A friend of mine uses one of these opposite a downrigger. Saw it perform pretty well on silver lake.http://www.basspro.com/shop/en/davis-instruments-fish-seeker
BTW, what happened to fishegg?
The jet divers may be a better fit or those slide divers that were mentioned.. I've used jets before.. sometimes takes ALOT more line out the back to get desired depths, but also very effective
But they won't take the bait out to the side.Dipsies will.
Now why everyone gotta be talking about me...lmao......SeaHunt is correct for our NH waters....Lite Bite Sliders or nothing.....even the smallest of Dipsy's are not a wise NH choice....Down Riggers or Leadcores will produce our small NH game fish
Thanks, sorry if I wasn't clear, Ontario was a charter, never go there on my own. Also I fish Winni, off and on, all year. So my investments are focused on fishing winni.
And, there's no comparison between fighting a fish on light tackle vs a dipsy.
I know it may not be the answer you are looking for but if you are looking for a better fight from fish on winni in august another downrigger would be the way to go. I have stayed away from dipsys for all the reasons mentioned in this thread. I have only spoken with one gentlemen who used them on winni, but if he is to be believed he caught some nice lake trout with them. The lite bite set ups mentioned in this thread sound interesting to me, but I have not tried them yet.I fished winni this past Sunday, and we were lucky enough to land 3 very very nice salmon in short succession. 2 on leadcore, and one on the rigger. The one I caught was via the downrigger, and it was by far the best fight of the three.
I fished winni last weekend. Got no hits on my downrigger, but I'm still learning on them. On sunday my only hit was on a "mini diver," braided line, with a dodger and fly. flouro broke (or knot failed) after a few seconds of fighting. I think these little things max out at 30 ft so it was a surprise. They do make me a little nervous the way the cross behind the boat even on the "side" setting