pretty much thru the summer i was running 4 feet of cowbells attached to the ball with the lures attached to a cable clip up 1.5 to 2 feet above and behind the last cowbell. this worked well up til about 2 weeks ago from 42 feet on down. i liked the 6 feet because i could spin ther boat occasionally in complete circles without getting tangled. im thinkinking now that the new smelt are coming up, that there is so much feed that the salmon dont need to come near the boat to chase the smelt and just stay far away even when fishing deeper. definately going to drop the lines way back next week to see what happens. it also seemed with the shorter line to the ball, i needed lighter line or the catchrate dropped. with the longer line my dad was using last weekend he was getting away with 8 pound test. definatly going to change things up this weekend coming
