Downrigger cable swap out

[HighSlacker]

After much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth I finally switched out our old steel cable with Scotty 250lb Dacron braid. Of course this was after last week at Merwin when winding up after a hit to check bait when one of my little ferrules attached to the cable for stacking came up to the pulley and POP! there goes my ball and clip. After fishing with Dacron
yesterday I don't know why anyone would ever use steel(although Dacron
is a little more costly). I know it would be possible to cut it with the filet knife, but I try to be careful with that. It makes no hum in the water, electrical current is a non issue, and it is as smooth as silk when wining in and letting out. The other thing is I took a sharpie to mark on it if I need to stack releases so no more ferrules!

[AlK]

I used to use ss cable and lost a lot of equipment. The problem with a lot of the ss cable is made in China and it is junk. I switched to 200lb Power Pro and it is terrific. Besides it is cheaper than the ss cable.

[fish-on-bend]

Hate to rain on your parade guys but I switched to Scotty braid for 1 year on 1 of my downriggers a few years ago and I'll never have that junk on a downrigger again. It started to fray after about 30 days on the water. Blow back was actually worse, as I had steel on the other side to compare it to. I have never broken steel, I think salt water might age it prematurely. The new Cannons won't work (auto-stop feature) with braid.........and I truly missed the hummmm:whistle::whistle::whistle:

[chartreuse moose]

Well last year while at crescent lake in feb and the temperature was in the low 30 and high 20 . My good friend Gerald was proud of his down rigger line. I get this spiel it will not carry any current of electricity from the boats batteries or motor. It all sounded great until he started to bring the line back in. As the Cannon Mag 20 started to recover the line, the spool filled with ice quick. He could not get all the line back on the spool of the down Rigger.
Just something to share with you, if you fish in the freeze of winter

[HighSlacker]

We're using Cannon manual Easytrolls in freshwater only (Kokanee). If its iced up outside, call me a wuss but I'll stay home. I know some of you really enjoy raining on someones parade, but I think we're good.