Spinners?

[mnguy152]

How much weight should I be useing in water 10ft to 20ft? 1/4 or 3/8?

[RiverFish]

Depends, their are a lot of variables. Speed, type of sinker, type of spinner, type of bait, line diameter, etc....

I will typically use a half ounce up to 2 ounce when dragging spinners.

[TravP]

1oz of lead for every ten feet is the general rule. Try and keep your line at the magic 45 degree angle.

[Borch]

1oz of lead for every ten feet is the general rule. Try and keep your line at the magic 45 degree angle.

Yep. You can get by with a little less depending on current and speed trolled.

[hanson]

1oz of lead for every ten feet is the general rule. Try and keep your line at the magic 45 degree angle.

I agree. 1 oz bottom bouncer for 10', 1-1/2 or 2oz to 20' at 1 mph and adjust from there for increased boat speed.

1/4 to 3/8 oz weights would be for slow(er) lindy rigging, not for pulling spinners.

[JohnMickish]

I agree. 1 oz bottom bouncer for 10', 1-1/2 or 2oz to 20' at 1 mph and adjust from there for increased boat speed.

1/4 to 3/8 oz weights would be for slow(er) lindy rigging, not for pulling spinners.

Pretty much what he said.

[gregg52]

i use bell sinkers on a 3 way

then you dont need as much weight and its much easier to keep that 45 degree angle

much better feel for the bottom specially on mille lacs

and keep it up out the mud!!!!!

[JohnMickish]

How can a bell sinker sink differently than a bottom bouncer? I can buy the different feel on the mud, but sinking differently?? Bell sinkers in the rocks are a sure way to snag up and lose your bell sinker.

[mnguy152]

ok maybe i am doing this all wrong but what i been useing is a 1/4 to 3/8 weight lindy. and then with a 8 inch leader witha go swivel then a lindy joe type spinner. trolling at abour 1.8 mph,but been catch some fish each time so maybe not so wrong then.

[JohnMickish]

The only real problem with using such light weight at that speed and depth is that you need to have a mile of line out, and with that much line you lose sensitivity and what is going on with the bottom.

Use enough weight to keep your line at about a 45 degree angle. It's much more weight that you think. With your line at that angle it allows you to feel rocks/logs and such on the bottom and you can simply lift the weight up and over the obsticle reducing the number of snags you get.

[gregg52]

the difference in bell and bouncers is theres more resitance on a bouncer and will trail higher at the same speed vs a bell

your right on the rocks i dont use bells i use bouncers

i was thinkin the flats on mille lacs not much to snag on those

going 1.8 with 1/4 and 3/8 you could be lucking into some suspended fish

chances are as he said you would hafta to have a mile of line out to get on th bottom