TIP OF THE DAY IN CAROLINA WATERS....

[TROPHY SPORTFISHING]

Trophy,
I thought you were talking about putting a pulley in front of the dredge to gain mechanical advantage and make it easier (although slower) to pull in. I am designing my dredge to run to a reel on my tower leg. The idea is to run the line from the reel through an eye short on the rigger (strongest part) and then to the pulley and back up to the rigger. I am a little worried the double line between the rigger and the dredge will get too twisted but I think a good swivel between the pulley and weight will suffice. See the below picture.

Snow i've seen what you are talking about and that is not what we have. Mine would be 2+ feet below the first spreader, since i'm running electrics don't really need the extra pulley the one helps it though still easier than running striaght off the rod tip. I've seen afew guys use that setup you show with the smaller miya epoch reels mounted in the hardtop and it worked well.

[snowranger]

Thanks for the clarification. I am looking for a solution that doesn't require an electric reel or downrigger. I'll let you know how it works out in a couple of months!