I have been fishing out of a 14 ft rogue river canoe. I got a good deal on the canoe with paddles. I decided to build a set of outriggers. I fish with my wife and daughters alot so I needed it to be safe and stable and family friendly. Let me know what you think and any improvements I can make it is the first time doing mods to the canoe. All mods cost around $80 I have less than $200 total in the whole rig including paddles. I just picked up a nice 16 ft canoe for a good price as well

Looks pretty good to me I have a Mad River 16ft canoe and have been researching for the best way to outfit it with outriggers.

Not sure if it is the best way but it is the way that works for me since I have no center brace. I wanted to be able to walk from front to rear. The mods were fairly easy after you get over the fear or nervousness of drilling holes in the canoe. I can take the outriggers off or on in less the a minute per side

Where did you get that mount from?

nice rigging. if i had a canoe id want mine to be laid out like yours.

Ahh thought they look familiar. Did the back part of the mount come with it? I just may have to borrow your idea Thanks for posting it

Thanks for the info. Will be using your design with a few mods for my canoe

Look forward to seeing what you do with yours. If I can help let me know

Nice set up.

Ok will do. Are you gonna put a trolling motor on it? If you do, I can you show you the mount I made for my canoe.

If it was me, I'd try shortening the distance you outriggers stick out from the canoe and see if I could achieve the stability I wanted while being as least cumbersome and obtrusive as possilbe. The closer to the canoe the outriggers all the more manuverability you will have and you have less chance of getting them caught up on something. Nice design and install though. Looks professional, you did a good job.

I thought about shortening the length it is only 36 inches but a good water test will tell.

Ren I have thought about a trolling motor but not sure yet

!!! only 36 inches... wow. you're canoe is like 9 feet wide now. I realize you can put them up if need be but then you lose the stability...
I'd bet you don't need those to be any further than 9 to 12 inches from you canoe and you will still have all kinds of stability from them...
Just thinking out loud...

I hear you I can cut them down as needed. I guess I never looked at it that way I just figured the wider the better but I see your point that's why we post and ask for comments and suggestion you don't always see everything other people see things you could have missed or did not think about. Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Will think about that for sure it will probably make it more secure on the mount as well.

Plus shortening them will make the PVC a lot stiffer then being long.

Ren I think you are right. I thought about what you are wanting to do I have an idea how you can do yours without drilling any holes if you have a center brace or thwart not sure of the spelling. These outriggers can be modded for a kayak as well in the rod holder behind the seat if someone wanted to stand in their kayak.

Here's a pic of my canoe...

I was thinking build a center brace that clamps on the gunnels and mount the boom on top of that and select the size or distance you want the outriggers to extend then add a 90 degree pvc connector and figure out the distance you want the outriggers height for you canoe and the add the crab pot floats to that. I hope you understand what I am trying to say I can visualize it probably better than I can explain it

I think you would have to draw me a sketch. I don't know much about canoe terminology

Ren make a center clamp style mount like urban fisher posted and mount the flag pole mount on top then attach you pvc or what ever material you want to use and at the end of that add a 90 degree that goes down to the actual outriggers that way you can adjust them as needed. I chose not to go with this type of set up because I did not want to step over anything while in the canoe.

Looks like I'll give that a try. My seats are higher than your's so with or without the center clamp in place I would still have to step over center seat to move up & down the canoe.

I have been looking at buying a canoe and building some outriggers.

I like the idea.I give my two cents, but understand I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to outriggers.

Where it is attached to the canoe, is there a large plate to disperse the pressure of the outrigger? I mean will the outrigger have a large anchoring place to the canoe hull? It just looks like a lot of arm attached to on small place on the hull.
Again, maybe all outriggers are like this. I have no idea?
I still like it!!

Shaun here's a link to pics of a clamping system that outriggers will be attached to if you don't want to attach the outriggers directly to the hull of the canoe.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/6303428/Panfishing_canoe_mods#Post6303428

Shaun there is a metal backing plate with gasket material on both sides to help disperse the pressure

Cool, like I was saying, I dont know much about the outrigger set up.

Where did you get the crab pot floats? Are they standard Styrofoam, are something like the swimming noodles are made of? I have found a place I can order from, but they are about $11.00 each. Any idea how many pounds of buoyancy they have?

I don't remember off hand but I will get you the info they are 7x17 they are made of a type of Styrofoam not like a swim noodle. If I remember correctly each one was 28 lbs of buoyancy