10-20-2015, 07:18 PM
[quote iamthesmf]In-Fisherman had an article (long time ago) about marking you fishing line with a sharpie.
They suggested carefully cutting a notch at the tip of the marker. The line is then colored/marked with ease.[/quote]
I do that to all of reels that have braid on them for about the first 10 feet after the knot to the fluorocarbon leader but not for distance counting. To make the line dissapear. Suppppper huge markie with a healthy V-Cut in the center of the pad. Like the tip is 1 or 1 1/2"" by 1/4 or 1/2" or so. Smaller markers just go to heck in no time those big honkin' ones last a loooong time in the boat and blacken out the braid in one swing.
For me... Swinging the tip of the rod from the waters edge upwards to about the 1 or 2 o'clock position is +/- 10 feet of tip movement. Just release the line swing up and stop the line slowly go down and repeat the action to the desired depth. Usually +/- a few feet from where I want to be verified after the fact on the sonar. Fast and simple to do. No need to pre-set a particular rod/reel with marks on the line, etc.
Same principal when trolling and what we did last June trolling for Kokanee Salmon when keeping track of the amount of line out was critical for depth control. Swing the rod trip from the "normal" trolling position pointing out the back corners of the boat forward to the 1-2 o"clock position with the bail open/button pushed to allow the line to freely come out during the motion. Stop the line going out and slowly go back to the normal trolling position and repeat. 5 times is 50 feet, etc.
Tom
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They suggested carefully cutting a notch at the tip of the marker. The line is then colored/marked with ease.[/quote]
I do that to all of reels that have braid on them for about the first 10 feet after the knot to the fluorocarbon leader but not for distance counting. To make the line dissapear. Suppppper huge markie with a healthy V-Cut in the center of the pad. Like the tip is 1 or 1 1/2"" by 1/4 or 1/2" or so. Smaller markers just go to heck in no time those big honkin' ones last a loooong time in the boat and blacken out the braid in one swing.
For me... Swinging the tip of the rod from the waters edge upwards to about the 1 or 2 o'clock position is +/- 10 feet of tip movement. Just release the line swing up and stop the line slowly go down and repeat the action to the desired depth. Usually +/- a few feet from where I want to be verified after the fact on the sonar. Fast and simple to do. No need to pre-set a particular rod/reel with marks on the line, etc.
Same principal when trolling and what we did last June trolling for Kokanee Salmon when keeping track of the amount of line out was critical for depth control. Swing the rod trip from the "normal" trolling position pointing out the back corners of the boat forward to the 1-2 o"clock position with the bail open/button pushed to allow the line to freely come out during the motion. Stop the line going out and slowly go back to the normal trolling position and repeat. 5 times is 50 feet, etc.
Tom
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