Give it a whirl ............ as long as you know the lake well enough not to come into shallows or humps and loose your gear ..... one break off can be pretty expensive.
I have also used planner boards, made myself, on a mast, for some excellent success out here ............ I got some strange looks here in Alberta (and on this sask lake) but I also brought in fish to the cleaning shack too ....
Or used portable planner boards that just snap onto your line to get a spread.
And even downriggers on lakes where you normally don't see them ....
................ why not?