Dive Bomb Depths Achieved

[GLF]

I went out of Muskegon on 4/19 and tested the dive bombs. In the shallower water, the bottom is very inconsistant. It can vary by as much as 5' in a short distance when running parallel to shore. The slowest I could get my boat down to was 1.7mph with 2 bags in the water.

I did my tests with 20lb mono and had a spoon 30' from the dive bomb.

At 1.7mph:
10FOW
1oz dive bomb was too hard to determine when it was bounching on the bottom.
2oz dive bomb hit bottom with 20' of line out.
3oz dive bomb hit bottom with 17' of line out.
4oz dive bomb hit bottom with 15' of line out.
20FOW
It was too hard for me to determine when the 2oz dive bomb was hitting the bottom, so I ended the test.

At 2.5mph:
20FOW
3oz dive bomb hit bottom with 150' of line out.
4oz dive bomb hit bottom with 100' of line out.
30FOW
3oz dive bomb hit bottom with 450' of line out.
4oz dive bomb hit bottom with 250' of line out.

I did not test at 25FOW, but this is how much line I calculate the dive bomb to hit the bottom in 25FOW.
3oz dive bomb hit bottom with 300' of line out.
4oz dive bomb hit bottom with 175' of line out.

The only way to come up with an accurate dive curve, is with a diver in the water.

The 3 & 4oz dive bomb at 2.5mph get approximately 8' of depth per ounce of weight. This also depends on how much line you have out. In order to hit max depths with the dive bombs, you need to have lots of line out.

If you are fishing a full core and a 4oz dive bomb on the first color(closest to the spoon) your bait will be down approximately 80'.

Please give me credit and a plug for my website if you post this information on another site.

Mike

[onefishook]

Mike I well be using the dive bomb on the saginaw bay 08/15//16. target depth well b 28 t0 30 ft and well be using stinger spoons. I have 17 differn't colors.
On one side iam goine to run minnie disks with 3 way swivels hot tots one qt oz to pull down and the stingers 3 ft back and above the tots.the other side 1 & 2 oz dive bombs and stingers. My bud was in 7 to 10 ft of water friday got 11 fish in 3hrs and his best stinger was confusion. well that was good news I don't have that one u can't have them all. the 2 DR well have have stingers. well with 10 stingers in the water fish well be dying. I well send pics of fish with the stinger in its mouth.
thanks
Leonard

[GLF]

Go get them Leonard! I look foreward to seeing your pictures of your catch.

[steven444]

i also wish to see the pictures which he catch