Downrigher lines crossing

[Rtrucking40]

So in 10 years on the lake I’ve never crossed downrigger cables til last weekend. A few times the cables caught each other and every time the lures tangled. We were fishing 110 and 135 down on each rigger most of the weekend with the 12lb sharks I’ve always used. I don’t no if currents were just that bad but it was happing time after time! I have a 9’ beam and even tried kicking both booms out the the side with no luck. Maybe gotta try heavier weights but I can’t figure out why all of the sudden!

[rolmops]

Maybe you switched the position of the sharks or you accidentally bent something on one of them. Another solution would be getting rid of the sharks (I hate them) and switch to torpedos

[GAMBLER]

If your boat is crabbing bad and there is current on top of it, you can cross rigger cables letting a rigger down on the side the other cable is leaning to.  

[HB2]

I had this problem with my Herbie weights 

 

I was using blacks releases on my cables and it was happening frequently when currents were bad 

 

I went to offshore and Scotty pinch pad releases and attached them to the back of the weight. 

 

Problem solved 

[LongLine]

1 - Eyelets could be bent or twisted

2 - At that depth, turns could be too short

3 - At that depth, leads could be too long.

 

You didn't say if you switched sides with the weights.

 

Easy way to tell if you've entered an area with a different current is with a constant RPM, watch your down speed.