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What is a downrigger?

What is a downrigger? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (fishing) A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.
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Downrigger weights, lead-core lines and heavier lead weights remain legal.
In 30 feet of water, for instance, you might troll one downrigger silver eel at 10 feet, and the second downriggereel at 20 feet.
HammerHead's 12-ton pulling winch, the HydroGuide HG12 with patented, self-deploying downrigger, supports the new process.
When the graph climbed to 40 feet, we cranked the downrigger balls up to 35 to keep the lures out of the weeds.
Cannon is the leader in controlled-depth fishing and includes a full line of downrigger products and accessories.
The fish snapped at a sardine trolled 100 feet down on a downrigger while he was fishing with pals off Vancouver Island.

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