Yankee Troller

They are 36" tracks

It should

There are two tracks on either side of the boat. I will measure them this weekend, but I think they are 36" tracks.

We run our Cannon downriggers in a track with a 4" pedestal on our Lund. I run them on a 45* angle from the boat and don't extend the booms. Most of the time I'm shallow water fishing with these and running 10 or 12lb Sharks. On occasion I have run 15lb weights. It doesn't flex the gunnels this way. If you have access to put in a backer plate it's always a good idea.

I'll run 12 this weekend on my charter. On each side, mind you I'm in a 20' aluminum boat, I'll have 4 in-lines, a diver, and a rigger. Most we've ever had on at one time was 5, but we've cleared 10 rod spreads before everything was said and done.

GREAT color. Found some in Bay Rat and run them often.

Can we get back to no rod limits when trolling Lake Ontario?

I heard of this coming. The reason behind this method is to help with neck fatigue looking down at a screen. Everyone's definition of sport is different and probably has a lot to do with what you had growing up. This new generation of fisherman grew up in the video game world. These electronics make you more efficient on the water. Time is a valuable thing these days. On the other hand learning these new electronics is way more time consuming than using traditional sonar.

Yup, and I run 12 rods, sometimes a few rods with cheaters, by myself when I'm running charters. Just another example of big brother controlling you.

That's a great question I don't have the answer to.

I would put the Cannon Dual Axis Downrigger Mount rod holders under those downriggers and use them.

There is no evidence of electronic, boat, or bait advancement hurting any southern bass lakes. Mainly, it's the older generation putting up a stink becasue they don't want to spend the money to purchase the new tech, or they simply don't want to move away from their ways of how to catch a fish. If anything, electronics are allowing people to take pressure off the "normal" fishing spots and target fish that were never targeted before. It's teaching people facts about fish behavior rather than the opinions of a few that were written about in various publications. Crappie guys for many years have been spider rigging southern and mid west lakes and I haven't seen anyone complain about that. I'd assume becasue there is a respect for the fish and a limit in place for the fisherman on how many they can keep. In todays world with so much competition in "other things" to grab peoples free time why not allow people to go out and be more successful on the water? Other than your opinion, which I respect and I'm willing to debate with you on, you have provided no real reason for having a rod limit in place.

Rod limits make no sense to me. If you have a creel limits set in place for what reason does a rod limit exist? Anglers got the state to go from 2 to 3 many years ago, but it should have been 2 to infinity in my opinion.