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Downrigger
Harvey Boysen	#1  Posted on 07/12/13 - 10:23 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 103 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/03/08	I have a Montauk 170 and I would like to add two manual downriggers. I have rails so I would have to add them behind the rail, on a rail mount or remove part of the rail. Any experience or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Harvey
wing15601	#2  Posted on 07/13/13 - 6:45 AM
Member Posts: 699 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/14/12	I have agonized over this same question and it seems there only two options with a Montauk. Either use a rail mount or put a board across the rails. and mount to the board. I have read several posts from people who have used both methods and say that is satisfactory but I have found no comment from anyone who has had the downrigger weight catch on the bottom. I would think that would cause things to break. I have been using Dipsy Divers for trolling at depths up to 100 feet to good effect and don't have to worry about any damage to my boat. I winter in Ft. Myers and summer in St. Joseph, Michigan. It’s now about 12 years since I’ve joined this group. I gave my 1972 whaler to my daughter and sold the 17’. Bought an O’Day 28 sailboat and sailed on Lake Michigan. Yesterday I bought a 2005 130 Sport.
R Davis	#3  Posted on 07/13/13 - 7:29 AM
Member Posts: 29 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/13/12	I have a 1982 Sport 15 with a pair of Scotty manual downriggers . I mounted them on the Scotty Rail Mounts which are quite strong. I imagine these would work well on your boat too. See some photos here: http://k5rcd.org/Whaler%202.htmer%202.htm Randy South Texas
Larry H	#4  Posted on 07/15/13 - 3:44 AM
Member Posts: 65 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/20/12	I have scotty electric 30 inch boom mounted on rail,no problems on 190 Montauk.
Barryg	#5  Posted on 09/25/13 - 8:35 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 242 Comments: 1 Joined: 04/01/08	I purchased the scotty rail mount and have a small problem . WHen i am fishing and have the weight of the ball over the side all is well. However when there is no weight over the side the down rigger wants to fall in . Plenty of support for fishing but not so much when you remove the ball. I have the scotty electric down riggers . thanks BG
Tom W Clark	#6  Posted on 09/25/13 - 8:41 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	Try shortening your wooden supports a wee bit so the downrigger has a slight outward cant. This will move the center of gravity of the downrigger outboard and help keep it form rotating into the boat.
Harvey Boysen	#7  Posted on 09/25/13 - 2:00 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 103 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/03/08	Scotty now has a "Stanchion Mount" that looks more stable than the rail mount with the wood piece. Has anybody tried them? Thanks Harvey
Rock N Roll	#8  Posted on 11/11/13 - 10:20 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 14 Comments: 0 Joined: 02/25/12	I used a combination of teak and Scotty downrigger mounts. [IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/GenIIIGoat/Fish/image-11.jpg[/IMG] If interested, I can provide better pictures and details.
Larry H	#9  Posted on 11/12/13 - 5:29 PM
Member Posts: 65 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/20/12	The rail mount that I have has 4 bolts which mount on a horizontal and vertical rail,the plates and bolts go thru both rails. This prevents it from turning or moving.