Speed and temp probe

[scotch and sodus]

I’m getting incorrect readings from my depth raider due to blow back I believe.  What size ball do you guys run on your probe side rigger. I am running 8lb ball with back fin right now. I tried a fish type 8lb and was worse. Thank you in advance for you advice. I just got my probe and was very excited to catch a boat load. Lol I caught more with out it. I believe when I get a heavyweight I can run some consistent speeds. 

[chinook35]

I’m getting incorrect readings from my depth raider due to blow back I believe.  What size ball do you guys run on your probe side rigger. I am running 8lb ball with back fin right now. I tried a fish type 8lb and was worse. Thank you in advance for you advice. I just got my probe and was very excited to catch a boat load. Lol I caught more with out it. I believe when I get a heavyweight I can run some consistent speeds. 

IMHO. 8# is too light for fishing Lake O. The depths you need to reach and the currents you contend with need a lot more weight. I personally have gone to 16 # torpedoes and am very happy with their performance I would add that you should stay away from pancake weights. They will give you tangles every time


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[scotch and sodus]

Thank you I will have to see if my old rigger will pick them. 

[sherman brown]

I use 13# pancake weights with my big jon pro tournament riggers. I do kick the breaker out sometimes on one rigger. just reset and bring the weight on in.

[Pj Weber]

My downrigger balls are 13lb torpedo weights and I have a fishhawk X4D. Downrigger read 113' down with blow back X4D read 88'. If that is with 13's I would say your blow back with 8 lb would be quite a bit more. No expert here just my thoughts.   

[scotch and sodus]

1 hour ago, Pj Weber said:

My downrigger balls are 13lb torpedo weights and I have a fishhawk X4D. Downrigger read 113' down with blow back X4D read 88'. If that is with 13's I would say your blow back with 8 lb would be quite a bit more. No expert here just my thoughts.   

The blow back is really bad with the 8lbs. It will read 2.3 and when I kick it in neutral and the ball falls back to 90degrees the speed comes up. Lol

[scotch and sodus]

I’m thinking the extreme blow back angle causes the water to not hit the probe square reduceing the actual speed. 

[Sk8man]

If you use either the shark type or torpedo weights you can usually get away with 10 lb weights if your speed isn't real fast. The current was pretty bad out there yesterday  with a down speed reaching 3.3 sometimes while surface speed 1.9 or 2.0 but you can often adjust things by trolling diagonally and reducing your surface speed.

Edited August 28, 2018 by Sk8man

[chinook35]

1 hour ago, scotch and sodus said:

The blow back is really bad with the 8lbs. It will read 2.3 and when I kick it in neutral and the ball falls back to 90degrees the speed comes up. Lol

I totally agree with Sk8man  I used 12 # finned cannonballs for a long time . There where times (depending on speed and down currents) when I had 150 ft of cable out to reach 110 ft . I switched to 16 # torpedoes from Harvey and have never been happier