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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | I'm confused.......................
At the start of the RCL they're expecting big wind and waves, so the main topic is how are people going to fish in these unfavorable conditions. Pro Carl Grunwaldt is quoted at the RCL website as saying:
“I might get out leadcore to minimize the surge in high waves.”
This statement is confusing to me because my experience is different.
I use leadcore and/or snap weights in conjunction with planer boards. When fishing water like the Great Lakes when there is usually some type of wave action, I feel that you're better off always fishing with the waves. If you do this the boards will surge and then pull back with the wave action. This action gives your lure an action similar to pumping your rod while trolling, which is a deadly “tried and true” technique. Leadcore is more responsive to this surging and will give your lure more action from the waves. Snap weights act as a pendulum and the snap weight itself absorbs most of the wave action with very little movement occurring at the lure.
Now the fine-tuning begins. There are times that the fish do not want this "surging" action and other times (most times in my opinion) that they do. So leadcore in conjunction with trolling with the waves works best for me. If there are no waves or if it is too windy and I feel that the waves are giving my lure too much action, I'll switch to snap weights. This happens to me while fishing the Great Lakes in late October or November when the fish are sluggish, the water is cold and the wind is active. There are even times when I use both leadcore and snap weights together but that's a different story and I've already probably told you more than you wanted to know.
What do you think? Does leadcore give you more or less lure surge in big waves??????????? | |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | I'm with you on this one Dennis.
Like you said, snap weights would become the pivot point and obsorb the thrusting/pulling action that big waves would cause. They would react with an (up and down) pendulum action more at the wieght itself, versus the stop and go straight line pulling action when tied in directly to any planner boards at the waters surface. And with less stretch in the lead core line than in any other I can think of, I'm also am confused by Carl's thinking here.
It's also been my experience that the stop and go action to the lures used when generated by big waves, will often be rewarded by a lot more reaction strikes by both active and un-active fish. The key would then fall on consintrating on getting the lures in the fishes holding/feeding zones in the water column for that day in those particular conditions.
Edited by walleye express 4/28/2004 11:31 AM
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Location: Menasha, Wis. | Carl was mentioning that he would be digging the bottom. My thought on what he would be using the leadcore for, was to run a couple of lead core rods off the side of the boat, with a different setup on the boards. Since he would be on the bottom with the leadcore, he would not be concerned with spooking fish. Also, he would get a less surging action with the leadcore off the side of the boat. I am just guessing --- only Carl knows for sure what he is thinking!!!
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Okay,
I buy the digging bottom idea. But now you say: " he would get a less surging action with the leadcore off the side of the boat."
How is this possible? You're not suggesting that the boat surges less than the boards? Are you saying that the right flexible rods will take the surging action? I am still confused
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| When compared to the boards the boat will surge less, as the waves will push those light little boards forward creating slack in the line, so I would agree with that, but like Dennis said, the snap weights would surge way less than lead or a keel weight on a board. | |
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Reacting to very big waves