Quote Originally Posted by ultraslab View Post
Wow 1/4 oz weight? I do the 1/64th some too but usualy just a #7 splitshot have done 1/8oz in the winter time but can't imagine 1/4 oz. What is the conditions and style that you would need that much weight? I get the 1/64th part when they were real finicky sometimes that's the only way to get a bite. Scott
It’s a pretty common setup with Livescope fishing vertically with 10-13 foot rods, even in shallow water. But I am normally fishing 15-25’ deep over stake beds and brush in the wind and sometimes current. I normally keep three rods rigged up on deck, all will normally have 1/4oz egg or 1/4oz jighead. Occasionally an 1/8. The big thing is you can get down to the fish quickly. A lot of times even if you are great at holding the boat, the window to drop on a fish is very short. It’s all different if you are casting or pitching to fish though. Or if you are on really big schools of smaller fish. But the heavy weight is very effective for the way a lot of us vertical fish with Livescope.