Holland 06-21 - 1 for 1

[zgrinder on Fin Warrior]

The lake finally laid down, actually flat and was thinking about a dusk run but with the storm coming in, settled on pushing off just after 3:00pm and fishing till the front moved in at 7:00pm.  Set up in 130 FOW strait out of the harbor and headed south to SW.  Two Ninja 3-set slide divers and one rigger.  Just after getting lines in the water and before adjusting the depths, the SB diver down 41' with a mag Green Hulk RV spoon took a 6-7lb king in 136 FOW.  I released it expecting better things to come but I could not stir up another bite.  Chased some impressive marks with the SWR on a rigger trailing a mag DW Soda spoon but no takers.  Moved the slide divers between 40-55' down with no luck.  The Blue Hulk RV spoon on the Port slide diver did not get touched.  Ample marks between 130-140 FOW so I stayed in that water for the evening trying to make it work.

First time running the DW Ninja slide divers.  My slide diver reels are set up with 30lb Power Pro tipped with 8' of 25lb fluoro by way of a small Spro swivel with the diver running on the Power Pro.  What I like about the Ninja slide divers is it holds the braid without sliding down the line once deployed.  The UC slide divers would not hold the braid line so the reels had to be configured with mono and the mono was prone to breaking - ALOT.  The Ninja release is very easy to set and holds tighter than the UC product so it requires some fine adjusting to get it to pop open which simple to do with the screw setting in the back.  Last, the weight dial adjustment clicks nicely into place and can be tightened with the screw so it will not move out of the chosen setting.  I could see myself moving away from running conventional dipsey divers other than I have a bunch of them and they are quicker to get in the water.

[Reel-y-hooked]

I agree with your analysis of the ninja diver. They do work well, but a little more care and concern is required on setting them up and deploying them.