HELP!!!

[Fishhound]

A downrigger is kind of "overkill" for a toon. I have tried it, but with only "limited" success. You should really get some more info on it - and share it with me. I used a Cannon mini troll with a 4 pound weight. It turned out for me to be too much work and hassle and took up too much time away from actually fishing. Also, I found that the downrigger affected the handling characteristics of my toon(a very robust motorized 12 footer with 4 separtate pontoons) to the point of being difficult to operate and fish at the same time. If your toon is smaller than mine, the downrigger will have even a more dramatic effect on the performance of your watercraft.

Maybe I was putting too much into it or something, but, unless you can find some more workable "techniques", I would say "leave your downrigger on your boat and use your toon for other kinds of fishing".
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