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 Downrigger  

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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