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Went out to my favorite little lake this morning kind of a shake down for some new stuff I got for my boat. First I scored a Luhr-Speed trolling speed indicator at OE on the bargain table awhile back for 25 bucks 1/2 price. Been looking at downriggers lately and thought how tough would it be to build one. Used a piece of 3/4" conduit for the boom found a pulley that fit in the end and mounted a old Penn 209 on it that has 80lb. braid on it that I put on last year bought a 6lb. ball and a release clip and marked the line every 5' I now have a downrigger that works like a champ. The design is a little rough but I will refine it now that I know it will work. I made a board that mounts across the back of my boat to hold the downrigger and my pole holder that worked sweet. Now that I have saved the money for a downrigger it's fish-finder time and look out Kokanee this year.
Oh by the way no fish were caught today might be a little early yet.
Oh by the way no fish were caught today might be a little early yet.