The junk can be limited if you take your worms off,and run some real size baits. I never run worms anymore,waste of time cleaning junk off, like CB said. Dipsys are easy to run no arguement there, inline boards would be great for two guys as well, when I say boards I dont only mean big ones. How many guys you see in FLW Walleye Circuit running dipsys?  They run 4 inline boards normally,going 1.5-.9 mph. Dipsys have a place for sure. I would much rather run my 10,7,5, color core lines off my boards. When the fish move down below 40ft, I just get the led out for my plugs. I would rather have dipsys for walleye over riggers.

Seen your boat for sale on walleye.com you get something new dan?

yawn....

ORIGINAL: kingsalmon

bucket,
if i get you right ur saying that the boards are a must an def catch more fish? i have ben getting a lot of the rigers last few years due to the good numbers like you said.  so they riggers are used to get way down at the bottom for the lakers right?  where as the bords are excelent for the suspended fish like the eyes.  right?

 
Boards cover more water, If you know how to use lead you can get your boards down to the bottom as well. Walleye dont always suspend,I was on my friends boats we were in the second trench pulling bottom bouncers and pulling up hogs. The majority will be suspended but often the bigger fish can tolerate the colder water better.I plan on running my 10 and 7 color leacore line for lakers and i plan on it working well in spring. I also have a 200 ft copper I am gonna try as well. Its all in what you know how to use, and wanna do. Someday I might not feel like all the work and just use dipsys and riggers, hasnt ever happened but it might someday tho. If you dont have an experienced crew some of this stuff will seem impossible. Try your own methods and decide what you like thats what matters.

ORIGINAL: kingsalmon

bucket,
if i get you right ur saying that the boards are a must an def catch more fish? i have ben getting a lot of the rigers last few years due to the good numbers like you said.  so they riggers are used to get way down at the bottom for the lakers right?  where as the bords are excelent for the suspended fish like the eyes.  right?

 
You got it.  Boards, dipsies, jets, riggers, they are all just tools to get the job done.  Some days, only certain tools will work for you, some days, they all work, and some days, you want to throw all your "tools" into the lake and sink your boat because you are marking a TON of fish and nothing will bite!  That's fishing. 
 
A couple years ago, I got invited to go along on a trip and the riggers caught most of the fish that day.  We were out from the nut in 58' to 65' of water and if the rigger ball wasn't tapping the bottom and the Pro King spoon wasn't 50' off the downrigger ball, we wouldn't get a hit.  They were all "eaters" at 20-22" and most weren't releasing so I would check the downrigger lines every 7-10 min. and most times, there'd be a wally dragging. 
 
Part of the fun of fishing is figuring out what is working on a particular day.
 
If you need some help and want someone to help out with fuel sometime this summer, let me know.  If the wife lets me, I'll take a run up and fish with you and show you some things.  Like I said though, it is best to get your set-up on your boat right.  If it were me, I'd have 4 riggers (2 out the back used most of the time and 2 out the sides that would hardly ever be used but there, just in case), 2 dipsy rod holders per side mounted on the gunnel just in front of (towards the bow) from the side riggers (these rod holders should be very strong/stout and mounted as parallel to the water as possible) and 3 vertical rod holders per side mounted on the gunnel in front of the dipsy rod holders for planer board lines.  It is important to have them vertical and use the same rods/reels/line/lures for each side when running multiple board lines.  This way, you can easily tell if you have a small fish dragging and not released from the board line by "reading" the rod tips.  Have a single center planer mast with double reels mounted near the bow or two single reel masts, one mounted on each side of the boat depending on where you can mount things.  Make sure they are as tall as possible.  You want as sharp of an angle as you can get (within reason) from the planer mast to the board to let the releases slide out the line easier.  Do some research and look at several Erie Charter's websites and check out the set-ups on their boats to get some ideas.

I think it is best not to get too hung up on any one method.  Some days only one thing will work and if you aren't using it you can be out of luck.

Because I only often get out on 2 to 3 days a week when the bite starts (the most obvious clue that they are hittin good is typically that the board gets veeeeerrrrrrrryyy quiet).  I will often start my troll 15 to 20 ft shallower than the reports from the bait shop and then throw the sink at em, drop 2 balls, throw the boards out and run some dipsys, then I will run that setup until I figgure out what the answer that day is (usually only takes about 1 hr once everything is set up) sometimes, but not often, it changes throughout the course of a day too.  That is part of what I think is fun about fishing the big pond.

its more like a house boat compaired to wat i had storm lol