Downrigger Location on Small Boats

[pickardjw]

Good idea Stein, was thinking of doing something like that. Need a good bonker too anyways!

[Stein]

When the coho rodeo is in full swing around the derby weekends, you don't want to be leaning over the side any more than you absolutely have to.  It also allows you to keep the balls in the water when fully retrieved which prevents them from swing all around and either breaking off or smashing against your boat.  I adjust my stops so they are just low enough to stay in the water but high enough to generally be out of the way when netting or fish running sideways at the last minute.

[pickardjw]

Picked up an extendable tiller handle so I can stand while running for duck season. It's a little weak at the shaft connection point so I'm going to stick a dowel up in there to stiffen it up. One dowel, two uses!

[lokidog]

For your releases, run them on 6' (or even more) of 150ish pound mono.  Then, get a broom stick, cut the broom off and screw in an open eye hook.  Use that to grab the mono from the release and you don't have to lean over.

You can also use that to release fish without netting them.