Reply With QuoteThere are a lot of good trolling aides, downriggers are the best for absolute depth control, but are a pain unless they are electric, and you keep a close eye onyour sonar. I'm using diving planes by lurh jensen, theywork well, they come in sizes that run from 10 ft down to 40 ft down, need a pretty good rod to hansdle them though. A cheap easy system is bottom bouncers, but use them as weights. I use seveeral weights, down to 4 ounces.I uase 20 lb braid, so I let out various lenghts of line, and then using a dropper on a bouncer, attach it to the main line with a rubber band, break off the band when reeling in and make sure it drops into the boat[learned the hard way]. snap weights also are an option. Invest inthat book trhat tells you the depth a lure will run with different amountsof line.Dipsys work, but sink when not being trolled,the lurh jensen divers come to the top.