My version of a Downrigger Mount

Hello, I have been reading up and searching a bunch on way people have mounted down riggers to kayaks. So I went and bought a Scotty 1050 and Swivel bracket/mount.

I wanted to keep the center of gravity as low as possible. So I made pvc "rails" that sit along the bottom of the scupper drain lines and into the scupper holes. I used Plexiglass to mount the mount/brackets onto.  It swivels over the Rod holder section with about 1 Inch clearance. To store in the back half of my yak.

I am pretty stoked with my engineering and it does seem fairly stable with the 4lb ball off to the side. But I will have to test it and see how it works in the water.

let me know what some of you guys think

That's pretty slick. Great job!


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Nice work.

I'm interested in your field test results.  Build another one, and then play "Lets see how much effort it takes to break this thing"

I think I would really like it if you could change your avatar photo....

Cool down rigger set up though! Now I must never come back to your thread...

Haha  Its Dr. Rockso the rock'n' roll clown from Metalocalypse... 

Looks good to me--keep us posted with the field test. It took a few times with the downrigger behind me on my Revolution to get a routine down but it can be done.
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Now that is some nice handywork! I love that it's so low. When i use mine it clamps to the top of the milkcrate and causes a bit of listing with the ball down.

Dr. Rockso great idea. Send me a PM and we can hit Lake WA sometime, put that to the test before the salmon season starts.