An added benefit to the pipe weights is they fit in your rod holder.

I lost a 10 pounder today. It brought tears to my eyes.

Great test. Thanks for sharing 👍

I have the exact stick weight you have in your video. Dip it with some plastic dip and good to go.

Did I just hear you say "Cheapo" and downrigger weights in the same sentence?

Opposite of what I thought. At first the surface looked greater with the pipe. I have used them with some good results. Rainbows hugging bottom. Purposely hit the bottom to stir up rhe dirt. Then bring up five feet. Pop gear and a worm.

I have a couple 4lb fish shaped weights. They seem to track well, and prevent a little blowback. My scotty downriggers are not rated for more than 4 lbs, and they work fine for kokanee. What about hooking up the pipe so it sits horizontal? It might have a lot less drag, but I can see it catching on stuff a lot easier.

@scarkner

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this made me giggle... it's hooked up backwards! No wonder it didn't improve things very much.

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

It's not hooked up backwards. Do your research Steve.

I use 2 down riggers weights. One is a round 9# ball and the other is a 10 #pancake weight. On my sonar, the round one will sometimes show up as bottom but not the pancake. the round one is always a bigger line on the screen. Any thoughts?

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

The round one likely reflects more of your transducer's signal making it more apparent.

I have a small 14 ft. boat and run 2 cannon mini downriggers w/4lb. fish shaped lead weights. Problem is when trolling for trout and salmon at 2.2 to 2.8 mph the lines go to far back after 20 to 25 ft deep. Was thinking about making 5lb Boat tail bullet shaped weights running horizontal. Any thoughts or suggestions?

If someone had just handed me one of those pipe weights (not having seen one used before and I've only ever used the Cannon ball/fin one), I would have hooked the downrigger line to the other eyelet in the middle and the clip to the one on the end. Seems there would be even less blowback with that as there is a much smaller profile being dragged through the water, wonder if that is actually the case though.

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

It would become clear pretty quickly that it wasn't designed for that. It would be unbalanced and spin wildly once you deployed it.

@kevinredden7833

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiltmilt Ah OK, that makes sense!

What about pancake weights? I would think that they have less blow back than round or pipe.

What downrigger release clip do you recommend?

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

Scotty Mini Clip

fishing for Koke yes I agree not much difference BUT with 360 flashers or K16 kwiks or other large bait stick weights do make a big difference..

What do u run on the downrigger...& size. Braid , steel?

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

100 lb braid

Would be interested in seeing other shapes (although probably not worth revisiting since the benefits would probably still be marginal). Spheres and cylinders are certainly not the most drag efficient shapes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_coefficient?wprov=sfla1 If you go to non-traditional shapes... One of the weird factor is that you need to attach the downrigger ball to the line... AND have the "ball" pull a flasher/dodger while maintaining an efficient orientation to minimize drag. That would make design tricky I would imagine.

@stankfaust814

2 жыл бұрын

I used pancake [flat and round] lead downrigger weights with a rear fin that you clipped your release onto and at the top was where the weight tied into the downrigger itself for fishing kings in the pugget sound. It moved through the water nicely and you could custom bend the rear vertical fin to have the weight track out from the boat a few feet at depth [usually less than 100 feet] increasing your spread which can be important for avoiding tangles during turns. Blowback itself though is not a bad thing. If I put a big flasher on one pancake washer and a spoon on the other, the blowback difference was appreciable. But what's really good about not having too much blowback is you can see on your electronics where the ball is in the water column! Talk about being able to target fish. Anyway, great analysis on weights in the video

I’m thinking about getting a DR for my boat for trolling for trout, usually 10-20 feet deep. Is a DR ideal for this or should I just rig up my line and call it good?

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

If 20' is the deepest you fish I wouldn't bother with a downrigger

@bluegill2030

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiltmilt what would be a good setup then to do that?

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

Sliding lead cannonballs 1 to 2 oz will let you cover that depth easily.

You had the cylinder placed vertically? Why not place it like a submarine, I would guess that would the correct way to install it? You are lucky, it is pretty much impossible in Denmark to find downrigger weight below 8 pounds (a bit heavy for a kayak)

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

It would spin endlessly if ran that way

when i lower the downrigger ball that doesn't matter how deep it goes it makes a shrinky noise or a humming high-pitched noise that will not go away i hope it doesn't affect the fish. And I have no idea how to get rid of that noise either It's very aggravating.

@spiltmilt

Жыл бұрын

All downriggers do it but it doesn’t seem to bother fish

@robbysmusic8507

Жыл бұрын

@@spiltmilt thank you, for some reason mine sure does squawk a lot.

Did you catch any fish that day you were out??

@spiltmilt

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. 4 Kokanee and 1 Rainbow in two hours fishing

Pipe weights are better if you lock your keys in your car

@BennettBuilt-yu2gw

2 жыл бұрын

2 months late to reply but thanks for the laugh.

So no difference at 1.4 mph are you walleye fishing...

@spiltmilt

Жыл бұрын

Mostly Kokanee

Really from a kayak

@spiltmilt

12 сағат бұрын

Really