06-15-2020, 05:44 PM
If you are trying to get depth at a lower than downrigger cost these are a few options you may consider. There are more but my 2 cents worth.
1. Regular spinning reel with weight before your presentation.
2. Regular spinning reel with dipsy diver.
3. Regular spinning reel with Jet diver.
4. Level wind reel with lead core line.
With each of these you will be hard pressed to know for sure what depth your presentation is and to get it deep enough at times. That is where the rigger excels.
My experience has been that downriggers perform far superior to any of these.
Manual downriggers are I imagine what most of us started with. If you go that way then choose to upgrade later to electrics there is a good market for your used manuals there by reducing the pain a little bit.
We have been using manuals for some where in the neighborhood of 15 years. I would dearly love to change to elect. but i'm tighter than a knot on a $15.00 lure. I just can't seem to force myself to shell out the $. My bride of 40+ years keeps telling me to buy em but dadgum the knot sure is tight and I have not been able to break it yet.
1. Regular spinning reel with weight before your presentation.
2. Regular spinning reel with dipsy diver.
3. Regular spinning reel with Jet diver.
4. Level wind reel with lead core line.
With each of these you will be hard pressed to know for sure what depth your presentation is and to get it deep enough at times. That is where the rigger excels.
My experience has been that downriggers perform far superior to any of these.
Manual downriggers are I imagine what most of us started with. If you go that way then choose to upgrade later to electrics there is a good market for your used manuals there by reducing the pain a little bit.
We have been using manuals for some where in the neighborhood of 15 years. I would dearly love to change to elect. but i'm tighter than a knot on a $15.00 lure. I just can't seem to force myself to shell out the $. My bride of 40+ years keeps telling me to buy em but dadgum the knot sure is tight and I have not been able to break it yet.