08-09-2019, 11:54 AM
"The chart I'm using says 70 feet back with a 3oz weight will get me 30 feet at 1.5 mph. What does feet back exactly mean?"
Not knowing what chart you are using nor the context, I can only take a reasonable shot at it. Feet back could mean one of the following: Line out measured from the end of your rod, or line out from the attachment point on your down rigger, or line out from the attachment point on you planer board.
"I've heard guys clipping the weights on the line a couple feet from their dodger or pop-gear. Or i've heard people letting out say 30 feet of line, then they snap on the weight, then let out another 30."
You don't have to think of those two statements as contradictions. They may be mutually exclusive in this context, but look at them as complimentary techniques that can both be effective in different situations.
The first statement is just what it is, and the second statement is the 50/50 method that many Snap on weight fishermen use for that technique.
As a general rule of thumb, there does not have to be any set in stone rule to any given fishing method - you can be as creative as it takes to catch fish - if it works, it works.
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Not knowing what chart you are using nor the context, I can only take a reasonable shot at it. Feet back could mean one of the following: Line out measured from the end of your rod, or line out from the attachment point on your down rigger, or line out from the attachment point on you planer board.
"I've heard guys clipping the weights on the line a couple feet from their dodger or pop-gear. Or i've heard people letting out say 30 feet of line, then they snap on the weight, then let out another 30."
You don't have to think of those two statements as contradictions. They may be mutually exclusive in this context, but look at them as complimentary techniques that can both be effective in different situations.
The first statement is just what it is, and the second statement is the 50/50 method that many Snap on weight fishermen use for that technique.
As a general rule of thumb, there does not have to be any set in stone rule to any given fishing method - you can be as creative as it takes to catch fish - if it works, it works.
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