Line depth indicators for vertical fishing techniques ...

[rnvinc]

Please share your ideas of how you mark the line for getting the bait back to the same depth every time ...

I'm dis-satisfied with black Sharpie only lasting 1 trip before having to reapply ...

Rickie

[outdoorsron]

Hello Rickie : Have you tried a bobber stop knot ? You can get them in very bright colors. Just make sure you tighten it good when you slide it to where you want it. When I spider rig I just run it above the surface of the water. Easy to get it back to where it was. Good Luck. O - R

[Cray]

Them little rubber bobber stops that come on a round disc with really fine wire run through them. Get at BPS and different places. They come in a couple of different color's. I like the yellow. If you have trouble seeing them just slide on a small bead and just a tiny slip float. They go through the guides just fine.

[crappie wrangler]

With a bait casting reel which is what I use to vertical jig with on most occasions I count how many times my line unspools from left to right and right to left. I know how far that is on each reel I own. For example if my line goes from one side of the spool to the other and I know that is 7' on that reel with that line I know that 3 trips across the bar would be 21'. I also know how far 1 turn of the handle retrieves so I just do the math. I have a similar system I use if using a long rod with a spinning reel. My fishing partner uses a bait caster for his long rod fishing because he has no feeling in his hands and has to rely on seeing his bites so I custom made him an extra soft 9' bait casting rod.

[skeetbum]

my winter system is and 8'rod, baitcaster, and braid. Sharpie marks last almost forever on hi vis braid. I was fishing 30 to 35 feet deep and with the braid, a bobber stop didn't seem feasible to me. Machinist's use dye marker in their work, you might look into that as being more permanent on mono or flouro.

To measure, I use the length of the rod, then thumb the spool and hold the reel in the middle of my chest. Grab the line with the other hand and extend it out as far as you can get it to go. For me, that's real close to 3 feet. Or mark a foot and 2 feet from the front of the reel on your rod. When fishing deep, the marks save a lot of time.

[Chris Stewart]

There are a number of Japanese lines that come with marks for depth. Do you want nylon, fluorocarbon or braid? What line strength?

[blueball]

Use a 10 ft rod with spinning reels.I have 1in colored duct tape a 1ft and 2 ft from the end of the spinning reels.

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[crp4570]

Rickie, depth pro braid is marked and berkley braid is line marked also. The depth pro has four different colors and Barkley is grn with blk marks is i reminder correctly. For any line with bait casters I measure 12 inches from the face of the reel down the rod and place a white piece of tape. I then use the rod length,drop the line, and start counting out pulls from the reel. Hope this helps.

[outdoorsron]

Hello: On the colored lines how far apart are the color changes ?

[LBM]

Since you asked here is my probable dorky method.

The reason I’ve never liked marking my line was that once you’ve snagged broke off and retied that mark is no longer good. The method I like and use is by grasping the line with my left thumb and index finger at the reel and pulling the line out as far as my left hand will spread from the reel in one hand and the pinched line in the other hand. For me that distance is approximately three feet and I count down with each pull and release by 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, ----- until reaching the depth I’m wanting to fish at. Note on the approximate three foot spread I’m talking about here is I’m not extending my right hand with the reel away from my body where it is normally held while fishing. This method works with bait casters or spinning reels. I can look at my electronics and verify that I’m hanging the baits at my desired depth. On the first pull off I have my baits hanging at the surface and the rod tip at approximately the same height I normally fish with the rod tip above the water.

Once I think I’ve found the depth that the fish are biting at for me I will be hanging my baits at that same depth until they quit biting for me when I will start searching another place or depth to fish at.

I’ve never seen any others using this method and guessing when other fishers see me when I’m fishing at 27 to 30 ft down are probably wondering what that dork is doing while getting his line back into the water. This works with any line reel or rod length combination.

Most others I observe just release line lifting their rods tips up using the length of rod to determine how deep they are fishing and this is a much quicker method but not quite as precise IMHO.