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Dipsy Trolling Toronto

Hello everyone,

New to this site.

I'm used to trolling in the seas with top water baits.

I have a sailboat I've set up to troll with Dipsy divers.

I running 50 lb braid to diver, a snubber to the teaser and 20 lb mono to the spoons.

Big question is can I actually catch salmon with this set up?

How deep do I need to get and how fast should I be trolling?

One last question, what is the opaque moss that builds up on everything I'm dragging?

All suggestions short of down riggers is welcome.

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That set up will work. Right now you'll probably need 200-300 feet of line out to get down to the fish as far as I've experienced recently. I have the best luck when my surface speed is around 2.3 to 2.6 mph. The opaque material sticking to your lines is most likely the water fleas that inhabit the lake. They are sticking to everything this year. If you want to avoid them or at least make them easier to remove go to a wire line instead of braid. I've never seen a sailboat trolling for salmon on the lake lol. Any questions were here to help.


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Definitely. The chart just ends at 100 but I'm sure there is a formula somewhere to see how much line out equals depth. I'm sure someone on here has one.


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