I run two lines out roughly 40 feet on planer boards & about 50 feet behind the boat with no sinker. The second set goes out half way between the outside boards & the boat at least 40 feet back & about 60/75 feet back from the planers with .5 oz trolling sinker. The third set are long lines along side the boat with 1 oz sinkers and about 10 - 12 'lines' across the spool (equals about 100 feet). The trolling sinkers have swivels. I generally run about .7 to 1.2 mph. If the breeze picks up, I hafta' run a little faster & may need to increase sinker weight. The breeze causes irregularities in my trolling pattern, increasing the bait's chance to swim free or drag the bottom. I generally like a size 4, short shank/wide gap hook.

If I'm marking fish down deep, I'll run two live bait down on my downiggers just above their patterned depth.

And I encourage everyone in the boat to move about quietly, kinda' like my grandfather & father usta' require when I was little, so many years ago............

Sometimes it works, but I'm always willing to try something else........