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Offline Brushcrawler

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Downriggger mount cutting board?
« on: August 20, 2023, 08:15:46 PM »
I have two downrigger mounts but frequently only use one. Would love to have a cutting board that would attach to the second mount. Has anyone ever built or seen anything like this? I don’t have a rod holder in that area for that type of cutting board mount and haven’t turned up any products like this searching yet.
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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2023, 08:39:39 PM »
Should be easy to build. What kind of downriggers you run? If you can get a base and modify it to put a piece of uhmw on that would be easy enough, also depends on how big you want it,if you’d need to support it better

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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2023, 08:42:02 PM »
Following.

I have an aluminum boat with brocraft rodholders so those rod holder mount cutting board solutions don't really work. Haven't found a good clamp product that would work on the gunwales either. But I do have Penn downrigger bases, haven't thought about using them. Good idea Brushcrawler.

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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2023, 09:01:18 PM »
Or you can do a mount like this my brother made for his boat to clean walleye. Drops into a pole holder mount, used a solid piece of wood with carpet that lays on it so the fish doesn’t slide. Just lift it and it comes out.

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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2023, 08:52:21 AM »
Could screw a scotty base into the DR plate and use it for all the scotty accessories.
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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2023, 11:13:32 AM »
I have a small one with a Scotty rod mount, seems easier and more mounting locations than to a downrigger.  I thought about making a big one that spans the distance between two rodholders on the transom.

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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2023, 08:37:25 PM »
Thanks guys, some good ideas here. It’s a Cannon swivel mount on a rail with no rod holders nearby. I think if I can find an old downrigger and build a board like Born2late’s picture on the base it would be about right. I’m kind of surprised nobody makes something like this commercially to swap on and off with the downrigger.
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Re: Downriggger mount cutting board?
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2023, 08:59:05 AM »
Following.

I have an aluminum boat with brocraft rodholders so those rod holder mount cutting board solutions don't really work. Haven't found a good clamp product that would work on the gunwales either. But I do have Penn downrigger bases, haven't thought about using them. Good idea Brushcrawler.
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