I have another question about rigging for bottomfishing for you experts out there, I use 40 lb mono or braid with a 50 lb floro leader around 2-3 feet long with an egg sinker above the swivel, usually fishing with frozen cigs/menhaden. When I was fishing this past weekend I'd drop it down and when I reeled up at the end of the drift the bait would be wrapped around the main line 50 or so times. I don't know if it happened during the drop or the retreive, but since I wasn't getting any bites at all on those drifts I think it was on the way down. Its pretty annoying, especially since it eats up a lot of fishing time while you're untangeling it.
When we'd fish back home with rigs like thisit was never an issue because we'd be anchored out in the river current and that kept your leader out of the way,so I'm a little perplexed here. What can I do to keep the bait untangeled?
When we'd fish back home with rigs like thisit was never an issue because we'd be anchored out in the river current and that kept your leader out of the way,so I'm a little perplexed here. What can I do to keep the bait untangeled?