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Originally Posted by jrc
My wife loves to salmon fish, I find it a little slow. But slow is the hard part, my twin engine non-fishing boat does about 3.5 MPH with one engine at idle.
Do the drywall buckets really work?
I find that at 3.5 mph, I need about double the colors everyone else has to get near the fish. I thought about downriggers but I don't want to drill more holes in my boat. Anybody make downriggers that fit into rod holders?
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Yes, drywall buckets definitely work and they work well!! Get your speed at least down to 2.5 mph and you will be better off I feel.
Cannon makes gimbal mounts for their downriggers as do most other downrigger manufacturers. They work great as I have a set for my Eastern 22' lobster that I used last year. You can see them here...
http://store.cannondownriggers.com/p.../Gimbal_Mounts
Good Luck!
Dan