06-16-2020, 04:31 AM
JB -- I'm no pro here, but have been trolling about 6 years now, and love it....I know you will too, especially when you get geared up a little better....I agree with a lot that's been said here by some good trollers, and so I'm just adding my $ .02....If you know you'll be doing alot of trolling, and have the $, get good elec. downriggers....If you want to start a little slower, going a little at a time, then get one or two manuals, good used ones or new...That'd be my first purchase....and get out and practice....then later maybe try a Shuttle Hawk or the extra clip for stacking, or just use your extra rod out the back of the boat like you're doing now...referring to 'trolling depth/weight' charts can get you down pretty deep for some of those kokes also....I would never say 'no' to an in-line, store bought planer board system....yeah, you might lose a fish now and then at the 'de-plane' stage while reeling in, but you're also catching a lot of fish you may not otherwise have, because you're covering more territory, and you're not getting tangled up because you were stacking....Hopefully you've fished with others with downriggers and planers, to see how they are doing it....or at docks/marinas, chat with guys and look at their set-up....then just go for it...Guluk...