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BFG 
 		  Port: Anchor Point, Lake Erie   05/14/2008 08:13
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It should also be noted that depth of the set can give you a ballpark starting point for your leads off your riggers. A general rule of thumb is the "100' rule" that I and many others have used over the years. I can't remember where I initially read it, but it seems to work.

For example: Say you are fishing in 70fow running your riggers at 60'. Your lead should be about 40' or so (i.e. 60 + 40 = 100'). Deeper you go with your riggers, the shorter the lead. When fishing riggers down to 100' or so, I tend to keep leader lengths short, less than 15'.

In shallow water (<50')you need to run your lead lengths back farther. Two years ago at Salmonarama, BirdDog and I were fishing 35-40fow for an entire week, and if our leads were not at least 60' back..we didn't get a sniff. Point being, in the shallow water, you need to get your stuff away from the shadow/noise of the boat.

What I posted above is definitely a generalization, but it gives a good starting point. Another thing to note is that if your divers are getting hammered...shorten up the leads off your riggers as the fish are obviously in an aggressive mood. If your divers are dead and you are catching fish on your core/copper rigs on the outside of the spread, then lengthen the leads off your riggers and try longer leads behind your divers.

The fun in all of this is trying to figure out "Why" the fish are hitting a particular presentation at that time. Establishing a pattern is key to filling the cooler. Do not neglect the fact that oftentimes many guys struggle after the early morning bite slows (i.e. sun gets over the dunes)...so be flexible and willing to try new things. Granted, there are a million variables that come into play when one attempts to entice an animal with a brain the size of a pea to bite, but if you can standardize your setups with a few general "rule of thumb" type modes....you should be able to figure things out in a relatively short time.

That is..assuming you are over fish, trolling the right direction, speed, using the right colors, etc. etc.


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