Poor man's downrigger?
Was reading an article about kings and the guy was talking about using a poor man's downrigger.
Anyone used one of these?
Would it work to take about 50 feet of downrigger line, tie it off to a gunnel cleat, attached the weight ball, attach a release clip 3 feet or so above the ball, drop the ball down to the desired depth, run the bait from the clip about 40 feet ( or whatever distance) behind the ball?
What are the problems you run into with this idea?
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