Kokanee setup with inline planer boards?

[love2fishUtah]

How about running a dipsy diver off of a set up as shown in pics of the planner boards. No planner board, just a dipsy diver.

At the tail end of the diver, attached a downrigger release clip. Tension of the release on the DD so that it is not going to release when a fish takes the bait, rather the down rigger release will be released, then it is fish on with just you and the fish.

The DD is just taking the place of the ball essentially. to reset, bring in the diver and start all over.  This would allow for a long set back behind the diver, get the bait to the side of the boat, and remove the need for an expensive downrigger. 

Anyone ever try such a thing? I could not find anything online about a similar set up.  I would call it the A triple D (ADDD).

The diver could also be set out with a really stout pole to facilitate brining it back in to reset.

I would love to hear some feed back positive and negative.

I use pretty much the exact setup you describe to troll with my inflatable kayak (attached picture) without the planner boards, but most likely what I do could possibly be adapted. But I only have experience with the using this setup for my solution to trolling down deep with my kayak.

I use a deep sea pole essentially as the "down rigger". The pole has a reel with a line counter and 30lb braided line.  I use a dipsy diver set really tight to never "release."  I then use a standard trolling release clip, just as you would on a down rigger, to attach my 2nd pole with Kokanee or any other setup.  I have a chart that comes with the dipsy diver that tells me how much line to let out on the "down rigger" pole to get the dipsy down to the desired depth (based on trolling speed). It's not 100% accurate because the drag of the 2nd attached line tends to pull the dipsy diver back further, making the line/depth off some, but I normally can see the dipsy in my fishfinder and release more line until desired depth is reached.

When the fish hit, "jerk" the line to break it lose from the release clip and game on.  The dipsy diver stays down and generally out of the way while I bring in the fish. I have a two person kayak and if another person is with me that day they real in the dipsy diver line to be sure its out of the way.

The nice thing about this setup is that I get to fight the fish without fighting the dipsy diver as well. The normal dipsy diver setup has everything on the line with the fish and you really fight the dipsy way more then the fish. This two pole setup has the same result as you have when fishing with a down rigger.  

When we have two of us in the kayak we use two of these setups. The dipsy divers have a setting that allows them to be left/middle/right behind/below the boat. The settings can keep them off to the right/left 10-20 feet depending on depth. We send one off to the left and one to the right and then typically drag a normal pole as the third line down the center with a top water setup.

I know for those with real boats and down riggers all this is not of much interest, but for those that want to troll down deep (25'-60'+) without the expense of down riggers I can tell you it works.  Having rod holders for all the rods is the key to keeping it manageable.  

Hope this provides some insight as to whether or not your idea is viable.  As long as you are willing to put all the components together it definitely works for trolling without the planner boards. I have caught lots of fish with the setup. 

Now, introducing the planner boards is another story but those that are familiar with all the issues could most likely adapt this to work if it made sense.

Allen