Trolling for trout and salmon with downriggers and flatlines. Downrigger are devices used while trolling to keep a bait or lure at the desired depth. Using a downrigger is the best way to accomplish this, by far. The book is packed with information that will help you choose the right downrigger for your boat. A downrigger is an additional fishing tool like any other but it wont. Mark romanack is an outdoor writer, book author, fishing educator and host of. Protroll fishing products downrigger fishing techniques. This rig is set back behind the boat 10 to 20 feet, attached to the downrigger line. And by using the downrigger, i can run the bait with a very long leader. Dick pool designed and developed downriggers for over 20 years.
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