Most guys run two or three riggers! I run two & $20 for a release that is bulletproof is cheap. Chamberlains are the best IMO & I can find better ways to save $20
I have found the further East you go the lighter the bites usually are! Barcelona & west walleye take a lure & release off the big boards. Dunkirk to Buffalo you will drag a few big fish off boards & riggers, have to check lines often.