Deep Sea

[searunner]

I was just wondering if anyone has or knows of someone who has used a downrigger for use at Browns Mountain.I was looking at possibly using my Scotty 1085 30 Downrigger as a substitute for a 1425 Reef Queen.As i looked into the costs i,d be looking at forking out at least $900.And as you all know you can only hide so much from the misses,especially now with online banking giving them total access to banking details.Anyway just a thought.

Also if anyone does know of a case,would they know of line capacity of the above mentioned downrigger,say using 37kg braid??

[warnie]

Stu

I would imagine the line capcity would fall short .....Most fishing there use

the deck winches and a few use a rod and game reel loaded with braid

But rod and reel is hard yacka (unless electric of course).......The depth from top of mtn is 1,230 odd feet

down to 1,600 and deeper off the platue.........

The thing is......... we generally double that quantity so in the event you snag up

and safegaurds in place dont work and you loose a full drop of line

you still have enough to drop again and continue fishing.....

sorry about depth in feet........ habit for me there.......

also am not familiar with the actual 1085 .30 (is it plastic?) but know the pressure from the line

on the spool particularly when under load can be tremendous i have seen it warp the spool

on a game reel hope that info is helpfull...............

Cheers Warnie

[searunner]

Stu

I would imagine the line capcity would fall short .....Most fishing there use

the deck winches and a few use a rod and game reel loaded with braid

But rod and reel is hard yacka (unless electric of course).......The depth from top of mtn is 1,230 odd feet

down to 1,600 and deeper off the platue.........

The thing is......... we generally double that quantity so in the event you snag up

and safegaurds in place dont work and you loose a full drop of line

you still have enough to drop again and continue fishing.....

sorry about depth in feet........ habit for me there.......

also am not familiar with the actual 1085 .30 (is it plastic?) but know the pressure from the line

on the spool particularly when under load can be tremendous i have seen it warp the spool

on a game reel hope that info is helpfull...............

Cheers Warnie

Here,s a picture of Scotty down rigger1085 it has a 30" boom and has about 60m of 150lb wire.I,m just not sure about line capacity.As you say i,d need about 1000m of braid.Just wondering what you or someone out there thinks?Would it work?

[warnie]

Stu

okay.!!!!!!!!!.........no i think that is not advisable and give it a miss....... besides the line capacity doubts

and along with the potential..... with what you can hook up to fishing there

the stress on the boom..... and handle....most likely would result

in obliteration to one or both...........would recommend getting your brownie points up

and talking to the missus......and go for a deck winch or equivalent............

ps.... incidently some of my mates are having good results using a stella outfit with 80lb

braid and lighter weights but that is not a cheap option either.........

if i can work out how to arrange to send pics i could send you some photos of fish caught

from the mountain that would sway your way of thinking.........

Cheers Warnie.

[warnie]

Good advice there C.F.D that certainaly would be a cheaper option

bashing browns can have its rewards.........but cheeze....who needs the gym

it can be a good work out at best..........

Cheers Warnie

[TheDiko]

Good advice there C.F.D that certainaly would be a cheaper option

bashing browns can have its rewards.........but cheeze....who needs the gym

it can be a good work out at best..........

Cheers Warnie

However, with the one handed winch.

When your right arm starts to get fairly BIG and leaves the left one behind.

What the ladies will be thinking? :wank:

IFS

[KingsRule]

Never bottom bashed like that before but by the sounds of the extreme weights and pressures involved i think its probly worth buying a reef queen or similar, if the downrigger gets wrecked, its only gonna cost you more to fix..

[warnie]

Stu

here is a recent pic from last thursday of me holding a gemmie

big by no means at around 7kg.....quite a few bigger also that day

but when say 3 or 4 jump on..... all at once it adds to a lot of strain

even more so for the cod that are generally targeted ............

the biggest cod that day went ...24 some thing kg

so as not to be........ like popeye one handed..... it pays to have a comfy set up......

Cheers Warnie........

Edited August 6, 2007 by johnno

[johnno]

good gemmie ungrie