Thread: Cabrillo 11/30
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Old 12-05-2014, 08:03 AM   #23
GregAndrew
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I will take a shot at the answer to that. Cabrillo, like most harbors, has very limited visibility at most times. In those cases, it is more important to keep your bait very near the bottom. From my experience, I would guess that my finbaits stay up and in the direction of my travel most of the time. The distance between the sinker and the hook then is more important than either leader individually. That being said, for landing using a 3-way setup, you will be better off with a shorter sinker leader. A sinker banging into them will often cause them to get lively again. A couple nice advantages of the Dropper Loop (and I use that name generically) or its short haired cousin the Drop Shot, on the other hand, is that they keep the bait at the height you select and generally keep the sinker out of the way at landing.
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