Don't set your dipsey at zero.
You want to get get it as far away from the boat as possible, to get a wider troll pattern. This allows you to cover more water and troll more lines.

You should be setting at 2 and a half or 3 with the weight on the bottom of the dipsey, on the inside (closest to the boat). So the port side dipsey will be set opposite of the starboard dipsey.

The only way you should be running dipsey's set at zero is if your running 3 dipsey's on each side of the boat.

If you are running 3 per side, set one at .5 or zero, the middle one at 1.5 and the outside one at 2.5 or 3.


The closer to the boat, the deeper they run. Try to get all 3 running at different depths until you hone in on where the fish are hitting then adjust the others by controlling how much line you let out.

You can also run mini-dipseys on planer boards.


When it comes to Lake Erie, the farther away from the boat you can get, the better you are. The fish can see your boat coming and will fan away from the boat.

Good luck next trip


Puking dog