Downrigger?

[mdsportsman]

I’m looking to purchasing a set of downriggers to use offshore and need some feedback of pros and cons for the Penn Fathom-Masters 625 versus the Cannon Uni-Troll 10 TS Tournament Manual downriggers

[jrlsail]

I’m looking to purchasing a set of downriggers to use offshore and need some feedback of pros and cons for the Penn Fathom-Masters 625 versus the Cannon Uni-Troll 10 TS Tournament Manual downriggers

I own Cannon Manual Downriggers and have them repaired every year. The gear/clutch/clicker-thingy breaks on me...but only during tournaments.

I've never heard of issues with Penn.

[clt_capt]

What are you planning to fish for?

I've got one of each on my boat, that haven't seen the light of day in a while.

Penn - A little bit harder to deploy - you have to use the yellow knob thing to release - once you get used to it, not bad. Easy to work on

Cannon - easy deployment with just the crank. good control. If you somehow get the line around the shaft, you've got a mess on your hands

These days I mostly use an inline planer - unless I'm fishing for kings

[mdsportsman]

I want to get my baits down 70 -90 feet and plan on running a zee wing with these. I want to find one that will stand up to that kind of pressure so I need one with a steel spool

[Capt Josh]

Nobody's mentioned Scotty Downriggers yet???

If you want a life-time of trouble free service then i'd seriously consider a Scotty downrigger if i were you!

I've used Penn and Cannon and they pale in comparison to Scotty's.

JMHO!