Divers also act as fish attractors due to their color and shape. With a downrigger you will be able to work all depths and will have the added advantage of no weights between you and the fish once hooked. Dodgers can be used as attractors in conjunction with a spoon behind a downrigger with good results. Allow 12 to 18 inches of leader between spoon and dodger. Shorter leaders produce more frantic and faster spoon action while longer one result in slower action.
Flashers are yet another kind of attractor that can be used with a spoon behind a downrigger.
Al produce a deliberate, slow roll which often is favored by species such as Chinook and lake trout. Because of the rotating nature of the flasher, spoons trailed behind must have more leader than that used with dodgers. When the temperature is right in fresh water, coho salmon are surface or shallow water oriented and can be found, for the most part, at depths less than 50 feet. Specific spoons geared for coho fishing include the Loco , Rattlesnake, Coyote, Krocodile and Super Duper. When compared with coho, fresh water Chinook prefer deeper water.