Why would you not use your downriggers???
We only usually have 2 people on boat with no autopilot and run 6 rod spread. Downrigger off each side then dipsy or 2 off each side depending if we wanna try to run copper off boards on each side. We also run just a spoon off our downrigger rods and just attach a attractor 5-6 ft straight off the back of the ball, then make our downrigger release 3ft above the ball and let the line out at least 5-6 feet past the attractor sometimes 20 just depending what we wanna try. I'm sure there are better ways to run stuff but it works well for us.