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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: michaeld on October 04, 2008, 06:17:43 PM

Title: Sliding weight setup
Post by: michaeld on October 04, 2008, 06:17:43 PM: Having a sliding weight setup, is the bait supposed to be on the surface of the water
or is the weight supposed to be at the bottom of the surface and my hook + bait just above it floating
mine bait is always along the surface is this correct or incorrect
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: bentrod on October 04, 2008, 08:46:54 PM: Sounds to me like your leader is too long, or your float depth isn't set deep enough.
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: michaeld on October 04, 2008, 09:27:23 PM: im not using a float, and my leader is around 8"
anyone knows if its susposed to be off the surface or on the surface?
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: younggun on October 04, 2008, 09:47:41 PM: ur leader should be 2ft long, and if u dont have a float ur sliding weight is gonna snag up alot, throw a float on there and u'll see how fast ur hook and bait get down to the fish, and how fast u'll hook fish
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: michaeld on October 04, 2008, 10:54:31 PM: alright i will use a float and 2 feet a lenth form my float to me hook

fishing lafarge for trout btw
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: Geff_t on October 04, 2008, 11:25:50 PM: Quote from: michaeld on October 04, 2008, 10:54:31 PM
alright i will use a float and 2 feet a lenth form my float to me hook

fishing lafarge for trout btw

If your fishing lafarge then do not use a float and forget about the sliding weight. Just use a fixed weight with a 2 foot leader. You want your bait to be just off bottom and I mean just. The trout like it that way.
Title: Re: Sliding weight setup
Post by: bc roller on October 14, 2008, 01:54:49 PM: does anyone ever target the carp in lafarge? i bet they fight harder than the trout that get put in.