How to Troll with a Downrigger

Downriggers are great tools to have on a boat for fishing! In this video we’ll share how to use them when you are trolling, there advantages and disadvantages, and some tips to setting them up.
Here is our other video on downriggers for more information:
How to Rig a Fishing Downrigger
• How to Rig a Fishing D...
0:20 - What a downrigger is
1:05 - What we use downriggers to troll for
1:25 - Speeds to troll at
2:30 - What line to use on your downrigger (mono, braid, or wire)
3:28 - How far back to run live bait on a downrigger
4:00 - How deep to troll your downriggers
5:18 - Turning while trolling with downriggers
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[@ED-ti5tc]

I need one. I bought a downrigger weight and tied a small rope to it and a quick release. Same concept but more work. Lol This is probably a dumb question but when you're trolling,do you use both engines or just one and alternate them through the day?

[@jjthurne5206]

One engine and alternate them

[@josephbenjamin2837]

Is it possible to troll hard bait lures on a down rigger? What speed you prefer trolling hard baits

[@DirtySouth33T]

Jeremy are yalls mounted to the boat? or do you guys have the rod holder ones? I have an old cannon set but I lost the base for them when i sold my old boat. not sure if i wanna add a new base plate or get the ones that go in the rod holders. thanks man

[@jjthurne5206]

Go with the rod holder ones

[@ReelHazardous]

The boat came with them mounted but I would prefer the ones that go in a rod holder for more flexibility.

[@walterkarpowski4390]

Nice video. Any reason you didn’t mention using a snubber between the weight and the downrigger line?

[@ReelHazardous]

When you say snubber are you talking about a rubber ball in the line? I had heard those were used on wire to dampen the hum it makes in the water. Since I use mono I didn’t need it.