I watched a video about that on YouTube, it looked like a cool way to put meat in the boat, and I was surprised at the bends big Kings put on those rods.
I know salmon trolling is a fishing technique that predates sport downriggers. Was all trolling done with meatlines back then?
No, we trolled with deep sixes, just a banana weight with a cut plug herring etc.
What was really fun is taking light trout spinning rods and trolling with a 1/2 ox or less of weight plus a cut plug herring for coho.
We mooched a lot also and the Penn 109’s got a good workout. A good bite while mooching is hard to beat.
SF