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Offline Ghost Hunter

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Re: Cannon or Scotty downrigger?
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2025, 01:32:17 PM »
Just a Penn locally, and maybe a fishing buddy.  The pair up north with swivel bases had sold.
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Re: Cannon or Scotty downrigger?
« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2025, 10:41:17 PM »
 FWIW, I’ve owned both, and will never go back to Cannon!

 My Scotty’s are way faster to bring up and put back down, and way easier to work on if I need to do anything. :twocents:
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Re: Cannon or Scotty downrigger?
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2025, 08:20:41 PM »
See them around flathead lake on Facebook marketplace cheap all the time. Saw 6 Penn golds for 350 a while back.
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Re: Cannon or Scotty downrigger?
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2025, 08:55:41 PM »
I've used both but currently I'm running Cannons for the last 5 years.  I haven't had any issues, however, I like the lower profile of the scottys.  I got both of the Connons on sale at about 30% off each which was the deal sealer.  Best of luck as the fishing has been amazing this year.

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Re: Cannon or Scotty downrigger?
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2025, 09:05:22 PM »
Pretty cheap penns on Craigslist right now. Pretty reliable manual downrighers, used them for years before moving up to Cannon electrics.  Not a big fan of Scotty's, actually have a couple on my smaller lake boat and seems somethings always acting up on em.

 


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