Aloha,
A few weeks away from receiving my 208 Adventure and I am beginning to order my fishing gear. I have to start from scratch as I sold my last boat with all my fishing gear. I am running into a few hurdles as to what direction to go and figured a few extra brains on the topic would help me out.
I am a huge fan of Avet reels and am planning on getting two EXW 50's and two EXW 80's running on TSX Pro Pinnacle Rods made for 50 and 80 class. I target Mahi Mahi and Ahi, but you never know in Hawaii if a Marlin or BIG Ahi comes in for a snack. Because of this you sort of have to be prepared with your gear so you don't end up loosing an entire spool of line. My idea for running two different class rods and reels was to have some flexibility and run larger lures on the 80's and smaller ones on the 50's. I do not plan on installing outriggers on my boat and want to keep my setup as easy as possible with at most 5 lines in the water. I will frequently be fishing with others that are not experienced and don't want a bunch of lines out with any added complexities. To achieve this and still get a good spread for trolling and minimize chances of tangles, I want to run either Hawaii style Shotgun mounts, or simple heavy duty rod holder outrigger mounts that turn your straight butts into outriggers.
Here is my plan, pick it apart and help guide me!
Replace the stern rod holders with 30 degree heavy duty non-swivel holders with backing plates (and obviously clipped in). I like the fancy Gemlux no bolt designs. I could run either the 50's or 80's from here with a clip at the cleat to keep the line nice and low.
I'd then replace the forward rod holders with shotgun style rod holders. These are essentially heavy duty rod holders with a built in swivel and a bent stainless steel pole that comes out to run a straight but like a bent butt (picture below). What makes this unique is that I can turn the straight butts inside of these 90 degrees to run as outriggers with a pin inserted into the shotgun mount to keep it from swiveling. When I get a bite, I can pull that pin, turn the rod 90 degrees in the holder and have a beefy spot with swivel to fight a fish from the gunnel. If I get a big fish on one of the stern rods, I can just clear one of the shotgun mounts and move to that mount to fight the fish if needed.
Originally, I was planning on having one set of rods be straight butt for the "outrigger" and the other bent butt off the stern. The problem I was facing was I wouldn't be able to use the bent butts in the fancy swivel set-up I had. Despite the popularity of bent butts here, I like the idea of having all straights if I stick to this plan and have the ease of rod storage as well.
Thanks for the input.
-Tyler
A few weeks away from receiving my 208 Adventure and I am beginning to order my fishing gear. I have to start from scratch as I sold my last boat with all my fishing gear. I am running into a few hurdles as to what direction to go and figured a few extra brains on the topic would help me out.
I am a huge fan of Avet reels and am planning on getting two EXW 50's and two EXW 80's running on TSX Pro Pinnacle Rods made for 50 and 80 class. I target Mahi Mahi and Ahi, but you never know in Hawaii if a Marlin or BIG Ahi comes in for a snack. Because of this you sort of have to be prepared with your gear so you don't end up loosing an entire spool of line. My idea for running two different class rods and reels was to have some flexibility and run larger lures on the 80's and smaller ones on the 50's. I do not plan on installing outriggers on my boat and want to keep my setup as easy as possible with at most 5 lines in the water. I will frequently be fishing with others that are not experienced and don't want a bunch of lines out with any added complexities. To achieve this and still get a good spread for trolling and minimize chances of tangles, I want to run either Hawaii style Shotgun mounts, or simple heavy duty rod holder outrigger mounts that turn your straight butts into outriggers.
Here is my plan, pick it apart and help guide me!
Replace the stern rod holders with 30 degree heavy duty non-swivel holders with backing plates (and obviously clipped in). I like the fancy Gemlux no bolt designs. I could run either the 50's or 80's from here with a clip at the cleat to keep the line nice and low.
I'd then replace the forward rod holders with shotgun style rod holders. These are essentially heavy duty rod holders with a built in swivel and a bent stainless steel pole that comes out to run a straight but like a bent butt (picture below). What makes this unique is that I can turn the straight butts inside of these 90 degrees to run as outriggers with a pin inserted into the shotgun mount to keep it from swiveling. When I get a bite, I can pull that pin, turn the rod 90 degrees in the holder and have a beefy spot with swivel to fight a fish from the gunnel. If I get a big fish on one of the stern rods, I can just clear one of the shotgun mounts and move to that mount to fight the fish if needed.
Originally, I was planning on having one set of rods be straight butt for the "outrigger" and the other bent butt off the stern. The problem I was facing was I wouldn't be able to use the bent butts in the fancy swivel set-up I had. Despite the popularity of bent butts here, I like the idea of having all straights if I stick to this plan and have the ease of rod storage as well.
Thanks for the input.
-Tyler
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