Downrigger ball size

  • andyjohnson
    Posts: 39
    May 9, 2014 at 8:12 am #1360816

    What size balls you guys like the use in 25 to 35 feet of water

    walleyenordy
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 502
    May 9, 2014 at 8:21 am #1409486

    I haven’t used them but I am thinking that at that depth you could use lead line or inline weights.

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    May 9, 2014 at 8:35 am #1409493

    At that depth, unless your fishing in some real heavy current, 12lb would be the max you would need.
    You may very well be able to get away with an 8lb ball.

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3863
    May 9, 2014 at 9:03 am #1409500

    8# will be plenty of weight to get there with almost no blowback. I run some 6# when I DR on MilleLacs 30′ 2.5mph and the blowback is very little.

    tracker2
    Bloomington
    Posts: 19
    May 9, 2014 at 9:06 am #1409503

    8 pound is all I fish with. Saves wear and tear on the gunnels and has very little blowback when fishing less than 50 feet.

    andyjohnson
    Posts: 39
    May 9, 2014 at 12:57 pm #1409553

    I pull 8’s now was thinking of getting some 4’s to try lighten everything up some just don’t want to pay out 60′ of line to get down to 30′ that’s all Maybe just stick with what I have thanks guys

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13407
    May 9, 2014 at 5:42 pm #1409586

    Andy, I had a few 5#’rs and learned quickly to hate them. I did a lot of trolling in the wind point area (north of racine) they were horrible whenever you hit any type of currents

    clawman
    Spokane Wa
    Posts: 118
    May 13, 2014 at 10:10 am #1410043

    I’ve been using this design in 8# and get very little blowback and hardly any reflection on my sonar.

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