MULTIPLE LINES ON ONE
DOWNRIGGER

TWO RODS ON ONE DOWNRIGGER

One of the reasons I am partial to the Scotty Downrigger is that it allows stacking of more than one line on a downrigger. At times this is more desirable than using two downriggers, particularly when you have to go extremely deep and there is a risk of tangles with two separate downriggers. The Scotty has an extra wide three-directional pulley at the end of the arm. This pulley will allow line stops to wind right through and onto the downrigger wheel. You can use extra line stops to hook a second release about 10 to 15 feet up the braided wire line. As an alternate, you can use the Scotty snapper release with its stainless wire gripper attached up the wire line. Two lines are then trolling: one 10 to 15 feet above the other. This system is also good when searching for the exact depth of the fish. Lures can be placed at different depths until the fish are located. Before you hook multiple rods to your downrigger, you should be sure you know the local fishing regulations.

When using this system care should be taken to keep one monofilament line on each side of the wire downrigger line. This is necessary to avoid tangles when a fish hits one of the lures (see diagram).

TWO LURES ON ONE ROD
ON ONE DOWNRIGGER

The Scotty system allows two separate lures on one rod and reel and one downrigger. Two release clips are hooked on the same fishing line, one 15 to 20 feet above the other. The bottom release is hooked normally just as though you were only going to fish one line. A belly is then pulled in the line and another release clip is hooked 15 or 20 feet up. A stainless steel snap and a conventional leader and lure are snapped into the loop formed between the release clips (see diagram). When a fish hits either lure he will pop both releases. The bottom leader will disappear as the stainless snap slides to the end of the line. This avoids leader tangles.

Double lure setups require some extra rigging time, but when the fishing is slow they can often spell the difference between fish and no fish.