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joeturse

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I think we are splitting hairs here. If your thumb is preventing the spool from turning then the reel is not free spooling. I think what I am hearing is the spool is allowed to freespool by releasing your thumb only after the first sign of a hit. Then I can see that the fishfinder would allow the fish to continue to eat the bait without feeling the weight. I will have to give this method a try. I have never seen the need for a fishfinder rig except when fishing from the bank, but I can see how this dropback method would work. Thanks

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tnbr,

That has been a tried and true method forever. Try it. Your success will rise dramatically. I have showed other guys on head boats the technique and was satisfied to see them immediately start to catch fish when they were only getting sunburned before.

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Fluking off of some of the bridges on Cape Cod, my cuz showed me an easy rig. Tie a simple cross-lok snap onto the mainline, then attach both the sinker's line and your offering's line via 40-50lb mono/fluro that has a couple of strong loops tied at the snap end. Works simple, and with pretied lines, changeups are easy. Only had to use 2-3 oz to fish effectively, so that cut down on the amount of hardware that had to be made up in advance.

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