downrigger ?

[fishful thinking]

alright just getting back into the sport of big lake salmon fishing. what kind of leader should i run from the cannon ball. ive heard anything from 15 ft. to over 100 ft. and the last two times i went out 15 ft has not worked. so im guessing i need to try a longer lead??

[KJ pluggin]

My suggestion would be to keep adjusting your lead length until you find out what the fish want. As condition on the water change you may also have to change. I generally use 20' to 60' of lead, but occasionally I will stretch them out over 100.

[Paulywood]

One rule of thumb that can help is the 100' rule. The distance down and the lead should equal 100'. 50' down means a 50' lead. If I'm marking fish but can't get them to go I'll adjust. And this is only for spoons and plugs, if you run long leads with flashers it can get ugly in a hurry.

[Nailer]

30-40' is fine. Try to put the high rigger back farther than your low rigger. If a fish comes to look at the low one, but doesn't like it, there will soon be a second offering.

[fishful thinking]

alright thanks guys. im going out this saturday so we will see what happens with messing around with leader lengths.

[Adam Bomb]

I run mine 25-125'. Deeper i go the shorter i go. With flashers and flies i keep em 25-50' off the ball.

[BlueCollarOutdoors]

Do you guys like to run them shorter deeper, becuae you like the action more, dont think they care down deeper, or your afraid of tangles? I have run flashers up to 150 feet back and have not had an issue at any point. I will do this with my deepest line becuase theres really nothing for it to tangle in, also as a general rule I will keep them 20 feet seperated up and down, and like to change the leads by about 30 feet as well so they dont pass by a fish at the exact same time.