Quick intro

[letterman1]

Hello everyone, my buddy put me on to this forum and I hope to steal some knowledge from other members.  I've always been a steelhead/bass angler but last year I gave downrigging a try on Lake O, out of Whitby, Ontario.  Man, what a steep learning curve downrigging is, it's completely different from anything I've done before, and yes I made my fair share ( probably too many ) mistakes last season.  I drive a 16'9" Lowe with a 90 4 stroke, great for calm days, not so great for choppy days.  I'm cutting my teeth on dipsy's and recently purchased my first downrigger, a manual Invader series.  The issue I was having was my narrow gunnels, too narrow for a track system, hopefully the Invader will solve this issue.  I'm taking baby steps into this stuff and hoping for a successful year, last year I caught 3 lol.  Anyway, have a safe year out there, may the fish gods be generous to us all.

Jason

 

Edited March 20, 2021 by letterman1

[whaler1]

Welcome Jason!


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[Hachimo]

Welcome to the site.  No need to “STEAL” info.  Lol.  Lots of great members here with tons of knowledge that are always willing to help. Definitely look into dipseys. I started with just riggers.  Didnt want to overwhelm myself with the learning curve. Dipseys are easyto use and When I incorporated them in my spread my numbers more then doubled.  
Best of luck this season.