Your suggestion?

[Rippin'Line]

Recently bought a penn yan with an 8' Beam. Would it be best to run one rigger right down the middle and 2 off the sides at a 90 degree angle away from the boat. Thought about doing 4 but for a 21' boat and after adding dipseys and such seems it would get a bit crowded.

[rolmops]

My boat is also an 8 foot beam (Islander) And it seems that even the one down the middle is too much. I save that place for copper when it is too rough for planer boards

[spoonfed-1]

Recently bought a penn yan with an 8' Beam. Would it be best to run one rigger right down the middle and 2 off the sides at a 90 degree angle away from the boat. Thought about doing 4 but for a 21' boat and after adding dipseys and such seems it would get a bit crowded.

I run 4 riggers and two outboards off an 8 ft beam without issues Rip.

If you want to go with 3 you will be fine with one in the center.

Good luck

Glen

[JR]

Recently bought a penn yan with an 8' Beam. Would it be best to run one rigger right down the middle and 2 off the sides at a 90 degree angle away from the boat. Thought about doing 4 but for a 21' boat and after adding dipseys and such seems it would get a bit crowded.

I run 4 riggers and two outboards off an 8 ft beam without issues Rip.

If you want to go with 3 you will be fine with one in the center.

Good luck

Glen

I agree with Glen I also ran 4 on my old boat with an 8ft beam with no issues so you should be fine running 3 if that's what you want to do here's a pic from my old boat

[GAMBLER]

I went down from 4 to 3 last season. I think it was a great move. 4 riggers was too much and left little room to land fish. My 4th rigger always sat and never got used anyways. I run a 3 rigger set with 4 divers and 2 coppers off of boards and it work out great.

[on the lam]

I have a 13'6" beam and i run three. More times than not less is more IMO. Sell the extra rigger and buy more coopers.

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[Rippin'Line]

Thanks guys. Guess i have some thinging to do before the boat hits the water first time come spring!!!

[spoonfed-1]

I have a 13'6" beam and i run three. More times than not less is more IMO. Sell the extra rigger and buy more coopers.

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If I had a 13 1/2 ft beam I would run 6.

[hooknup]

We ran 3 on our old boat with a 8 ft beam no problem. We now run three with our new boat with a 10.5 beam.

[Fish Hunter]

We run 4 riggers on our Islander and now a copper straight down the chute.

1 board when only 2 of us are on, and both boards when we have company, now also.

Can't catch 'em if your not fishin'...................

[Sk8man]

It would seem to me that one of the factors to consider is how long the boom lengths are. If you have the long extendable booms (e.g. Cannons) you can easily run 4 by running two off the back at 45 degrees (or possibly straight back off the ends and two on the gunnels off to the sides extended. For much of the year though two downriggers, coppers, lead cores or wire rigs might be more productive though and not as risky tangling on turns (especially with Spin Doctors etc.) .

[lakebound88]

I went down from 4 to 3 last season. I think it was a great move. 4 riggers was too much and left little room to land fish. My 4th rigger always sat and never got used anyways. I run a 3 rigger set with 4 divers and 2 coppers off of boards and it work out great.

Spot on! I run three cores on one side and three coppers on the other....

Nick

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[Yankee Troller]

I would stick with 3 also if I were you. We run 3 on our boat and have never wished we had a 4th.

[Paul Czarnecki]

I have a 13'6" beam and i run three. More times than not less is more IMO. Sell the extra rigger and buy more coopers.

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Same here! Leaves plenty of room to mov stuff around when you have a stubborn king at the back of the boat and leaves lots of room for junk lines.

[Yankee Troller]

I have a 13'6" beam and i run three. More times than not less is more IMO. Sell the extra rigger and buy more coopers.

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If I had a 13 1/2 ft beam I would run 6.

Could you imagine if Jerry Felluca had a 13'6" beam?

[TyeeTanic]

Keep your middle open. The middle riger will play havok with fish you are trying to land!

Put a rigger on each corner of the boat, and stack your rods for 4 lines on the riggers. Then dipseys off the side, and maybe a leadcore on the planer board.

[Rippin'Line]

ehh stackers piss me off. I cant do it unfortunately. They tangle sometimes and if your bottom line goes you have to pull the whole rig up and reset. Id rather have one go, hit auto up, land the fish, reload the rigger, and keep going.