Ruff Rider Live Report Sodus 2015 July 25-26

[TOP SECRET]

Dropped both, gonna be one of those days!

[TOP SECRET]

How are the wave conditions?

Beautiful now. We will see what these storms do.

[TOP SECRET]

Marking a few fish still, but no one is catching anything.

[TOP SECRET]

120 rigger going

[TOP SECRET]

And gone.

[TOP SECRET]

90 rigger haulin

[TOP SECRET]

Grrrrrr gone and raining hard now.

[TOP SECRET]

100 rigger goin

[TOP SECRET]

8lb king green board green fly. Swam at the boat and actually in front of it at one point...

[TOP SECRET]

Getting bumpy, going to troll into 120fow and pull em.

[TOP SECRET]

350 dipsey started screaming while pulling rods. Dropped that one too. Headed in to try to recover

Lots of fish out there!

Edited July 25, 2015 by Ruff Rider

[tiogafishaddict]

Tuff one out there. Some days its amazing how they keep comming loose.

[Chinook Chaser]

Question about 450 dipsey and I was wondering this when I heard you on the radio this morning. That far back you have to be at the max depth for any size dipsy. What size are you putting out that far and if I am correct about its depth being maxed are you putting it that far back just to get more distance from the boat? I am relatively new to running dipsys and am curious why so far back.

[reeldilemma33]

That's a great question

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[Adk1]

And is this a wire dipsey?

[Chinook Chaser]

Think they are using wire

[TOP SECRET]

Question about 450 dipsey and I was wondering this when I heard you on the radio this morning. That far back you have to be at the max depth for any size dipsy. What size are you putting out that far and if I am correct about its depth being maxed are you putting it that far back just to get more distance from the boat? I am relatively new to running dipsys and am curious why so far back.

I believe they are size 0 with the O ring. They are the largest size without being magnum

We use wire line. I assume a general divide by 3 rule on a one setting and a divide by 5 on a three setting. As far as max depth, I don't really know, but can say that sometimes at 350 on a 3 setting, they won't get bit. Drop it to.450 and they get hammered.

[tiogafishaddict]

That's pretty interesting... I didn't realise divide by 5 on a 3 setting. Damn that's a lot of wire to try to get 70+ ft

[tiogafishaddict]

That's pretty interesting... I didn't realise divide by 5 on a 3 setting. Damn that's a lot of wire to try to get 70+ ft

[j.dav1978]

Happy birthday a day early!!

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[TOP SECRET]

It is far from an exact science, but it will get you in the ballpark

[reeldilemma33]

Idk I've caught 5 fish last 2 days on a 3 setting 280 feet out I think it depends on line diameter, conditions, and speed

I'm thinking ours is down around 70-80

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[j.dav1978]

I always thought on a #2 setting it was three to one so 300 out would give me 100 down but I could be wrong

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[TOP SECRET]

Idk I've caught 5 fish last 2 days on a 3 setting 280 feet out I think it depends on line diameter, conditions, and speed

I'm thinking ours is down around 70-80

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Easy way to tell... troll into 80fow @2.1mph down speed and see if they drag. Are you willing to take the Ruff Rider challenge? I bet it isn't getting down more than 65ft @280 on a #3. If I'm right, I get to add the "Ruff Rider" touch to your rigger rods.

[TOP SECRET]

I always thought on a #2 setting it was three to one so 300 out would give me 100 down but I could be wrong

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On a 1 setting, out 350ft, we trolled into 100fow this morning without dragging (with dodger fly on). We do use two different diameter wires, but that was with the thinner Malin, which gets ~5-10ft deeper than the thicker wire we use.