07-06-2007, 05:17 PM
You naturally hook the first hook to the release on the ball. The second hook can be hooked two different ways. The easiest is to use a swivel or cross over snap and tie 4 ot 5 feet of leader to this snap. Tie you second hook to the other end of the leader. Once you get the first hook and ball to depth you want to fish you then just snap the second hook onto your line and the second hook will sink to half the depth of your ball. (i.e. if the first hook is at 40 feet, the second hook will be at 20 feet or half of the depth).
If you want to be a little more fancy & more effective, often I will drop the down rigger ball to 10 feet, snap on the second hook and then hook my line to a second down rigger release on the down rigger wire and then drop the down rigger to depth. (i.e. in this case the first hook would be at 40 feet and the second hook will be at 35 feet or half the 10 foot distance). In this case you can get both hooks through one school of fish & get double hookups, which we did three different times.
When you troll with down riggers you will notice that there is a parabolic bow in you line from the end of your pole to the down rigger ball. The second hook will alway drop to the apex of the bow or half the diatance of the depth.
I often find that you can increase you catch rate by about 50% with this second or cheater hook. It is a great way to fish!!
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If you want to be a little more fancy & more effective, often I will drop the down rigger ball to 10 feet, snap on the second hook and then hook my line to a second down rigger release on the down rigger wire and then drop the down rigger to depth. (i.e. in this case the first hook would be at 40 feet and the second hook will be at 35 feet or half the 10 foot distance). In this case you can get both hooks through one school of fish & get double hookups, which we did three different times.
When you troll with down riggers you will notice that there is a parabolic bow in you line from the end of your pole to the down rigger ball. The second hook will alway drop to the apex of the bow or half the diatance of the depth.
I often find that you can increase you catch rate by about 50% with this second or cheater hook. It is a great way to fish!!
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