Fishseeker

[shaune]

I found this little item on the net.

I wonder if it would be a good poormans downrigger.

Say for trolling squid.

Has anyone used one?

[Captain Spanner]

I think they are designed for smaller lures. The weight of the squid might effect how it tracks but if they are only cheap you could give it a go. It might be ok with squid strips that have less drag than a whole squid.

I used to use a snapper lead attached to a sliding sinker clip with light line as a poor mans downrigger. The reason for the Snapper lead and light line is so it can break away if you hook up on the bottom which happens a bit if you get the boat speed to sinker size ratio wrong or if you slow the boat down for a hook up. Torpedo sinkers track better than snapper leads but increase your chance of losing the lot if you do crash it into the bottom. Some guys use knife jigs as the weight for extra attraction but i think this could get expensive if you start to lose a few of them.

[shaune]

Thanks Captain.

I remember seeing a similar paravane type thing in a trout trollers tackle box a long time ago.

I guess it would be meant for that.

As you said though it might be worth a try.