"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:54:59 GMT, wrote:

"jim" wrote in message
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Hello,

Just about to put some rod holders into my starcraft islander but
scratching my head on how many to put on the rear. Im thinking 3 rods
pointed to the rear and 2 on the ends pointing outwards. This too much
or maybe I can do 6 on the rear?

Heres what I mean if you can make out the ascii...The "o" are the rod
holders and the lines sticking out represent rods....


| | |
__|____|_ __|___
-----|o o o o o |------
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\ /
\ /
\ /
\ /
\ /
\/




Where are you located/what type of fishing are you talking about? Great
Lakes salmon? Walleye? Sal****er Kingfish? Big Game fish?

I run nine rods off an 8n foot beam Slickcraft 23 footer for Salmon/trout
on
Lake Michigan. Two downriggers straight back off the corners, tow on the
side gunnels, two dipseys off the gunnels behind the riggers and two more
dipseys off outriggers with the rods set behind the gunnel dipseys and a
"pump handle" 1 pound ball rig down the center between the two straight
back
downriggers. have to spare/open rod holders to move rods to bring in a
fish
but as long as we keep moving no problem with tangles. Fred

Nine rods? Never mind fighting tangles, how do you manage to keep the
lures from catching each other that close together?

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
The years will bring their Anodyne,
But I shall never quite forget,
The fish that I had counted mine
And lost before they reached the net.

Colin Ellis, "The Devot Angler" quoted
in A. R. Macdougall, Jr's "The Trout
Fisherman's Bedside Book" (1963)

Set the riggers at different depths and the dipseys at different lengths.
Just DON'T make sharp turns. Principle is to set lures in a U shape
vertically with deepest in the center and a U shape horizontally with those
in the center closest to the boat. 100s if not 1000s rigged this way on the
Great Lakes. We are allowed three lures= rods in the water for each fishing
license on board and so if we run 9 rods then we have the manpower plus the
autopilot to do it. Fred