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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzkrieg" data-source="post: 126864" data-attributes="member: 1516"><p>10 pound downrigger ball is better than 8. The lighter the ball the more it lifts back up when you are trolling. I think most use flashers, I know I do. I run a squid or a herring behind it. I run the flasher normally about 10 feet behind the ball. I have better luck on squids and herring, you can run herring with out a flasher with the herring hoods. They are designed so you can hook the first hook a little in front of the tail and pull the line tight a little. It creates a curve to the herring and gives it a nice roll as you are trolling it. Sometimes spoons do well but the only time I use cranks is when I long line for the shallow ones. I like the scotty releases, especially if you want to use braid. They seem to hold tighter than the others and braid slips out of them easier than mono it seems. I would go heavier than 15 pound test, when they hit it to release it from the ball they put a pretty good wallup to it. I imagine your scheels trolling rods may work. My rods are 8 and a half feet long.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Blitzkrieg, post: 126864, member: 1516"] 10 pound downrigger ball is better than 8. The lighter the ball the more it lifts back up when you are trolling. I think most use flashers, I know I do. I run a squid or a herring behind it. I run the flasher normally about 10 feet behind the ball. I have better luck on squids and herring, you can run herring with out a flasher with the herring hoods. They are designed so you can hook the first hook a little in front of the tail and pull the line tight a little. It creates a curve to the herring and gives it a nice roll as you are trolling it. Sometimes spoons do well but the only time I use cranks is when I long line for the shallow ones. I like the scotty releases, especially if you want to use braid. They seem to hold tighter than the others and braid slips out of them easier than mono it seems. I would go heavier than 15 pound test, when they hit it to release it from the ball they put a pretty good wallup to it. I imagine your scheels trolling rods may work. My rods are 8 and a half feet long. [/QUOTE]

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