Quote Originally Posted by Duayne View Post
Another tip..

I figure I was getting 60+ down with what I was doing two weekends ago. I ran across a wad of bait with fish in them at 70 ft. I moved up some then cut to idle. This let the baits drop. After about 20 seconds I went to idle again and told my wife I was getting ready to hook up. Five seconds later, Bam.

So you can cover deeper water than what you are set at by cutting to idle. I do the same thing on my down riggers and umbrella rigs.

Excellent post, very helpful