06-09-2020, 02:38 PM
(06-09-2020, 04:51 AM)Jmorfish Wrote: Trying to get a little advice here...I have an older (very capable) 16' FiberForm boat, nicely set up for trolling, using 1 manual downrigger on each side...I know how to stack, I do stack once in awhile...I hate stacking....so I've been using a planer board mostly for my second rod....I have purchased a third manual Cannon DR, and would like to install it on the side that I usually use (starboard)....This new one is the UNI-troll 10 STX, with the extendable boom and swivel base......this extendable boom would get my second line further away from my first line by about 4', and my intent is to have less line tangles, and be able to put that second line at the depth I want....or maybe that's troller's utopia?...Any of you guys have any experience with two down riggers on the same side, on a boat that's not 18' or bigger? Cuz I know they're pretty nice on your bigger boats, and often they're all electric....for where I go, manual does fine....tks for any thoughts....
I run a little 14' Lund. Im set up to run 4 down riggers ( 2 on each side. I use the 10 STX and the uni troll. Have very few problems. Problems arise mostly when letting out to much line for shallower fish and making sharp turns. Every now n again a cazy fighting fish swimming across lines can cause a problem. Overall works great. I run the extendable booms at the front position and the shorter rigger at the rear position on each side. Then I swivel the shorter riggers close to the boat.