Light weight lead core outfit

[calamari]

Light weight lead core outfit--update

I won a Daiwa 250 millionaire reel in a raffle and bought a Rhino 5 1/2' medium light rod at Wal Mart for $23 dollars that is supposed to be as unbreakable as an Ugly Stik. I bought some of the new Sufix 832 12# lead core that is much finer diameter than standard lead core. With about 20 yds. of 12# mono as backing the reel holds 5 colors of the new thinner lead core. The new Dyneema clad line runs 7' deep per color where the old standard ran a little over 5' at the same speed and lure so I'm good to 30' plus a cushion with a nice light outfit that is indestructible. How much of the year do you fish deeper?

 

[kok-head]

where will you be fishing at?

 

[calamari]

Early and late in the season I use 2-3 and sometimes 4 colors of the old larger size lead core to catch kokanee with a larger line counter reel and heavier rod. Now I'll be able to use a light black bass outfit and only go to the downrigger during the deep time of mid-late summer. The lakes I fish here in central Calif. are Stampede, Hell Hole and Union Valley res.

 

[calamari]

I see why it was moved. I should have looked closer at the subject content. Thanks.

 

[calamari]

I finally used the outfit at Collins Lake yesterday. I used it along with a conventional leadcore outfit in comparison.
As far as kinking, I noticed that when I took a couple of inches of lead out of the the line to attach the mono at each end that the lead, although of finer diameter than the conventional leadcore (my caliper's at the shop), it seemed stiffer too. It doesn't feel as soft as pure lead wire like fuse wire but more of a harder alloy like what wheel weights are from the antimony.
In putting the rig out the first time using the Berkeley line counter I got a slight over spin when it jammed. That threw a small kink in the line instantly. I was able to get it out but because of the harder wire it was harder to do. It only happened once all day but over spin is something to watch out for.
I couldn't use the line counter and took it off after trying. I may be able to modify it but at present the larger diameter and higher friction of the leadcore doesn't allow the line to pass freely through it.
It does seem to sink deeper than conventional for the same amount of colors out if the angle of the dangle is any indicator. I'm going to have a friend use the locator in his boat and try to check depths of the lure next week by running over the dodger with specific numbers of colors out.
The bad thing a deeper line resulted in was that I had to fish closer to the boat to get the same depth the other rig had. I only had 25' of mono as a leader which put the lure 55' behind the boat with one color while the other rig ran 75' back. I didn't get a strike on the new outfit in 6 hours of trolling but caught two fish and had another strike on the conventional rig. If you use it for relatively shallow trolling you might have to put a longer section of mono on.
As far as abrasion of the sheath I noticed nothing but that's a long term use issue and I'll have to use it a lot more.

 

[calamari]

I tried the leadcore depth test but only gave it one try. To avoid any surface clutter I put out two colors with a kokanee sized 000 dodger and ran it under my friends boat at the slowest speed I could go which with the slight wind was a perfect trolling speed for the little dodger. It registered at 20' on his locator so it sinks deeper than I expected. 10' per color for the first few colors anyway.