I started fishing this year with the flasher hanging off a line hooked to the downrigger ball. The lure is 10 foot above that off of a release hooked to the downrigger cable.

Last year we had the flasher back 30 foot behind the ball and the lure also 30 foot back where it was above the flasher.

This year I'll play with that distance and try it a little shorter.

We were using light rods that way and it made it easier to fight the fish and also easier to see when we had a shaker on that couldn't trip the release.
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zen leecher