bushwacker

Boat; Bushwacker, 13 lb. Steelhead,caught at Sodus Point, on my boat by my friend Ron Hummel at 1:05pm. 8/29/09. Fish was caught on a seven color core, and a scorpian in 230 ftow. The fish is currently in 11 th. place and was the big fish of the day in its division. Pics. are of Ron with the fish.

Hi Guy's Thanks for all the great information and tips. I'm an Old dog still learning. Boat name : Bushwacker (to ambush,take by surprise)old military term. boat; 1988 270 sea ray amberjack , Sodus Point. Roofing business. I was registered , haven't signed on for a while, tried to sign on, and could not. BlueEye said register and introduce again. Been laid up with a cervical fusion surgery with steel across 3 verts. Comin round pretty good. Hope to be ready by may 1st. Safe funfilled season to all and may the Gods be with you. Brian

HI, Sure have some great choices. seems like most of the majors stepped up there game. I myself, have only used cannons and the scotty's, which I have now. The cannons served me well for many years( 3 mag 10s' and 2 Marlin hp's) . The only problems I can recall with the cannons was an occasional short stop malfunction ,that used to take out the boom pulleys, that were very chinsey on those models. Those riggers went with the boat when I sold it. Rigged a new, old boat, I now run 3 scotty 1116 's. They have been perfect so far (3 years). You can't beat the warranty and they sell at a great price. If you decide on the scotty's, Do yourself a favor, also get the retroease to pull in your weight to set your lines in the release. You won't have to tilt the extended booms back,Which is almost impossible, or swivel the base, to set your lines. Retroease is the best way to go on any rigger that has a long boom. I am not sure what scotty calls it, it might be retreiver, I do know cannon calls it retroease. Love the Scotty's would not go back to my old cannon's, but they have come a long way since I bought mine (cannons.) Hope this helped and good luck, bushwacker

Never used a snubber on the boards, but put a spring between the pulley and I-bolt. Worked great. The spring is similar to the kind on a screen door, and about 6" in lenght. Also keeps, good tension on the towline when up and running.