Several downrigger styles are available. Electric downriggers are standard on most charter boats. An electric 'rigger deploys and reels in the downrigger weight, which may weigh 10 or 12 pounds or ...

A Lake Superior troller, John Ehlers grew tired of losing fish. He knew it happened when his line was momentarily slack after it released from a downrigger cable or a planer board. So Ehlers started ...

Capt. Mark Houghtaling used to think that downriggers were a joke. Then he discovered that the joke was on him. “I used to have some clients from Michigan who booked me every year and they hated ...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to fish for walleye and sauger at Lake of the Woods, a rather large body of water located where Minnesota and Canada come together. While there, I learned just ...