Wire line trolling allow you to place a lure at a specific depth. Wire line trolling is extreme useful because it can place the lure exactly where the fish are feeding, not where the fish is supposed to be. People often begin their fishing trip near the surface of the water.
However, as the sun rise and the water warm, the fish will have migrated to deeper water. Wire line trolling allows people to reach those depths without using a downrigger or heavy weight behind the boat. To effectively utilize wire line trolling, people must understand the connection between the length of the wire and the depth to which it will sink.
How Wire Line Trolling Gets Your Lure to the Right Depth
A depth chart can help people understand this connection. A depth chart demonstrate the relationship between the length of the wire and the depth of the lure at a set trolling speed. The wire will sink at an angle of 30 to 40 degree behind the boat.
Adding every 50 foot of wire will add some depth to the lure. However, because of the angle of the wire, the addition of 50 feet of wire will not add the same depth then the previous 50 feet of wire. The first 50 feet will add more depth as the last 50 feet of wire.
The trolling speed of the boat will impact the depth of the lure. The faster the boat move, the shallower the depth of the lure. If the boat slow down, the lure will reach deeper into the water.
Many people will maintain a speed of 2.5 knots. If the boat increase its speed, it will quickly lose depth. However, going too slow will cause the lure to stop working proper.
The type of wire that people utilize with wire line trolling will impact the depth of the lure. Monel wire is dense than multi-strand wire. This will cause it to sink faster into the water.
However, monel wire is much harder to handle without the wire kinking. On the other hand, multi-strand wire is much more easy to handle. It is less likely to break.
The downside of multi-strand wire is that it will not go as deep as monel wire. Another type of wire that can be use is lead core line. These types of lines has color changes at 10 yard intervals.
These colors match depths in the water. Dacron is used to fill the fishing reel. Dacron will add the necessary length without adding to the weight and cost of the fishing setup.
Using a sinker of a certain size is another method to quickly change the depth of the lure. Using a sinker will allow for a change in depth of the lure without having to let out more wire. Adding a 1 or 2 pound sinker to the junction between the wire and the mono leader will add some depth to the lure.
Adding a 2 pound sinker will add 10 to 15 feet of depth without a sinker. Adding a 4 pound sinker will add more depth but will also impact the movement of the lure and the boat. Most angler will use 1 or 2 pound sinkers unless they are fishing for fish that live near the bottom of the water.
Different type of fish prefer certain depths in the water. Therefore, the wire length that people use will impact the types of fish that is hooked. For instance, striped bass and lake trout lives in deeper waters than bluefish or walleye.
Therefore, using the wire length that will reach a striped bass will not reach the same depth as a lure that will hook a walleye. Using a depth chart, people can pair the types of fish that they want to catch with the depths at which the fish live. Knowing the type of fish that you want to catch will allow the depth chart to provide you with information on the length of wire that you should of use.
Several habit will ensure that people get the most out of wire line trolling. First, people should use a line counter reel so that they can re-utilize the length of wire that hooked a fish. Second, people should always end a fishing trip with 30 to 50 feet of mono leader attach to the main fishing line.
This will absorb the strike that the fish will make when they catch the lure. This will also prevent the wire from kinking. People must ensure that the wire is not coiling on the boats deck.
This could result in a weak spot in the wire that may snap when the fish pull on the line. Lastly, people should always use a sonar to detect where the fish are in the water. The depth chart is a valuable tool because it allow individuals to understand the connection between the angle of the wire, the speed of the boat, and the weight of the sinker.
If individuals understand the impact that each of these element will have on the depth and movement of the lure, wire line trolling will allow individuals to effectively place the lure into the strike zone for the fish.