Spooking fish

[backoneerie2016]

Was told this morning not to use dipseys or jet divers. They spook the fish too much. . So what are your thoughts?

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[Eyestopper]

I use them all the time with good success. Some days lead core or copper is better but dipsys usually produce.

[Ryeud]

They produce people r set in there ways

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[tincandan]

Have used both divers and dypsies for years as well. For suspended fish, especially in deep water they're great. Lead core is useful as well. If possible, I like to run without in-line planers.

[fishmaster]

Dipseys catch a lot of fish.  Whoever said that is missing out on a couple of great fish catching tools.

[jpj488]

We have fished dipsies at 50ft on a 3 setting and caught fish.

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[Lures with a twist]

Dipsy Divers probably catch just as many walleyes as anything else!! And some of the biggest ones!

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[huck42]

I use 6 at the same time and pull in limits. I think the colored ones actually help. Like using a flasher.

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[Locoman]

12 hours ago, backoneerie2016 said:

Was told this morning not to use dipseys or jet divers. They spook the fish too much. . So what are your thoughts?

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Whoever told you that does not want you to catch fish, Jets and dipsies produce plenty of fish.

[backoneerie2016]

I was told that by the guy at capt bobs

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[PostletownWW]

That is crazy.  We only use them and we do very well!

[Windburn]

What is the preferred size of dipsey?

[Eyestopper]

We use size 0 or size 1 with "o" rings depending on depth we're fishing.

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[jimski2]

The leader between the dipsey or jet should be as long as possible. The length of your rod and a couple more feet with 20 pound test fluorocarbon are ideal. Big fish will snap the line after the dipsey even with snubbers.

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[lineman49]

  We prefer dipsey's & jets over anything else, easy to set/rig up. We like the metallic colors, blue, purple, green, & black.  

[backoneerie2016]

Thanks so much!!

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[fischer]

I was wondering if anyone runs wire with dipseys on Erie or does it spook the walleye. Also , can you run in-line planers with dipseys or will it tangle up? 

[lineman49]

  Use wire dipseys mostly when fishing deeper water.  Also run in lines with dipseys.

[fischer]

Thanks. Should I run dipseys inside of in line planers?

[J. Sparrow]

FISCH....... I've run wire divers for walleyes with success..... and I don't run inlines, but do run big boards along-side wire divers without much problem........ and yes, run your dipseys on the inside of the board lines...... 

[fischer]

Thanks guys! One more question is I usually run the dipseys at 3 to 3 1/2. Should I use a 2 setting if I'm also running boards?

[Lures with a twist]

I run them on 3 setting with 3 inline boards off one side never had a problem just make sure your dipsy is deeper then everything else and your good to go!! They are easy fast and straight up catch fish!

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[RD9]

We run wire and braid divers all the time. They are not as effective early in the year as the will be going forward into the heat of the summer. On jet divers I'll say they are much less effective then a segemented core and a flouro leader. I sold everyone I owned but they do offer a cheaper way to fish different depths then having ten lead core rigs. Inline boards with segmented lead core sets is the way to go in my opinion. Most of the charters still run big boards but I think if they tried the in line boards and stuck with it they wouldn't go back. Big boards are probably easier to use then in lines with customers but there is no better action then a church board, segmented core and rynowsky in a nice walleye chop. 

[fischer]

By segmented , do you mean like a 2 core , line in between and then maybe another 2 or core and etc? If so how much line between each cores and what pound test between? I have a 10 core On a reel I hardly use that I could break up that way and get a variety of different cores.

[RD9]

By segmented I mean for example a 5 color would be roughly 200 yards of backing (20lb test backing). 5 colors of lead and a thirty ft leader. Let out the five colors of lead and say thirty feet of backing attach board and let out. Same with 2 and 3 cores all the way up to ten. On our boat we will run two or three of the same color per side with the same amount of backing in the water. Like Sunday out of Dunkirk we ran two seven colors on one side and two fives on the other, two Dipsey and two riggers with a ten color as a chute rode.