TyeeTanic

I prefer to use braid backing as it has no stretch and does not take the wire off track like mono can. I'd add a few hundred feet of braid to get the reel completely full with 1000 ft of wire on.

I can mark my balls on an 83/200 no problem.

Dipsey rod should be stiffer than a downrigger rod.

On riggers I would go with a clean spoon with 20 ft of lead out and one cut bait or whole herring on an 11" paddle, with about 40 to 50" of leader between flasher and spoon, and 20 ft of lead out from cable. On divers I would use flashers and flies. I don't ever use flasher and spoon. Spoon doesn't need the action of a flasher. In terms of depths, you should as a minimum check out this site and determine what depth you want to be in. You want to be fishing in 42F to 48F water. If you can find a slice that's around 30 ft thick with 42F on bottom and 48F on top, that's great. Speed at 2.5 mph average but try changing between 2.2 and 3.0 mph until you generate hits. Remember hits in one direction, may not mean hits in the other direction. Normally if I get hits I confirm depth of line, speed and direction, and color/bait. I then repeat, repeat, repeat.

I live in Oakville. Probably 1/2 mile out and your in 100 ft. Water drops to 60 ft pretty quick. Lots of big salmon being caught in 70 to 130 ft.

Uni knots.

Anywhere from about 1.8 mph to 3.6 mph. Currents can easily be 1 mph in any direction. And as you go along, it changes, so you might need to do 2 mph in one area, and then 2.6 mph in another area. Without downspeed, you can only start at 2.5 mph, and then varie your speed up, then down travelling the same direction, to see if that generates hits. Then repeat, repeat, repeat (in the same direction).

We fish temperature. Put the lures in 45 to 46F water. If you don't have down temp then put the lure just above fish arch. Fish generally come up to strike.

30 lb 7 strand 1000 ft all spooled onto a size 30 reel.

Most guys I know. I'm happy you are different. Lol. It is not a scientific factual point.

Most guys quoting length are saying that at a 1 setting.

The precision trolling app is on Google Play. I think it has dipsey diver info.

When I got started I ran either 4 dispeys or 3 dipseys and 1 flat line down the chute. I caught a lot of fish.

Leadcore should get 20 ft of 20# fluoro leader. Dipsey should have around 8 ft of 30# or 40# fluoro leader after dipsey.

I squirt some herring oil/scent in the MC Rocket bag and leave it thereasy to soak while storing.

The wire will not degrade, unless it is kinked or frayed. So as long as you cut off bad sections, keep going ... it lasts a long, long time.

I use both. I'd rather put a whole hearing down before a rocket, but at the same time, I typically have both down in a 6 rod spread.

Speed is the MOST important variable. I'd say color and bait type second. Third is temp.

I use leadcore only with boards. Due to the length of line deployed I like to get them out of the way.

I did for a while. Didn't seem to be productive for me. I tried spoons and meat. Using them on divers seemed to pick up WAY more fish. As a flat line, I just rather use a leadcore, it seems to work better.

We let out 250 ft of line sometimes, and I don't think we have them going out for 120 seconds (2 minutes). I think we reach our target depth in about 60 to 90 seconds. Anyhow, we're probably somewhere in the 3 ft per second mark.

What do you tangle them into? If you're tangling into itself then your letting them out too fast. Best is to put them in the water with drag on and loosen drag to slowly release about 3 to 4 ft per second. Then tighten drag once you've reached desired depth.