Category: Tips

When trolling with downriggers, compared to long-line trolling, you may think you understand how deep your lure is, but you may be wrong. The rigger has a line counter, and the line is somewhat vertical. The trolling rigs behind the cannonball may be short enough or neutral enough that one does not need to take…

Claim The angle of a trolled fishing line at a given point, measured at the surface, does not change as more line is deployed and the rig is lowered into the water. Forces The forces acting on a trolled line are characterized as weight, hydrodynamic drag and hydrodynamic lift of both the terminal tackle and…