Walker Downriggers

The type of downriggers we bought were Walker Cohos. They are manual downriggers. They are pretty good for the money - they are inexpensive but get the job done. We will upgrade someday in the future but they are holding up for now.

To mount the downriggers, I had to place some wooden blocks underneath because there are some short walls that come up in the back of our boat and the downrigger arms didn't clear them at first. The blocks are only 2 inches high and that was all that was needed.

It is a good idea to have an extra spool of downrigger wire (or a wire repair kit) on board the boat as well as an extra downrigger weight. We've already had to replace both in one season. They are not much money though, so it's nice to buy them upfront and that way we didn't miss out on much fishing time.