Blowback

[Bassin Bob]

I'm running 10 and 12 lb weights. Also 30 line and 2 rods on one rigger, one on the other. At 2.0 the blowback is alot. At 120 ft wow. I realize the 30 ld line is friction loss cable etc. Any suggestions. I'm tipping my transducers back to keep the weights on screen. But speed changes they disappear. You mark a fish but where are the weights?

Help please. Running pancakes. 10 lb , cast iron 12s .

 

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[Sk8man]

For starters you need either torpedo or shark type weights and most likely the problem will be solved.. If not, your transducer needs repositioning.

Edited August 15, 2017 by Sk8man

[chinook35]

I'm running 10 and 12 lb weights. Also 30 line and 2 rods on one rigger, one on the other. At 2.0 the blowback is alot. At 120 ft wow. I realize the 30 ld line is friction loss cable etc. Any suggestions. I'm tipping my transducers back to keep the weights on screen. But speed changes they disappear. You mark a fish but where are the weights?
Help please. Running pancakes. 10 lb , cast iron 12s .
 
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Pancakes =tangles. Especially in cross currents. Get some 12 lb ( or heavier ) torpedo weights. And keep in mind with this much blowback , you may need 150 ft or more downrigger cable out to reach 100 ft


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[Bosun Cowboy]

Need 16 to 20lb Torpedo weights when fishing that deep with all the current out Their


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[Sk8man]

Another possible variable is the setting on your depth finder  if it is on a setting for shallow water e.g. 100 ft or less 200 khz you may be going way outside the cone aangle of the transducer. If you have say a 50 or 83 khz setting with a wider cone angle you may be able to pick up the weights better.

Edited August 18, 2017 by Sk8man

[Bassin Bob]

Thanks guys. It drives me nuts. I did just order a fish weight.

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[seeyawader]

When I try to change my lowrence lcx-18 from 200 kHz to 50 kHz it won't let me and just beeps? Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong. Thanks

 

[thumbburn]

Posting in the reports section won't help much.... try this old boat section


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[chinook35]

Do you have a dual frequency transducer ?


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[Bassin Bob]

Yes to dual.

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[seeyawader]

Sorry about off topic,,,here is a report.....fished out of sandy pond Sunday morning to 150 fow, fished ff, spoons, and cutbait, maybe fish not here yet...fished 6am to 11 am. Got no probe yet so temp is a guess.FYI I'm a newbie so don't go by my point of view, still trying to figure lake fishin out. Thanks chinook35 I'll check about transducer.

[chinook35]

Sorry about off topic,,,here is a report.....fished out of sandy pond Sunday morning to 150 fow, fished ff, spoons, and cutbait, maybe fish not here yet...fished 6am to 11 am. Got no probe yet so temp is a guess.FYI I'm a newbie so don't go by my point of view, still trying to figure lake fishin out. Thanks chinook35 I'll check about transducer.

Think you may have been too shallow. That storm blew a lot of warm water into the bay. A good way to tell if you have DF transducer is to check the mounting bracket on the stern. A DF is a bigger ducer and has a two piece plastic mount. The 200 kHz skimmer trans has a one piece metal bracket

 

 

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[hard knox]

You need to get temp prob it changes one day to the next and location plus you want to sets lines in and around that break you will be amazed as to how much it will help .

[seeyawader]

Thanks guys, just ordered the cheaper fish hawk, drop down reel up type. Still 6 miles out Is far enough for me in my 19 footer. 500 feet would be like 12 miles from sandy pond.maybe I'll try to catch a laker.

 

[john1947]

Another solution  is go slower with lures like suttons or small flashers and squid  silver horde killer setup

It might be derby winner this year

 

 

[landingzone]

Bassin Bob, just a reminder.  Be careful not to equate where you see the weights on the fishfinder with their actual depth.  The fishfinder is measuring from the transducer to the weight ie. at the angle of the blowback.  The only time the depth of the ball and the fishfinder reading are the same is with no blowback.. For example, it would not be unusual for the fishfinder to show 120 ft and the weight only be down 100 ft., at trolling speed.  Of course the difference varies with boat speed, depth being fished, and size of the weight.

[Bassin Bob]

Thanks. I haven't fished in 2 days. Tomorrow grand kids on cayuga. Can't hit the big lake till Monday. I will try all advice given. Thanks

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[Bearcat]

I have older mag 10 riggers that don't like a lot of weight with the longer booms.  I recently bought a pair of 10lb fish weights from bikini bottom (on this site), they track better than my pancake weights and even with the probe on one rigger dragging FF's the blow back isn't bad enough at 120' to lose the balls on the screen (I run 85/200 split screen).

[Bassin Bob]

Thanks I'll check into the weights. I picked up a shark today.

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[Bassin Bob]

So the shark worked very well today on cayuga. Took the grandkids. They each caught 4 lakers. 17 to 22 in. Lost a good landlocked at the boat. 5 year old rod skills need attention! Lol.

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[Jeremy Goodison]

Need 16 to 20lb Torpedo weights when fishing that deep with all the current out Their


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