We have stopped using downriggers on Lake Erie for walleye. Our catch rates are successful using Dipsey Divers, braid line with snap on sinkers, leadcore rigs or inline planers. The game plan is not so much to get the lures to the depths, but get the lures away from the boat. When the water temperatures are under 65 degrees F. the walleyes are suspended in the water column. Warmer waters bring us to using dipseys out to 375 feet out at times. 60 foot of water is only 3 automobile lengths and with the clearer water, the boat spooks the fish away from underneath and behind the boat. You have to get away from the boat and its track. Save some money and get 6 rod holders. And you do not have a downrigger in the way to net your fish.