Dipsy Divers

[lawman]

Always looking for new techniques. What do these things do for you when trolling. Can you troll smaller lures with them? What type of rod do you need to handle the drag?

[PerchJerker]

I've used them at times, mostly for salmon and lake trout, and a few times for walleyes. They're designed to take small baits like stick baits and spoons to greater depths, and they give you excellent depth control as long as you know how much line you have out.

I have caught walleyes behind them, although other methods have always outfished them for walleyes for me. But the trout and salmon seem attracted to bright flashy things in the water so they're ideal for those species. I think some of the walleye guys on Lake Erie use dipsys, but I don't know if they do anything unique in their rigging.

Hope that helps a bit.

[Northlander]

For me I only use Dypsies when I want baits down and away from the boat. If you only want baits down there are better options. Leadcore, snap weights, inline weights, bottom bouncers and 3 ways.

Getting a dypsie set right so when a fish hits it realeases is a game of trial and eror and it differs when using different baits. Spinners you set real light, spoons and sticks a bit tighter and deep diving cranks even tighter.

If Im using them for walleyes I like the clear ones. If going after salmon and trout Ill use flashy or bright colored ones. They act as a atractor then.

You can also pull small flashers and flies behind them as well as spin n glows.

Get a small one and try it and see if you like it.

I run mine on a 9' Med heavy dypsie rod.

I also run Power Pro to my dypsie wich makes the release better. A rubber dypsie snubber is good to use to take the shock out of hard hitting fish when using the no stretch superlines.

[tacklejunkie]

Always looking for new techniques. What do these things do for you when trolling. Can you troll smaller lures with them? What type of rod do you need to handle the drag?

I love them!!! There is a learning curve but they have outproduced the downriggers for me. You can troll anything with them but large crankbaits may get a little tricky. I use both 9.6 heavy rods and for my transom dipseys a 8.6 medium rod.

I use power pro because they dive better and it's easier to trip them. I tried with snubbers and without and don't see any real difference although I am just fishing walleyes and lakers. No salmon as of yet.

Get the DownEast rod holders.