RH hit the nail on the head with the lc. Its nice in late summer when the eyes are deep. Instead of adding a snap weight to your reef runner for added depth one can use lc line. The longer the leadcore the more depth you will add to your presentation. I may suggest segmenting your lc. the lc cannot be clipped to a planer board line only the mono backing it will kink it. If you put a few feet of mono between each color you can be a little more selective on how deep your presentaion is. Example 2 colors plus the reef or 5 colors plus the reef. This will give you more flexability. Although, some of the big guys may have a pair of 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 color rod and reel combos on baord. There will be about a 25' leader of fluro or mono at the end of the lc to the lure.
Lc is more stealthy than snap weights. Your reef will have less vertical swim in rough water instead of snap weight. Snaps will make your reef go up and down in the water column prettys fast. It also depends how close the snap is to the reef. The futher away the less climb and fall.
Copper on the other hand is more of a trout and salmon application. The copper is referred to by the lengths they are. Like 400 coppers or 500 coppers. These copper lines are super popular in lake o. Super stealthy....the copper emmits a natural electromagnetic hum into the water. This is created by the drag of the metalic conductor through the water. The trout and salmon love it!
Typically the coppers are rain out the "shoot" strait out the back of the boat. The weight of the copper gives the lure its depth. Copper can not be clipped to a planner board release.
The "wire divers" people refer to are typcally 7 strainds of stainless steel wire used with a dipsey divers. There will be a mono or fluro leader from the dipsey to the lure. Again the wire will attrack the salmonoids.
Walleye fisherman use wire for cranks too. Its a single straind s.s. wire. Typically its used in the summer when the fish are at or below the thermocline. Guys usually run 300-350' of wire plus a 25' fluro or mono leader for crank fishing. This wire will also emit a electromagnetic hum. Again it cannot be clipped to a planner board release. Only the mono backing can be clipped to a release.
post edited by eyedreamn - 2013/02/17 13:18:22