Quote Originally Posted by greenranger View Post
That what I'm looking at...jig depth and length of line...I was throwing in the yard and average just over 52 ft with 4lb and 1/16th jig...gone research the depth of different weights and styles at 55 ft
You will have to have some serious controls. Wind and current major factor. Exact same speed. Same line. Angle of rod and line are most important. A single 1/16 has a lot of bounce. I have tested hypothesis to find an average of three times the lift of the jig depth per bounce of the tip to the plane of the water. Fortunately, longlining is a tactic to cover water looking for aggressive fish that will move to feed. This allows it to not be an exact science or depth because you will never get all the variables exact. Try to develop a 2 ft tolerance range and you will be fine.