Help Needed On Making Outriggers Out Of Surf Rods

[Parrot_King]

Anyone ever made outriggers out od surf rods?

If so could someone please give me some advice, instructions and pictures on how to do this

cheers

mike

[fishingmik]

mate i did something similiar i got 10ft fishing rod blanks that were realy stiff from the tackle shop got them to glue a eye at the top and went from there

for the base i went to the exhaust shop and got some pipe bent to the angle i wanted and size that would fit in my stainlees steel rod holder

then i siliconed the rod blank into the pipe and in the bottom of the pipe i grinded a slot like the bottom of a gimble so it wouldnt spin in the rod holder

than for the release clip i got some vention blind cord a release clip and a runner that i screwed to the exhaust pipe and ran the cord through eye and through the runner so i could bring it in and take it out

worked for me no i have have got the same setup but no i got some outriggger poles instead of the rod blanks (thanks to the old man when we bought his boat there was some old outriggers and he didnt want them

i will post some pics on the weekend

cheers mik

[Parrot_King]

Thanks Mik yeah some pics would be awesome

chhers

michael

[fishingmik]

Heres some pics hope thi helps you

mik

[fishingmik]

here they are on the boat vertical for when your traveling

and all you have to do is lift them up and twist them around to get them horizontal for trolling

they have worked a treat for me we have caught marlin,tuna dolphinfish,and various species and only cost me 160 bucks

cheers mik

[Nathan L]

hey fellas,

i think that this article might cover just about anything u wanna know bout 'riggers.

http://www.pakula.com.au/Docs/Articles/A10%20Outriggers.html

one other thing is that if it were up to me i'd probably prefer to wait and save up for the riggers and prevent any unneccessary holes in my boat. however the buggers are bloody pricey, so its completely understandable for u to wanna be inventive.