Trolling for MACs

[dubob]

A2F, manual DRs are okay and do the job.  But I would HIGHLY recommend that you investigate using a device called a Shuttle Hawk (Mack's Lures).  Here is a link to a youtube video that shows you what it is and how to use  it.



The video shows using it for a stacked line above your DR weight line.  What I am suggesting is that you use it without stacking - let it go all the way down to the DR weight depth.  When you get a strike, the fishing line  releases from the Shuttle Hawk and the Shuttle Hawk returns to the surface while you catch the fish.  After the fish is caught, just reattach the line to the Shuttle Hawk and send it back down.  You will completly eliminate the need to hand crank your DR weight all the way up and all the way back down with each fish caught.  Send it down once when you start and bring it back up when you're done for the day.  Also, I use Off Shore releases (White) for all my DR fishing.  And you can adjust the DR weight depth up or down with little effort and no line releases while doing so.