03-24-2005, 11:43 PM
Don't waste your money on a wire rig. Buy the downrigger now.
The reel will cost 50 min. up to 100. The rod another 35 to 100. (35 for a stick, up to 100 for a nice rod.) Then there is the line. Your into it a min of 100.
There are $120 down riggers that will do the job fine for a boat like yours. The cannon sport troll the Scotty depth master and the Walker Lake Master. Of the three I have used the walker and cannon. I prefered the walker.
You do not need downrigger rods to fish down riggers. I have had several kinds of down rigger rods , but i usally choose to use my regular spinning or casting gear.
If cost is a real issue that is another reason to gear up with a rigger. You can fish 2 rods off a single rigger, they call it stacking.
The last and best reason to go riggers is CONTROL. With lead you "Hear" they are 6 colors down. You try to duplicate it.
With riggers you lower the balls to the depth you are marking on the finder and start trying to figure them out. With a wide anglr finder you can clearly see the ball line on the sounder. With riggers you can quickly change the depth of your lures and know what change you made.
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The reel will cost 50 min. up to 100. The rod another 35 to 100. (35 for a stick, up to 100 for a nice rod.) Then there is the line. Your into it a min of 100.
There are $120 down riggers that will do the job fine for a boat like yours. The cannon sport troll the Scotty depth master and the Walker Lake Master. Of the three I have used the walker and cannon. I prefered the walker.
You do not need downrigger rods to fish down riggers. I have had several kinds of down rigger rods , but i usally choose to use my regular spinning or casting gear.
If cost is a real issue that is another reason to gear up with a rigger. You can fish 2 rods off a single rigger, they call it stacking.
The last and best reason to go riggers is CONTROL. With lead you "Hear" they are 6 colors down. You try to duplicate it.
With riggers you lower the balls to the depth you are marking on the finder and start trying to figure them out. With a wide anglr finder you can clearly see the ball line on the sounder. With riggers you can quickly change the depth of your lures and know what change you made.
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