You caught some fish so that's a plus. I myself have had a poor year fishing. If you are
going to be fishing leadcore line, I would probably think about getting some new line.I
use Micro Lead 18 lb. I would have reels that you can put 10 colors on. At 7 colors, you are probably
down around 35'.I would talk with AJ about it and he will steer you in the right direction.Good Luck
in the future.

This is the worse year I ever had. Been skunked about half the time out. The fish that I did catch- mostly rainbow trout were real nice ones at about 46 feet down on top gun lures. I fish weirs, west side of mark island, east side of the witches to Saunders Bay and west end of the broads. If you dont want to spend a lot of money there are clamp on down riggers that work very well with a light weight ball.