I picked up 2 more downriggers a couple of week ago and now am trying to use 4 on my boat. Had minimal problems on Sebago 2 weeks ago while on vacation. But yesterday I had nothing but problems.....

I am thinking of putting on a transom bar and was wondering if any of you use them. The beam of the boat is 8'6" fiberglass with an outboard motor. I have 2 Bigjon Captains pak and 2 Cannon digitrolls. I have not seen any of the track system up close and was wondering if there is a bar that you could put BigJons on as well as the Cannons.

Right now the downriggers are on gimbal mounts and that makes it very easy for removal, is there a system out there that is removable yet still capable of handling 4 electric riggers?

Thanks for your thoughts

Check out the Traxtech website. When i was setting up my pontoon it came very highly recommended. I checked the stuff and found it was exactly what i was looking for. The best part of it for me is the fact that it all comes off in less than 3 minutes when i am ready to cruise with the family or do some tubing or something. Everything stows away under my seats.

It is not cheap but in my opinion, well worth the money over some of the other stuff out there.

Mike Taxsteck is where I git all my new stuff this spring, everyone loves it, great people to work with. Give Melody a call, tell her your a friend of mine and she will up the price by 10%, lol. Info below.

Just got some more stuff a few days agao for myself and Roger.

John,

Did that riser work for your buddy?

Melody
Traxstech Corporation
14754 Oakley Road
Chesaning MI 48616
Ph# 989-845-5969
Fax# 989-845-6220
info@traxstech.com

I have a Tite Loc transom bar on my 16', 90" beam Sylvan. It was expensive, but worth the money. I can remove the bar easily in a couple of minutes. I run a combination of downriggers and lead core, and with this bars` versatility, it makes changes and adjustments a breeze.
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You'll need a crane to remove it all in one piece, lol.

Big John

Called over to traxstech and spoke with Jeff earlier, he gave me some good ideas. Thier system sounds and looks great! Would be about 700 for my set up on my boat, that's alot of coin but I am going to kick it around a bit. I tried to find the tite loc site but no luck. Thanks for the input and if thier are any other manufactures out there feel free to post.

John, what did you put on your boat?
Forry forgot where all the rocks are on Squam, yesterday was not fun!!!!! Can't blame him though I think I should have had bigger duo locks on the rigger wieghts, hahaha, Oh well put an order in with AJ this morning for 3 more.

I run some traxtech stuff on my new boat. Just finished rigging it with just the track along the gunnels with the rigger bases that fit any rigger.

So far i really like their equipment. Good quality!

pics???
thanks

I can also vouch for traxtech products I have 36" trac on both gunwales 2 pedistal downrigger mounts and 8 rod holders. It all works great for me. I highly recommend their products

Glen

My buddy Fairchase Jerry wanted me to install the traxtec system but it was a little pricey for me I installed Bart's custom tackle trac system instead and like it very much.polebreaker

great suggestions, I am checking into Berts also. They seem alot like Traxstech but not as pricey. Have to get on the boat and look at best way to lay it out, then get a list together.

ilucas
I am pretty sure that you will find the Berts and Traxstech completely interchangeable! I use them in conjunction and find the quality the same.(great)
Richard

Jeff is super guy and can solve about any problem, they do both Cannon and Big John stuff.

I had them make me tracks that I could mount behind my seats to slide my riggers and rod holders onto with pedestals and swivel mounts, etc.. Then I had them make me pedestals for my rod pumpers to slide into the same track., I also used a few more smaller tracks from them for other rod holders and storage.
The Lexan holders are the b---- and cheaper than the others they sell.

Anytime I had a unique problem, Jeff came up with an idea, they do 1st quality work and stand behind it.

I've sent several people to them, most recently Roger (Fishin Squam Again) everyone was totaly satisfied.

Borrow a few buck from Forry and get a tranducer for your riggers (lol) and transom bar, he's rolling on dough.

Tough break about the balls, but the Squam Rock Gods are really upset this year because I pretty much stopped donating.

Big John

yes but, the rock gods "cursed" me big time earlier this summer... my new pancake weight, snubber,release & cable.. fish squam and you will pay sooner or latter !!

My favorite quote for Squam fishing is "No pain, No gain", lol. It's not that bad, I put about 30 hours a week on Squam, so for all the stuff I've lost over the years the Squam Rock Gods catch rate for equipment is not that high, lol. About the same as "angler catch rate", (hours fished x # of rods X fish caught).

Big John

Yup,
Forrey is rolling in dough!!! Everytime he gives me a bill for his electrical work I cringe!!! Pretty bad when the electrician is making more than the GC on the job!!!!! haha.... I can hear him now.

We probably would have been alright Sunday but he has gotten really slow w/ that bum leg of his.... he can't get to the equipment fast enough to save it anymore lol.

the only reason I have not gotten the transducer and connecting cable is that I was not sure if I was going to keep the Cannon's but I like them a lot so I will be putting that together soon, also am leaning towards the traxstech though the Big Jon is about 300 less and the Berts is about 150 less. May have to shoot a counter offer to Traxstech!!!

Berts Custom Tackle High Quality stuff WWW.bertscustomtackle.com

Done!

ordered the traxstech system.

will post pics after installation

Thanks for all the input.