sean61s

I received a number of replies to my Fall Trolling post..most of which, mentioned Dipsy Divers.

After researching DDs a bit, I am now curious as to whether they can be used for musky fishing as well? How shallow can they be run, and how would they perform pulling a 12" double jointed crank bait?

Thanks,

Sean

bridgeman

forget it if the lure has any type of diving lip

Classic25

A plug would add too much drag, and flatten out the dive angle.. No good.

You'd be better off with a downrigger..

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Dwain

You do not require dipsies or downriggers when musky fishing. Your musky lures with the lip will take it down, and if you need to get it down further then just add some weights between your main line and your leader. Dwain

greylion

I know guys who have caught Muskies trolling dipsie divers and Bull Dawgs in deep water.

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ggill

Exactly!

It's not all about the depth control, it's about pulling the lure away from the boat for a more stealth presentation.

You won't use the standard depth charts available to determine how far down a stickbait is running behind a dipsey like you would a clean spoon.

Experiment to see what triggers strikes.

Dipseys would be a great way to target fish that are shy of big sticks trolled in the propwash.

Torque down on the trip release screw so the dipsey won't pop trolling a big stick bait.

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