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Kerry
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Re: Snap weights
Reply #10 - Jul 28th, 2013 at 2:54pm
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Fishing for Lakers in August, I reckon I'm 50-60 feet down.
  
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Reply #11 - Jul 28th, 2013 at 3:50pm
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Active feeders will come up to 30 feet from down deep but you're probably right; better to be in that 50-60 feet range.  Also, as db mentioned, better hope it's an eater.  The odds of the fish surviving if it's not are pretty low that time of year.

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Reply #12 - Jul 28th, 2013 at 9:55pm
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Yeah, that's the thing about fishing for Lakers in August - if I catch it, its an eater.  Sometimes that means fish for supper and breakfast.
  
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Re: Snap weights
Reply #13 - Jul 29th, 2013 at 1:37pm
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Kerry wrote on Jul 26th, 2013 at 12:18pm:
solotripper wrote on Jul 25th, 2013 at 6:55pm:
Just a thought Kerry, why not combine the 3-way swivel with the snap-weight.
I've done this. Take a 3-way swivel and attach mainline to one side with your braid and a good swivel.
Clip your snap weight to 3-way ring or use a another snap-lock to attach. If your worried about weight hanging in rocks and losing whole set-up, use a short piece of mono line that will break before braid.
Run a 3-4' leader other side for your lure of choice.
Snap weight should be easy to unhook or just leave on while you bring in laker.
I'm sure a little experimentation will give prove what works best.
Trying to unloop braid 50' up the line from lure/fish would be a hassle.


I'm not sure I'm following you here, ST.  I would typically set up a 3-way swivel by tying one end off to my mainline, tie a snap weight off on a 3 foot leader and attach to the other end (in a vertical line with my mainline) and finally tie my lure off to a 3 foot leader and run that off the horizontal end of the 3-way.  I'm not sure if you are suggesting something different.  Are you?


I found that when I tried using a 3-way rig ( paddling solo) was that unless your moving forward the set-up you described would tangle on the descent faster than I could get enough forward momentum to deploy it properly.
9 out of 10 times when I reeled it in the weighted dropper line was tangled in the main/leader line.
I decided to eliminate the dropper line and attach weight directly to 3-way.
Next trip I decided to just take some keel weighted trolling sinkers.
My jury rigged 3-way was just a keel sinker anyway.
  
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Reply #14 - Jul 29th, 2013 at 11:12pm
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In-line is definitely the ticket.  Just clip to the main line with the double-wrap you described, Kerry.  Like OS, I clip it about 6-10 feet in front of the lure.  With practice, it comes off pretty quick and easy.
  
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