zouavecat Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I have a couple of older cannon electric downriggers and I need to replace the cable on one of them. I have been reading that a lot of people are going to braid instead of stainless steel cable. Just wondering what was best, I am fishing Lake Michigan Salmon and Trout. Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikechet Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I have always just used stainless steel cable for salmon and trout in Lake Michigan. Recently I tried out some nylon coated stainless steel cable that I really liked. I found in on a site I bought some replacement parts on for my cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCatMich Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The biggest issue with braid on downriggers is that spiney water fleas get on it. I have a brand new 100 yard spool of 200# test Power Pro that I would sell if you decide you want to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmsstp4u Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 With Cannons remember your auto stop will not work with out steel cable! We still use stainless, we switched to the coated for a hot minute but it was not very good the coating came off pretty quick and got all jambed up! Go with stainless and get the cannonball snubbers!!Just my 2 cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zouavecat Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Thanks Brian, I did not know that. I will get the stainless steel cable. I am not familiar with the snubbers for downriggers, I will check into that! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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