video I made at strawberry

[Bduck]

Using braided line will keep the ions from traveling thru the line. Another reason for using braid is preventing the line from humming compared to using cable. A drawback back with braid as your trolling it can be chafed dragging along the bottom cutting the line losing your weight with its attachment. There are mountain peaks & valleys below the surface in a lot of our lakes. Having ions is a good thing for attracting fish. I did an experiment by attaching a cable (same size cable that's on the downrigger) to the ground of my boat using an alligator clip to the cable of the downrigger once it was at any depth used. The ground neutralized any ions traveling down the cable, but [i]it became inconclusive to note any other difference it made with exception I would forget to remove the clip from the DR cable during weight retrieval. Here's another thought, how many of you are using a bare uncoated downrigger weight? I do sometimes use SS stick weights, but I also use rubber coated pancake weights or cannon ball weights. If you have the "Hot Boat", with the electrical charge traveling down the DR cable with metal attachments to the weight, just think of that massive weight omitting a larger area of a charge. There is a specific rubber snubber made to attach between the cable end clipped to the weight which helps prevent this weight from being charged. This is what I use on my DR's regardless of what weight I use.[/i]

Scotty #371 Downrigger Weight Snubber with Trolling Snap , Blue : Fishing Downriggers : Sports & Outdoors (amazon.com)