Just to stir the pot:

Keep downriggers but ban all electronic fish locating, finders, get back to the day when fishermen, were fishermen !!!!!

I do not use any downriggers in my fishing. I do use a Hummingbird 597 ci hd di but 99.9% of use is for water depth, boat speed, and water temperature, way over kill for what I use it for.

No electronics would sure change the charter boat fishery......hehehehe

Happy New Year, to all !!!!!!

Go Hawks!!!!!!!!