i bought all the trolling equipment line counters on 7ft ugly sticks,dipseys,jet 30s and 40s and 20s 30 michigan stingers used them for a season caught fish then sold them all invested the money into making harnesses and i just like the feel of the walleye hitting that lure when it bends your pole over like a snag and you set the hook and fight the fish even though there are days when trolling is the only way to go i do not enjoy trolling like i do drifting with worms fished lake erie for 35 years some years have been tough some great but my opinion casting and working bottom bouncers and the spring jig which was very good this year now that's walleye fishing on lake erie. fishing will pick up when the lake settles down