It also depends on what kind of wire is on your downrigger. If it's Scotty wire you should probably change it after ONE season because it is cheap CRAP! Rust, frays, kinks... you name it! I am speaking from experience.

The wire on my brand new 1106's crapped out after one year. I switched to Cannon wire and haven't had a single issue since. I had Cannon wire on my old Penn manuals that I had for 10 years too. I also know how to take care of downrigger cables.

I'm gonna switch to Spectra braid cables at some point. Anybody have an opinion on them?
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