to get much deeper than just flat out the back..50-70 down i would think. At least that depth zone that I always go for in there seems to work. I used to pull braided dipseys out of a little dink 12ft nymph in therein 90fow. Turned them on a 3 setting 175 feet of braid out...lakers will come

[Lakertaker187]

I do we'll with copper and ok with downriggers out of my boat. I'm trying with the kayak now. Can't wait for winter to come and have the fish near the surface

[devilfishIII]

I don't like copper because u have to put it all out to be effective, like a set 200 or 300ft etc. lead core gives u more range u can do 8 to 10 or 12 colors. Also I think it would be a lot less drag while fishing from a kayak, and u need a leader from a ditsy so it would be harder to net. The leader on lead ore can go through the eyes of the reel so u can reel to tip way easier IMO

[Big Dave]

Your speed might have been to fast too!!  I used to troll with a rowboat and you were going alot faster than you would think.   put one over the side where you can see it and try to get a feel for the right stroke.

[Lakertaker187]

Big Dave- "put one over the side" what exactly are you referring to?

[dgio67]

Put the rod in the holder with 10 feet of line out.  Look at the lure in the water while you are paddling to see if the speed looks ok.

[Big Dave]

Put the rod in the holder with 10 feet of line out.  Look at the lure in the water while you are paddling to see if the speed looks ok.