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Offline Jburke

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Re: My New floater
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2019, 06:49:51 PM »
Thanks, I’m pretty excited about it. I kept the kicker and bow mount off the old boat. I’ll get myself a new fishfinder sometime this week probably and I’ve got my eyes open for a couple electric cannons at the moment. I figured if I’m going all in on a boat I might as well spend the extra grand on the downriggers now rather than in a year. Manual ones are ok but get old after awhile


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Re: My New floater
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2019, 07:40:29 PM »
Electric downriggers are the way to go. Only have used mine a few times koke fishing. No regrets spending the extra money on them. Now after a few trips I’m thinking my terrova iplot might need a kicker for a friend. Still a little early to tell. But it looks like something in my future.
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My New floater
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2019, 07:40:43 PM »
Nice looking boat.  I have the same trailer, they must be getting popular.

The new Mercs are amazing, the reliability, power and efficiency are so far beyond what I expected.

Keep an eye on used riggers, lots of guys want the latest and greatest and good condition riggers are easy to fix and maintain and are well worth the investment.


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Re: My New floater
« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2019, 08:46:54 AM »
I snagged a couple of new Cannon’s on amazon last night actually for a good price. We’ve started using the downriggers more the last couple years fishing salmon and over on CDA, plus I want to start fishing Pend Oreille since I’m so close. Fishing deep sucks with manuals!


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Re: My New floater
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2019, 12:38:42 PM »
 :tup: jburke
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