downrigger
Americannoun
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It took only 15 minutes of trolling in front of Shilshole Bay before the first rod popped off the downrigger, and assistant athletic trainer Brian Ball landed a nice pink salmon.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2011
While you can find fish just below the surface the vast majority we caught were done by pulling out 60 or more feet of line before clipping it to the downrigger.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2011
I had, however, lost two entire downrigger set-ups, 12-pound ball, snubber, rudder, cable and all.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2011
The lightning arced through the cockpit and exited into the water via the downrigger cable, shearing off the ball; the remainder of the cable was welded into a solid mass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Poe hooked our first big king on a live Spanish mackerel she jigged up from a school and quickly deployed on a downrigger.
From Time Magazine Archive
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