Blood Run Copper

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By the sounds of it using 60 pd copper just sound like a meat fishing setup why not just put a smaller cannonball on a rigger with a leader and winch them in?

I would say copper fishing in general is categorized as meat fishing. No one really enjoys it much, or finds it very sporting. It does however take greater than 50% of our catch every trip. The benefit so far for sure is the 100 feet less of line you have to reel in compared to 45lb. That is very nice! With as deep as we have to fish most seasons, there are just only so many ways to get more deep rigs in the water, and outside of a couple of downriggers and a few divers, copper is it. 60lb does it with less line out..