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Originally Posted by icelogger
Has anyone ever tried trolling a Dipsy Diver and a Flasher/Dodger with a surface iron or spoon in the ocean? You can troll really deep with Dipsy Divers without a down rigger. It's a pretty simple and effective way to get a lure down deep fishing off the yak.
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I used to fish Salmon with them up North with Krocks behind them. They work but I prefer a downrigger. More control, more strikes, better fight with a downrigger.
The real problem with a Dipsy Diver is they are not designed for really huge fish and you will end up hooking threshers with them.
Better are drone planers, which are pretty indestructible.
I've got a full set of those but have not used one in over a decade.
In the Gulf you need to rig the whole thing with wire or your just going to get it cut off by Kings or Sharks. They will also chew it up a DD in short order. Once again you'd be better off using drones. You have to rig those with wire in the Gulf as well, but at least toothy critters won't destroy them. You want a minimum of a foot of wire in front of the drone and 3 to 6 feet of nylon coated stainless braided between it and the spoon. I like single strand wire in front braided in the rear because the single strand cuts through the water better, but braided gives the spoon more action.
Jim