I have used the electric and 1050 riggers for many years. ru-vid.comUgkxbjBedIFSQ6Y6rp8DrCC_aoWMZI8GUpmH I bought these lake trollers for my 15’ Grumman sport boat and they worked almost perfectly for fishing lake trout. The only negative is that they seemed sticky on the retrieval, so I removed the spool and greased the underside of the stainless steel plate with some lip balm (the only thing I could think to use that I had on the boat with me). Then they worked much more smoothly. I don’t recommend using these down riggers if you’re planning on fishing deeper than 50’ as you’ll spend more time cranking than you will fishing.
This is my first bit of knowledge on the use of Downriggers. I knew the term and what the apparatus looked like, but beyond that I could only rely on basic knowledge to understand how and why. You made this simple to comprehend. Thank you for the post. Thank you for the release at the end, good steward on your part.
*We tried this out finally yesterday and it worked awesome! **enjoyable.fishing** recommend it’s we put it on our 16 foot aluminum boat and trolled with it. We didn’t catch anything but it was still fun and worked awesome! Can’t wait to use this baby again and hopefully reel in a big ole fish! Very easy to install and set up.*
Big fan of the downrigger myself! Have a set of Uni-Trolls on my boat. They are a must for Freshwater Stripers, Salmon, lakers, etc. Its the best way to fish them in my opinion.
I have Scotty downriggers on my boat. Both electric. Electric is best because if you are alone and you get a fish, all you have to do is hit the button the it winds itself up put of the way. Its a lot less busier that way.
At that depth, wouldn't you say the one you released is dead? Just saying, we fizz 'em in the Spring out of 26ft deep water. We have to so that they stay upright and alive until weigh in. I'm not trying to start a debate or argument I am just wondering if we are going about things the wrong way and over thinking things.
I’d stop “fizzing” if I was you. Poking a hole in anything is no bueno. Use a descending device instead. Rig it up on a rod, clip it to your fish, and let the weight take the fish back to the bottom. Give it a little jerk, and it lets the fish go.
