Downrigger Cable

[The Quadfather]

Not to be dead horse, but just for the record... My Sasquatch comment was not meant to say that EMF, galvanic corrosion, or any of this was in question of being real, not that at all. I'm not even saying that it repels fish. I'm just saying that people are all over the map about it. Going with braid you don't have to even go down that path.

And for the record, I don't believe in Sasquatch, the Loch Ness monster, the Yeti, or the Legend of Boggy Creek.

[Bodofish]

Not to be dead horse, but just for the record... My Sasquatch comment was not meant to say that EMF, galvanic corrosion, or any of this was in question of being real, not that at all. I'm not even saying that it repels fish. I'm just saying that people are all over the map about it. Going with braid you don't have to even go down that path.

And for the record, I don't believe in Sasquatch, the Loch Ness monster, the Yeti, or the Legend of Boggy Creek.

Totally! I was just adding fuel to the fire.

[chongo469]

You hurt my feelings and beliefs .... I believe in you Mr. Sasquatch...

[G-Man]

Ah, but do you allow bananas on your boat?

[Bodofish]

Ah, but do you allow bananas on your boat?

OH GAWD NO!!!!!! Bring a banana and you'll be swimming back after walking the plank!

[stryker17]

We have bananas on the boat all the time, I have a buddy that just freaks out at the bananas, so I to help him out when we are fishing, will hide 2 or 3 bananas around his boat....not knowing this, he still gets fish, than I will show him where I hid them..............lots of noise............

[Larry3215]

Just to balance things out a bit - aren't there at least three sides to every debate?

We have two Cannon electric riggers with the built in "Black Box" on our boat. It keeps the wire at roughly .6 volts at all times. Not much voltage and virtually zero current.

I considered switching to braid, but I would have two problems. The auto stop feature on the Cannons only works with wire. Its all electronic - no stop beads - and of course I would loose the "black box" function. These things retrieve waaaay too fast to give up the auto stop function. Does the Black box help us catch more fish? Who knows - there is no way to turn it off so I have no clue. Some days we catch fish, some days we dont

As far as the hum goes - the guys at Salmon University think its a good thing and claim it attracts fish. They recommend sticking with wire and forget the braid

Second Q&A on this page:

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[The Quadfather]

Dang!....
The black box people have spoken.
It's hard to bid an argument with the Salmon University people.
They have fish education.
What is a guy to do...?

[Larry3215]

Dang!....
The black box people have spoken.
It's hard to bid an argument with the Salmon University people.
The have fish education.
What is a guy to do...?

My mom always told me to quit reading forums and go fishing or I would go blind. Sometimes I'm a good boy and mind my mom and sometimes I'm not

[Bodofish]

Dang!....
The black box people have spoken.
It's hard to bid an argument with the Salmon University people.
The have fish education.
What is a guy to do...?

My mom always told me to quit reading forums and go fishing or I would go blind. Sometimes I'm a good boy and mind my mom and sometimes I'm not

Yeah, the Canons may have all the gizmos but if it breaks, they're gone for 6 weeks minimum. So I just use the Scotty's and know they'll work every time I hook them up and I have the choice, braid or cable.

[stryker17]

All that said I have a new BLOCK BOX, for sale, bought it several years ago, installed but never hooked up. never turned on, $50.00 think its still listed for sale in the classifieds..... thanks

[hewesfisher]

Ah, but do you allow bananas on your boat?

Sure do, but the fish are too stupid to know they aren't supposed to bite on gear trolled from a boat with bananas on board.

And for the record, I don't believe in Sasquatch, the Loch Ness monster, the Yeti, or the Legend of Boggy Creek.

Me neither.

Braid, no braid, personal preference. My downriggers don't need steel to function and I like that, but they can't bottom track and that's a feature I don't need for the kind of fishing I do.