Ball or Z Wing

[Bonefish]

I am trying to determine whether to buy a "lead ball" or a "Z Wing" to troll. What set up do you guys use to troll Cumberland or Dale? Especially, the wt(s) used. Thanks for any input.

[kygorski]

There are a lot of good trolling aides, downriggers are the best for absolute depth control, but are a pain unless they are electric, and you keep a close eye onyour sonar. I'm using diving planes by lurh jensen, theywork well, they come in sizes that run from 10 ft down to 40 ft down, need a pretty good rod to hansdle them though. A cheap easy system is bottom bouncers, but use them as weights. I use seveeral weights, down to 4 ounces.I uase 20 lb braid, so I let out various lenghts of line, and then using a dropper on a bouncer, attach it to the main line with a rubber band, break off the band when reeling in and make sure it drops into the boat[learned the hard way]. snap weights also are an option. Invest inthat book trhat tells you the depth a lure will run with different amountsof line.Dipsys work, but sink when not being trolled,the lurh jensen divers come to the top.

[Bonefish]

Thanks for your reply. I have not done any drownrigging before but I want too next year so I am gathering information to see what are the best options.

[kygorski]

what kind of boat are you going to troll with?

[Bonefish]

I have a Tacker Pro 18 with a 60 on it.

[kygorski]

If you are interested I have two manual downriggers I want to get rid of. They have only been used once,there is a 8 and 10 lb ball included, and the releases. I'm moving to glasgow and wont be using them that much anymore. Will take 175.00 for both of them.

[Bonefish]

What name are they? I am interested. I live in Lexington, KY. Leave me a private message.