length from dipsy to lure(what do you like.

[zurmmy]

Just wondering what most lengths most people run for length thanks.

[fishsniffer]

8 ft for spoons and 6 to 8 ft for fashers...im a little curious what others like also

[Fishwhisperer]

As long as the rod and boat will allow.

[2UNREEL]

I like to be able to resonably get the fish in the net once reeled up. Depends on how high your boat is off the water and room to pull the rod back. If your lead is too long and the fish decides at the last moment to go off the side you need to have a little rod left to work the fish out of the other rods and rigger cables.

[1mainiac]

I stay short on flasher flies and long as the rod will allow on spoons but most of my leaders are 6ft for spoons and 3 or 4 ft for flasher flies. If the diver brings fish into the spread I want the next thing they see to be dinner.

[Adam Bomb]

I go as long as i can. Ive found the longer i go, the more productive they are on our boat. So, mine are about 6 1/2' from the dipsey to the flasher. I generally keep my fly leaders about 22" from the bend in the second hook to the flasher when running and 8" spinny, hoochie etc.

[DIRTY DOG]

nothing shorter than 8 ft , i make the leader as long as the rod , 8 ft for the wire divers and 10 or 11 for the hi diver

[mattmishler]

spoonns 20-40ft high diver with slide diver and 6-8 ft on low wire

[Yooperdad]

Keating suggested 9 feet. I use 9' for spoons and 6' for flasher flies.

[j1musser]

I use 8' of 20# flouro for spoons and 4-6' 25# Big Game for flashers. How the heck do u land fish with 20-40' leader? Do u guys handline after the leader?

[Adam Bomb]

I use 8' of 20# flouro for spoons and 4-6' 25# Big Game for flashers. How the heck do u land fish with 20-40' leader? Do u guys handline after the leader?

He's using a slide diver with those lead lengths. If your not familiear with the slide diver, your main line is actually run through the diver itself and allows you to vary your distance between your bait and the diver. Easy to deploy. Set the rod in a stern rod holder, hold the slide diver in one hand and pay line out with the other until you have your desired lead length. After which you lock up the diver, and deploy just like a standard dipsey. When you get a strike and the diver trips it will slide down to your terminal end. Slide divers are a great tool that allow for some stealth to your dipsey presentation. I like to use them in shallower waters or anytime im fishing relatively high in the water column with a diver.

[j1musser]

Yeah i guess i read that wrong. I have never used the slide divers but might try. Sounds easy enough to deploy. TY

[slickwater]

I use 4-5 foot leader when running flashers.

[Nailer]

As long as the rod and boat will allow.

Yea That ^

[tltorrice]

Will slide divers work with 40# Power Pro?

[Yooperdad]

Many use it successfully on P Pro.

It didn't work well for me so I added a 50 foot mono leader and ran the SD on the mono. Tied a swivel about 5 feet ahead of the lure to keep the SD from banging the fish.

[1mainiac]

One other thing to consider with your leader length is how much gear you are running. If you have 4 riggers set longer leaders tend to end up grabbing your gear on the way down Esp when the waves get you bounceing around. This is why I run 9ft and 10ft diver rods so I can get the diver away from the boat and other gear.

[Yankee Troller]

The longer the better for me. Most of mine are 10' leads sometimes we stretch them out to 12' Especially for paddles the longer the length the more whip you will get.

[zurmmy]

Thanks for all the info i'll try everything mentioned and let you know. thanks