Outriggers this time
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Printed Date: 23 Mar 2023 at 11:11am
Topic: Outriggers this time
Posted By: MB
Subject: Outriggers this time
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 3:26pm
| Yes/no for a newbie on a 5.6m trailer boat. More expense/hassle, but some have the opinion that they are absolutely essential. I'll be running four rods. Thoughts? |
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Posted By: Sambosi
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 3:57pm
| Not essential but I don't know if I could live with myself if I did not have them. They make it easier to ensure you have lures in clear water outside the wash. |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 4:19pm
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Not essential, but give you more options. I have them for my 5.3m tinnie. Don't use them all the time. But useful to have. When I run 3 rods, usually don't bother. However I have recently found a new use for them - greenstick with baits. Deadly. Alan
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Posted By: yknot
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 5:06pm
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Catch up with a lure maker, and talk with them. Get a matched set of lures from them, they will be able to steer you in direction of lures that need height, or can be run straight off rod tip. Riggers look pretty, and yes do get lures into clean water, howeve not essential. ------------- Those that say it can't be done are being overtaken by those doing it. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 5:34pm
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I have seen and caught (very few) (well ok one) without them. They put your lures into clean clear water, I think it helps if fish can see those lures from as far away as possible.
------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 7:18pm
It is a bit more than that. If that was the case you could always run them further back without riggers. The height is the point - gives the lures more action. BUT plenty of fish caught without them. Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
smudge wrote:Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 8:36pm
This is what I have read recently and playing on my mind! In my case of running four rods, do you think all rods should be hooked up to an outrigger (i.e. 2 rods per outrigger)?
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Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 8:40pm
| Kilwell stiffy telescopic are about as user friendly as you will get for a small boat. |
Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 9:00pm
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This may be of interest if you haven't already read it. https://www.pakula.com/2014-09-23-04-02-2/outrigger-articles/small-boat-outriggers.html?view=article&id=157:outriggers&catid=22" rel="nofollow - Outriggers (pakula.com) Given your intention to run 4 outfits I would have 2 in the outriggers. Short corner a long corner run from the rod holders and short rigger and long rigger run from the outriggers. Stiff outriggers will give you a crisper release than soft outriggers.
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 10:08pm
Thanks for the replies. The Pakula article is great 
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Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 10:23pm
There are a number of articles available on the internet written by PP. As a newbie this one's also worth a read. https://pakula.com/2014-09-23-04-02-2/trolling-articles/the-art-of-lure-trolling.html" rel="nofollow - The Art of Lure Trolling (pakula.com) Once you've digested that click the 'Menu' tab (upper right) and then click on 'Between the Lines'. PP marketed a Between the Lines CD around 2004 as I recall, it's very informative.
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 4:38am
Everyone on this thread will know more than I about gamefishing  & Peter Pakula does have a very in depth website.------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 9:04am
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One good reason to fit riggers is to hear them go off.............bang. Then the reel screams. Nothing like the sound of the rigger popping. Alan
------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 11:07am
| If part of it is about keeping the lures out the turbulent white water, would it not make sense to have the two corners further back and the two lures on outriggers closer to the boat? All the advice seems to be the other way around. |
Posted By: waynorth
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 12:00pm
Because its only part of it MB. The flat lines run in the clear window between the prop wash and the hull wakes. The main purpose of the riggers is to elevate the tow point, allowing lures to be towed further back but still at an angle that maximises lure action. Reversing that would defeat the purpose of the elevated tow point, and result in tangles each time you turned. ------------- treat fish like fish |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 1:59pm
| OK, thanks. A lot to learn. |
Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 9:35pm
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And the more you read and research the more you will realise that not everyone shares the same views. Others do it differently as evidenced by this clip by Matt Watson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnMNaBrhv3I%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnMNaBrhv3I
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2022 at 10:06pm
Cheers. Guess it's like every other type of fishing, confusing for a beginner!
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Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2022 at 10:41am
 We run outriggers from a little 5m boat which are pretty soft 14 ft kilwell drop ins. Fit into forward gunnel 45 degree rod holders and we bungee cord down to tension the rigger cord. As they are lighter (less stiff) are really only good for smaller to medium lures. But we also have a much stiffer heavier straight killwell centre pole as a centre rigger that drops into the centre of our rocket launcher. This allows us to run even a big lure with elevation out the back in shot gun position if we wish to, although usually we put a smaller bullet lure there.Occasionally I get asked to fish on other boats that don’t have game poles… or even own game rods…like my brother and sister laws 6.5 extreme. Last year with them (their first time gamefishing) we just took the centre rigger from my boat on their boat and a few rods, and ran the centre rigger as a single rigger on starboard side from a gunnel forward rod holder facing 30 degrees outward they normally strayline from. While shorter than my 14 ft riggers it worked really well as an outrigger. Not your classic spread but allowed one lure elevated and wide of the wash, as well as a starboard short corner and a long long corner on port side opposite to rigger lure, and another shotgun centre lure out back off one of bait board rod holders. Spread was good enough for a triple hook up of nice Mahis. Above is a pic of the centre rigger on my boat… we don’t catch many in driveway but good place to refine your set up. Just gotta watch the powerlines.  |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2022 at 3:20pm
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If you want a cheap option for the shotgun/center pole, I use the bottom half of a 2 piece surfcasting rod - in the rocket launcher. Works well. Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2022 at 3:45pm
| Thanks Shane and Alan for the extra info. |