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Fleas on Cayuga 2022


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Just put on my 100ft of sea flea on my rigger rods.  
I put at least 150' of flea line on over my normal mono. Two things. The fish are generally going to be hanging down 90' to 120'. You'll want to add a few extra feet for the blow back on both the rigger balls and the flea line at those depths.

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Seaflee isn't a total answer but I have had it on all my downrigger rods for about 8 years replacing the mono with 300 yards of it and leadering off it with lighter fluoro and it helps quite a bit. The spiny fleas come off pretty easily but the fishhook type adhere to anything and are tougher to get off much like cottonwood.

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Fleas are bad right now.....no issues w/ Copper lines but had to respool all my downrigger and diver lines to 50 lb mono to keep them off. Fish are biting so I guess you take what you can get :-) 

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7 hours ago, SWATMedic said:

Fleas are bad right now.....no issues w/ Copper lines but had to respool all my downrigger and diver lines to 50 lb mono to keep them off. Fish are biting so I guess you take what you can get :-) 

 

Anyone know if weighted steel will avoid the fleas like copper does?

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I use the Torpedo Weighted Steel line with 19 stranded wire backing.  I have three lengths that I use for silver fishing mostly. Lengths of 50, 100, and 200 feet.  Basically that covers 10, 20, and 40 feet down.  I can get some adjustments to those numbers with additional snap weights.  It has a different movement compared to lead core and can work very well with flutter spoons.  Best thing to do is get your setups and use a TD Fishawk and make your own dive charts. Hope this helps.

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