On down riggers...

[kjackson]

As part of me recapturing my garage by getting rid of things I'm not using, I ran across a pair of manual downriggers that have been sitting idle since we moved from Puget Sound.  So... I'm thinking they are h8gh on the list.  I'll be fishing Truman and the upper end of LOZ and maybe Stockton.  I can see the possibility of their utility in the deeper water of Truman and maybe Stockton.  

Is that really practical?  Is there any kind of fishery that suggests they might be useful? I realize that I can use them, but I can't see that they might be a bonus tactic given that I've seen zero reports on downriggers being used around here.

Inquiring minds want to know...

TIA

[Quillback]

Used to use them all the time back in my salmon fishing days.  I see a few in use on Beaver for people fishing for stripers.  

[Terrierman]

That's how all the cool kids slaughter paddlefish.