Down Riggers

[iclypso]

The only complaint I've ever heard with the T sharks on the rigger is that they hit it so often with their tail and a lot of people get sick of resetting the rig. Other than that, send 'em deep!

[Salsipuedes]

The only complaint I've ever heard with the T sharks on the rigger is that they hit it so often with their tail and a lot of people get sick of resetting the rig. Other than that, send 'em deep!

How far back from the downrigger weight are you setting the bait. I've only had one hit the weight and really it hit the bait first and charged forward and tangled up in the weight for a bit. I stopped the boat and while untangling the mess, it came up and ate one of the bait-o-matics hanging from the downrigger. Nothing like an agitated stupid fish hell bent on eating.

[NoSlack]

I would run my bait about 15 feet back from the z-wing. Effective but costly when they get slap happy and bust off the planer. After loosing $100 worth of z-wings I bought a pair of Pro-Troll planers for $10 a piece off ebay. Almost as good as the z-wing, and I won't feel as bad when I loose them.

Mike

[Salsipuedes]

I would run my bait about 15 feet back from the z-wing. Effective but costly when they get slap happy and bust off the planer. After loosing $100 worth of z-wings I bought a pair of Pro-Troll planers for $10 a piece off ebay. Almost as good as the z-wing, and I won't feel as bad when I loose them.

Mike

There you go. You should run the bait about 50' back of the downrigger weight. I use to use the Z-Wing and still have it, but now I pretty much use the 13 lb pancake weight. If I was trolling up to 5 knots, I'd use the Z-Wing, but I'm trolling 3 knots for the offshore threshers and 1.5 to 2.0 knots (use a drift chute) for the nearshore stuff with live sardines.