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Thanks Nailer, Ya I know I won't be getting anywhere near bottom but it ended up being a real guessing game with what I am currently using. Any trolling speed change seemed to bring the baits up alot higher then I wanted. Slow it down and the baits are not working. So the thing I am trying to figure out is how to stay in the 30 40 fow water range without spooling everything out. The other thing is presentation. Not having the chunk of lead grabing the water would make things a little not natural looking. I have increased my leaders to 4 foot but that also is a bit more difficault for my wife to net. For some reason she doesn't like me yelling at her. I call it coaching.lol

I was told that in order to fish the deeper water that I should get away from the bouncers and use the lead core line. But, I also seen where some guys perfer copper instead. What happened last year was the salmon guys were constantly picking up walleye in the deeper waters and they convinced me to move out with them. Well, the bouncers and banana shaped inline weights worked only because of the line counters but they were not nearly as productive as the lead core. Yes, I do run alot of harness but also body baits and small spoons.

I am in the process of trying either color line or braided line this year but don't know what to use or if the reels can handle either of them. I have a matching set of Shakspear Tidewater 30L reels that are rated for 20lb test and 330yards. I normally fish for walleye using bottom bouncers but last year I found myself in 100 fow because the temps were so high and that just happened to be where the fish were. Any help would be appreciated.