outriggers

outriggers #2101171 03/24/08 01:52 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 344 Crowley, Texas Z Zsac Marine OP Angler
OP Zsac Marine Angler Z Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 344 Crowley, Texas	Has anyone used those cheap outriggers for smaller boats? I have a set but they seem way to flimsy! Has anybody tried to stiffin them up with spray foam or inserting a rod in them? I don't see how they can be effective the way they are. "90% of your life is controlled...by how you react...to the 10% you have no control over" Mike Carruthers

Re: outriggers [Re: Zsac Marine] #2101612 03/24/08 04:08 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 498 B Bill Fisher Angler
Bill Fisher Angler B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 498	run some braided nylon (or cord) from some point on the poles up toward the bow and tie off it'll help reduce the flex..... play with it 'til you get the flex (or lack of it) that you like Bill Fisher

Re: outriggers [Re: Bill Fisher] #2110110 03/26/08 07:10 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,016 Plano,Tx, USA M mstewart Extreme Angler
mstewart Extreme Angler M Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,016 Plano,Tx, USA	I have used them on a boat as small as 17', trolling for sp. macks in Ft. Walton Beach and it worked like a charm. I wouldn't mind getting me some for my current boat. Trolling they worked great. Running between the bridges, not soo good.

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