The cheater is a leader that is attached to a second lure . This leader and lure combination is attached to the line on the fishing rod several feet above the weight. If you have been keeping count, we now have two lures on each rod attached to a downrigger. If we run five downriggers we have a total of ten lures in the water. Divers are the third main way we run lures .
Divers come in a few varieties but they all work similarly.
A diver is a device that is attached to the line on the fishing rod that pulls the lure down, back and away from the boat. A diver will carry the lure as deep as 80 - 90 feet. When a fish strikes the lure that is on a leader behind the diver, it trips a release that allows the diver to stop pulling the lure down, back and away. The person operating the fishing rod now can fight the fish with a minimal amount of interference from the diver mechanism. Many of our largest fish tend to be caught on the divers.