Rigging location for downriggers

on the counters. You read the counter. what I am talking about is the downrigger its self knows how much line went out. It does not rely on beads to stop it when it comes back up it counts the line. No sliding beads to let you down. If you have not had a bead move on you , your lying. Oh and its singles and bunks of course.
 
Jesus...I have opened a can of worms!

Folks, can't we all just get along? Rodney King
 
So w/ my very limited use of Scotty's, here's my experience.

They are simple to use. If someone can't figure it out, they should not be on a boat...or be allowed to vote or reproduce. :wink:

Never had the line come off the Scotty clip without me doing it or a fish hitting it. Granted my experience is limited but hey, that's what I noted.

What Roger said regarding electrical charges & the ocean. I do remember a little (very little) of my high school chemistry. :lol: And I like the KISS principle.

Have noticed the little stops sliding on the cable. I'm just really careful when I retrieve the ball, especially since I haven't owned any of the gear and I'd hate to lose a buddy's balls. :P

Belts? Sounds easy to replace.

I have not used Cannons or Penns or any until two yrs ago. We don't use these fancy contraptions to catch fish back in the warm waters from where I originate. Most are pelagic and attack anything on the surface like a white shark in S Africa. Rods, reels out-riggers and big lures and we troll fast.
 
starcrafttom":326mnrqj said:
Oh and its singles and bunks of course.
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Man, Tom - I'm impressed. We won't have to battle too much on this one at all...you're so close to getting it just right.

Singles always, but rollers on 16's. Bunks everywhere else.
 
Another tip, put two beads butted tight to each other on your cable. Stops them from sliding. Works with both metal or braided line. Have been doing this for alot of years now with no problems. Ain't lying.
 
You are all espousing the best of the brands, and here I sit still trying to figure out how a boat called and "Angler" has filled the gunnels with foam and no way to get the backing plates installed without cutting a big hole, gouging out the foam and being left with an ugly mess. Same goes for the rod holders.
Maybe I shouldn't be allowed on a boat either (at least not a power boat, my sail boat is much more straight forward). :roll:
 
turtleblues":1ruvq55z said:
...and here I sit still trying to figure out how a boat called and "Angler" has filled the gunnels with foam and no way to get the backing plates installed without cutting a big hole, gouging out the foam and being left with an ugly mess. Same goes for the rod holders.
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On 16/19 Anglers with their huge gunnels, there's a great solution - Tempress Tackle Hatches.

See here.
 
On my 25 I placed the downriggers as Roger posted at each aft corner with pedestals. I Really like them at that location. It may be too far of a reach for some. I use railing mount pole holders forward of the downrigger for easier pole handling.

I also placed an additional 2 railing mounts sold by Scotty at each side of the first railing upright at the gunnel if I need to use more than 2 downriggers.

The aft mounts are more stable than the railing mounts.

And they catch fish!!!

Good luck.
 
For those of you having problems with the Scotty stop slipping on the line and not stopping your retrieve in the right place, just put a drop of Gorilla glue on the line under the stop. You'll never have that problem again.
 
now dont you canadian's go getting your tuque is a wad. :shock: I was just pointing out to the many " buy USA only" types around here where their downriggers come from.
 
Mark,
I'm a little late getting to the trough on this one however, I have two electric Scottys and a manual Penn on Seahooked. I use the Scotty rail mounts centered on the vertical rail close to the stern. With these rail mounts you need to cut a board to rest against the gunnel and support the mount. I also added a custom horizontial block to give added support to the vertical rail (as I pull shrimp pots with an adjacent pulley at this location as well) which can be seen in the photo.

http://www.c-brats.com/albums/Mods/IMG_1524.jpg

For the Penn I have a rotating mount on the port side rear of the gunnel (behind the rail). It allows the long Penn extension to swing over the outboard. There is just enough room to remove the downrigger (from the swivel mount) in this location.

I'm very happy with both the Scottys and the Penn.


 
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