I leave the boat running at speed until we are positive the fish is on. then slow the boat down to an idle to keep it going in a straight line. Kings I will kick it in nuetral and pull everything in. Silvers , pinks i have had to many doubles and triples and even two times had four fish on at once. You can man handle the silvers a little easier. get electrics they are so much easier to pull back in and check especially if you getting a lot of shakers. make sure you use the green bungies between the end or you downrigger line and weight. Buy a bunch of extra released and halibut clips for them. I have lost a few and also got to much smelly jelly on them a couple of times so they wouldnt work. Check out scotty downriggers and their website the have some good info on how to use and they talk about speed and depth with different downrigger weights so you know how deep you really are. I actually stack my downriggers running 4 poles off two down riggers. When clipping your line to the release you dont have to be back to far just enough to let the flasher work I like 20 feet on the lower clip and 30 on the upper. I have run them as short as 10 and it still works. Keep a tight line down to the release you will have less slack or loose line when a fish takes the lure meaning quicker hookset. Also helps the release let go easier because of the tension. Good luck I rarley fish any other way.