Directional down rigger balls

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Thanks for the info. Yours sound better than the ones you buy. I've read good and bad on the forums with the ones you buy (only bad is they don't work and actually create a mess if you don't troll fast enough). I am a fan of the pancake weights. The reason I mentioned white is the pancake weight I have now is white and I consistently catch more fish on that set up than the other side with a ball on (identical set ups) I've gone as far as to switch rods and still caught more with the white pancake weight. The pancake is lighter than the ball, I'm guessing 6 or 8 lb vs 0 lb ball. Just a crazy theory that color of the weight may have something to do with it? Could be it's simply a pancake weight and the depth will never be exactly the same as the ball on the other side (although I do adjust the depth to try and get it close).
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