Scotty 2500 pot puller

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C Dory Year
1990
C Dory Model
22 Angler
Hull Identification Number
WN 9108 LK
Vessel Name
Pacemaker
With the Christmas season approaching is there a Scotty pot puller on its way for the guy who has already bought everything?
Have any of you tested this out yet?
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Our cruising buds have one. Used it with them for shrimp in SE AK last summer - works great!
 
The Scotty pot puller is $400 sale price at johns sporting goods
 
I was considering the Scotty puller as well but opted for the ace line hauler instead. The Scotty has a very short boom that may cause your traps to scrap along the hull, maybe this is a none issue. Quality wise the Scotty has a lot of plastic on it as well, seems to me the ace line hauler is of a much higher quality.
Jeff
 
dutch123":184q84g7 said:
I was considering the Scotty puller as well but opted for the ace line hauler instead. The Scotty has a very short boom that may cause your traps to scrap along the hull, maybe this is a none issue. Quality wise the Scotty has a lot of plastic on it as well, seems to me the ace line hauler is of a much higher quality.
Jeff
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I've looked it over, and am pretty sure that there's good strength to the scotty. Plastic can get pretty strong. They make football helmets out of plastic. That said, I am dealing with the same decision, and I will be installing a proper davit, 6.5' tall, with the new Ace power head and sheave. They are pretty reasonable. I don't want to do a downrigger mount device because I will be using this gear to pull a longline as well as pots. A sting of halibut can get pretty squirrely and I don't trust a downrigger mount to handle the movement.

I got lucky and scored a nice aluminum davit for $50. It would have added about $450 to get one made. I'll likely spend a little money modifying it and mounting the Ace puller and sheave.
 
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