I am a firm believer in quality equipment. Spare no expense. Rather than purchasing 2 or 3 of an inexpensive product, get 1 very good product. I love downriggers. I love knowing the exact location of my bait. I often outfish others due to the precision of the presentation. They are however expensive. You need to troll 1.6mph early then up to 2.2 later. You can control speed with buckets, drift socks, prop plates etc. I would recommend picking up 2 down riggers, 2 size 1 dipseys, 2 yellow bird inline boards and 6 quality trolling outfits with line counters.