No need for downriggers anymore. The newer equipment and baits get deep enough for the western basin by themselves. If you want to catch alot of fish I would troll pulling meat behind harnesses. The only problem with that is you are going to be sorting alot of fish. There is a huge class of fish right now that are around 14 inches. I feel like pulling the bigger crank baits eliminates the sorting a little bit.I was up last weekend and pulled bandit lures and deep husky jerks. I felt like we did pretty well, we got 24 on the first day and 15 on the second day, but we quit a little earlier on the second day before the evening bite picked back up. Harness speeds btwn 1.5 and 2 crank speeds btwn 2 and 2.5 maybe. The charters are fishing alot out around west sister. good luck