Trolling RV question

[jimmythegreek]

theres alot more to it then how far back. Capt lou is referring to great lakes type planers that use a mast system, thats not what you have Im guessing, you are using inline boards. Hes absolutely right as far as temp and depths, the trout like a certain water temp and will stray from that when chasing bait, otherwise they hang in comfort zones. Temp probes shine here as do downriggers to target those zones, not sure on water temps now but Id run a staggered depth pattern and adjust to any fish you catch or where u mark them........Anyway to answer your question, with leadcore there is a thousand different setups, some guys use 3 colors with backing and a leader, some fill the reel with full colors, some use full roll split on 2 reels. If you are fishing in 10-20 ft of water you are gonna have issues getting hung up on RV, the depths change quickly, Im gonna guess you mean 10-20 feet down in whatever depth of water. Leadcore is very speed dependant, but as a standard w a spoon trolling at 1.5mph GPS speed one length of color (30ft) will get you down 5-6 feet in depth. U want to run a floro leader to your lure and let out one color for every 5 feet down u wanna go. Trolling for trout usually means changing speeds so if you bump up to 2.0mph it changes to 4-5ft for every color, and at 1mph its about 6-7 ft down. This is w 18lb leadcore, the suffix 832 is a lil deeper and the heavier leadcore is a little less cause altho heavier it has more resistance to the water. Search on google for precision trolling or leadcore dive charts and look on the images tabs. Print that out and take it with you. Make sure u use the appropriate knot to attach ur leadcore thats the first rookie mistake many ppl make with it. And remember if using a crank or diving bait that doesnt account for the lures depth. Basically what Im saying is if you ran 100 ft of line out with a rapala F-11 and pinned it to the downrigger ball 100 ft down ur lure is actually at 107 cause the lure will dive 7ft on its own, it doesnt matter what system u get it down with (leadcore, snapweights, downrigger) it will still dive like it does at surface, this goes with ALL lures