TALK TO ME ABOUT CUMBERLAND AND SINKER SLIDES

[adam7456]

Your problem was you were not deep enough! I was down there last weekend and stripers were being caught between 60 to 80 feet deep. That is why 99% of the other striper boats you see out there are trolling with down riggers right now.

I caught one 26 inche 6.5 pounder striper last Sunday. The fish made a run for the other side of my motor and took the line over the prop. I got him in but an hour later when I got another solid bite on the same pole the snapped when the fish went deep. It broke about 20 feet above my weight and swivel or right where the other fish took the line over the prop. My shiners were dying off quick this last weekend as well and I use egg weights. I'm not sure what is causing the bait to die quick right now. Oh, I had my lines set from 30 to 60 feet deep. Both hits came on the pole set at 60 feet.

[apb]

Have never tried the sinker slides. Usually use rubber core sinkers when I use planers. Easy to switch them out if you need more or less weight.

Andrew

[HURRICANEBOB]

Got it, you da man, going deeper now, dive.....dive....dive.

Hey, theory, if the lake has turned over, maybe I got the bait right at the depth where the oxygen deleted water is? Ergo, maybe if I go deeper, the shiners will live longer.