04-01-2011, 02:16 PM
Kodiak1, good call! Another thing to think about is to leave the clips open on your d-rigger balls when trolling on or near the bottom in snaggy places. It is better to lose a ball than sink your boat. I had an experience on Pend d' Orielle where I stuck a ball and while I was trying to get it broken free the wind came up, with waves to about 4 feet. It was a very dangerous situation. Eventually the arm broke on my downrigger, and I had to cut the downrigger cable. The replacement arm was 125 bones, plus a new cable, and ball...expensive experience. Luckily I didn't swamp. If I had left the clips open, I would have lost 1 ball and that would have been it...
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