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Kayak Fishing Zone => General Fishing Tips => Topic started by: HamachiJohn on September 19, 2017, 11:53:15 AM

Title: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: HamachiJohn on September 19, 2017, 11:53:15 AM
Your Downrigger: Are you using Braid or Steel (salmon fishing)
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: Rockroach on September 19, 2017, 12:03:04 PM
Braid off the kayak
Steel off my boat. Steel only because I haven't upgraded...no $$$ :smt012
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: AlexB on September 19, 2017, 01:25:36 PM
Your Downrigger: Are you using Braid or Steel (salmon fishing)
Braid. (Don't use it often through.... prefer the simplicity of the DD6.)




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Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: Malibu_Two on September 19, 2017, 01:42:50 PM
Wire, because they came with it. After this season I might switch over.
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: HamachiJohn on September 19, 2017, 01:49:00 PM
Wire, because they came with it. After this season I might switch over.

I was thinking the same.  The unscientific guess being that the wire noise may spook the salmon... although it didn't seem to spook lake trout...
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: crash on September 19, 2017, 01:52:29 PM
I don't like the wire noise.  Braid all day, and its not for the fish ,it's for me.
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: Weimarian on September 19, 2017, 02:03:55 PM
Braid cuts, wire flips.... Hang up once and you'll understand why I run braid and have a knife handy ( open and ready) :smt006
Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: AlexB on September 19, 2017, 02:24:04 PM
Yeah... I don't think the fish mind the wire hum (some even say it attracts them) but it sure bothered me before I switched to braid. I still got the hum sometimes with braid, but less frequently.

Whether you go with braid or cable, you should make sure you set your downrigger's brake/drag loose enough that it'll pay out line if your ball gets snagged. That way you have time to turn around, paddle back over your ball, and (hopefully) free it up without leaving a ball and 50+ feet of braided line on the lake/ocean floor.


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Title: Re: Downriggers: Are you using Braid or stock steel
Post by: NowhereMan on September 19, 2017, 06:27:38 PM
Braid!!!

And have a knife that you can access to cut it instantly, if needed.  A few years ago a whale hit my downrigger line. I cut it within a couple of seconds. If it had lasted a couple more seconds, I would have for sure gotten dumped, and that whale might still be towing my kayak around...