Running Bunker Spoons With Braid

[Takes Prizoners]

Looking to spool my Tekota 700's with braid to troll my Maja spoons. Any suggestions on what size line and what range of weights should I carry to help get them deep?

[wb]

I run an 8oz drail because I don't want to worry if it's down. you can probably run less weight, but then you wonder, if....?

40lb braid at least. nice long leader. 

remember the source; I'm a hack.

[Hotrod]

Tide: Slack
Speed: 3.2 Knots (Single Engine: starboard)
Line Used:  Maja Braid
Spoon Trolled as Test: #4
Number of Spoons Used - 1 (trolled on both side meaning the side with the engine and the opposite side of the running engine; basically all the combination's that could effect how the spoon would swim)
Terminal Tackle: Snap Swivel -  176#  Barrel Swivel -  100#

Line Used: 80# Maja Braid

6 -10' to Weight  15' to swivel and spoon


Speed (knts)    Spoon Depth (feet)    Line Length (feet)    Weight
3.1    10    112    6oz
3.1    15    117    6oz
3.1    20    222    6oz
3.1    25    228    6oz
3.1    27    230    6oz
3.1    30    333    6oz
3.1    33    337    6oz
3.1    35    339    6oz
3.1    37    341    6oz
3.1    40    444    6oz
3.1    43    448    6oz
3.1    45    450    6oz
3.1    48    453    6oz
3.1    10    109    8oz
3.1    15    113    8oz
3.1    20    217    8oz
3.1    25    221    8oz
3.1    27    223    8oz
3.1    30    326    8oz
3.1    33    328    8oz
3.1    35    330    8oz
3.1    37    331    8oz
3.1    40    434    8oz
3.1    43    437    8oz
3.1    45    438    8oz
3.1    48    441    8oz

[Takes Prizoners]

does that rig take away from the action of the spoon and its visibility on the rod motion? I saw those a couple places but seemed to me it would run different

[Hotrod]

Nah.  not with the 15' of mono.  Tony did a lot of testing before we put this up..