How to Setup and Use a Dipsy Diver | Fastest Way to Get the Right Depth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2020
- The Dispy Diver is the best combination of speed and ease when starting to troll for and catch fish at target depths. It is excellent in the big deep waters of the Great Lakes, and can easily target fish from 10 - 70 feet deep. We show you how to set up a Dipsy Diver, so you can take the guess work out and get to catching your target fish. We use them on the Central Basin of Lake Erie and target Walleye and Steel Head (Rainbow trout). We also show you one of our tricks to allow for a stealthy presentation when the fish just don't want to bite and aren't looking for a lot of flash. Painting your Dipsy diver and snubber a flat black is a great way to avoid spooking fish.
Our #1 Size Dipsy Diver Setup:
50lb Braided Line tied to a 30-50lb snap swivel with a good ball bearing, we hook that to the front of the Dipsy diver, and on the back side we have a snubber (spray painted with flat black), and tied to a 6 foot 20lb fluorocarbon leader and attached to a micro 30lb snap swivel with a good ball bearing.
Our favorite lures to use with a Dipsy Diver: Worm Harnesses, Michigan Stinger Spoons, Shallow diving crank baits. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Great video!
Thanks for the comment!
Nicely done. Have you experimented with different types of black paint to see which sticks best to the plastic? I want to buy some magnums and the black ones are more expensive.
Thank you! No I have not experimented with different types of paint. We have had these for probably 6 years and re coated once. Unfortunately, I do not remember the brand of the pain we used :(
Love the video,i want to get into dipsy diver fishing for wels catfish over here in europe,im kinda confused on how to get the dipsy diver to the depth i want it to be at soo im hoping you could help me out,could you please tell me what kind of dipsy diver should i use for trolling 1,6 knots aproxametly 22-26 feet deep?
I would recommend the size 0. That’s slightly smaller than what we use but let’s you get more line out to get it further away from the boat. The depth chart that comes with the Dipsey is fairly accurate. If you are trolling slower you can just let less line out.
Thanks for the vid. when using the dipsy depth chart when do you start the line counter. When the dipsy is at the tip of the rod or at the surface of the water.
The surface of the water is typically what we do. Thanks for the comment!
Heading to Erie this weekend. Fishing for smallmouth. We drift or troll deep jerkbaits. Would you recommend a dipsy to get some of the shallower diving jerkbaits down to 25'?
I think that’s certainly an option although you would likely want to use a smaller size. I would honestly consider an inline weight for that application unless you need them to have the directional dive
Rod recombination for Dipsy fishing? Length, power, action, brand, model, etc.
Any help greatly appreciated!
We really don’t get hung up on brand too much or pay a ton of attention to that. Pretty sure ours are 7’6” or 8’ medium power. You are going to want something that has some give and bend to absorb big strikes so I recommend a mid bend point (not ultra fast). Hope that helps, thanks for the comment!
Thank you!
Hey there, I know this was posted awhile ago , but do you use a weight or is it not needed with the diver? Thanks
No weights are needed you just follow the dive chart provided with the Dipsy. That will get you in the ball park and then adjust up/down from there to align to your specific setup
@@WeekendWoodsmen hello again!! Just wondering if I can use flashers/dodgers with the dipsy divers?
I have never used them and I don’t think they are necessary for walleye. If you wanted to use them I would guess it would mess with your dive chart
How fast do you go? Is there a rule of thumb for how much line you let out and how deep? Thanks!!!
We are usually trolling between 1.8-2.2 MPH depending on what the fish want. The dive chart that comes with the Dipsey diver is pretty accurate in our experience.
Get the app Precision Trolling.. amazing
I assume you can only get to the depth that a dipsy will go plus the dive depth of the lure you are using? Is that right?
We do not recommend using deep diving lures on a Dipsy. We will run shallow diving stick baits off it but the idea is not to add additional variable that can affect diving depth. The dive chart is fairly accurate and that what we use and then adjust from there based on where the fish are being marked and where strikes are occuring
Any info on the 3/0 dipsy. Like how much depth with how much line let out.
We haven’t used them much. I have found that the provided dive chart gets you in the right bal park then you can mess with it from there.
@@WeekendWoodsmen thanks...but no chart on the 3/0 package. Just my luck.LOL
I google them and save images of them on my phone for when fishing and don’t have service
A year late , but I found your site.
Question, what does the Snubber do ?
It’s helps absorb the shock of the strike and also head shakes so the hook is like likely to rip out of their mouth.
Set on Zero is to keep Dipsy behind boat .. set on one L is to keep dipsy a little farther off the left side .. set on 2L keeps it a little farther more off left side and 3L is farthest off left side .. There are different depths you use by reading the instructions.. Plus speed !!
appreciate the comment
So is it like a truck or is it off the back to determine th left and right just curious 🤔
Is this ideal for lake trout fishing in 100+ feet?
If you are trying to target them that deep you may want to consider the magnum size Dipsy
Turning the bottom dial right or left, I'm guessing right on the dial will make the dipsy swim on the port side and Visa versa?
They are directional but I can never remember, so I just put them in the water to make sure they are planing the right way before putting them all out 🤣
How do you know how dipp your lure is going to?
We used the dive chart as a good starting point
Is there any advantage to using these over downriggers?
What depth are you targeting?
Weekend Woodsmen I don’t yet, I always use downriggers on my boat for salmon in Alaska. I am headed to Lake Erie all next week for Walleye. I’ll have two electric downriggers but have never used or really heard of dispy divers until your video. I have no idea what depth I’ll be marking walleye. I am guessing 20-70’? I am not too familiar with the lake but have been reading some reports lately. Thanks for the reply.
Where are you planning to launch?
@@victoryformation3370 they are worth a try we think. easy to use if they can get to the right depth for you
Are they good for salmon?
Although we haven’t targeted salmon we catch a lot of steelhead on them.
how many times people skunk out when fishing kokanee
I am not sure what you mean
@@WeekendWoodsmen
In my case Not every trip is successful catching kokanee. I was able to get 1 successful day out of 5 trips. I'm starting to give up 😆
I can say when we first started walleye fishing there were many days we didn’t catch any. Now it is extremely rare for us to not catch at least one. We have a much better idea of what we are doing now. We have never fished for Kokanee.
What size
Size 1 is what we are running
Dipsy diver what size
Size 1
Black is highly visible in water. Flat light blue would have been better for Great Lakes or even flat gray
Thanks for the tip. We will have to try that next time. Our main goal was more to get rid of flash more than anything.
BLACK IS A DEBRIS NOT THREATENING COLOR READ THREADS LOTS OF GUYS LIKE BLACK AND I ALSO USE CLEAR!!!
CLEAR IS BEST!!
My mother in law sinks everything, including my new boat, no dipsy diver needed
🤣🤣
Can you see the dipsy diver on your fishfinder?
Not typically for the lengths of leads we run
THEY SELL BLACK ONES DUDE!! AND THEY HAVE CLEAR SNUBBERS OH YAH!!
At the time they didn’t have black! The last time we bought snubbers we got clear also. Thanks!
Such a short leader won’t produce on Great Lakes. We run 16-20ft with a current water clarity, it sucks big time to net though
We have no problems producing with that length leader. Our dipsys are consistently our best pull
No one runs a 20ft leader. Noob
@@mcko5786 i do, I just stated, that means not no one. If I run 3 dipsey rods I have a short 6-8ft leader on one of the rods, it’s great when it gets bit but it’s 3 times less productive than long leads. Only time it shines is the magic hour when fish are super aggressive. I don’t like it as much as you do, just stating the fact
@@mcko5786 22-24 feet on all 4 dipsys
So im looking at 24 fish in the cooler,All caught using the #2 Dipsy with a 20 lb floral Carbon leader that is 18" long, Using Stinger Spoons. The smallest fish is 22" and we have 3 that are over 28" Caught them in 42' of water straight out of Mentor. We only put 4 under legal size fish back today. And only caught 3 trash fish (Sheep Head) They come home for the garden. So your 20 foot leader nonsense is just that.
Walleye Capitol of the world is actually Minnesota . Aka "Mille lacs"
Nice! With the last few walleye hatches Lake Erie with be a world class fishery for years to come.
You've never been to Canada lol.
Fished Erie, Minnesota and Canada for many years. Right now Erie is the fishing capital of the world. Theres an estimated 151 million LEGAL fish, close to 200 million total. There's maybe 1 million in Mille Lacs. Obviously Erie is larger like 47 times larger but 200 million walleye to 1 million, not even close no matter size of lake. Canada a lot of great lakes and walleye fishing, no one body of water even comes close to Erie right now.
Tend to agree!