Downriggers are best but the next best thing is dipsy divers.
With a dipsy you can prescisely control the depth of your presentation and there is no guessing (as there is with weights or other diving assit products). A line counter reel (Okuma has one for around $50) is a big help here.
Once you mark the fish, determine where they are holding, it's just a matter of letting the right amount of line out according to the dipsy chart (provided in the pkg).
My guess is the lakers are going to be holding down from 50'-80' this time of year and you need to get your presentation down to where most of the fish are. Sure there are some that move up a little higher but the concentration of fish is where you want to be.
Best method, run the dipsy, 36", to a silver flasher (or dodger if you prefer a slower wobble), 30", and then to a spoon. We like Williams wobblers as the wobble seems to work better than other types of spoons on lakers.
Make sure you use a bead chain or a few extra swivels. Start to troll 1.5 to 2.2 for lakers and vary the speed a little.You will see if it a "like it faster" day or "slow it down" day.
I have used ford fenders, willow leafs instead of the flasher but it seems, inevitably, the flasher works better.
You will catch them.
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