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the doc'
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Hunter757
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MotoBoat
6/9/2016 9:41:00 AMRecall the good ol' days of the "cow bells" or "pop gear", hard to tell a small fish was hooked up with the strain of that gear pulling on a trout rod! Not much different than connecting to a downrigger ball.
Could also try a lighter, 4lb dr ball if your not already using one. I doubt that would have much different results, does however make for much easier dr cranking.