Mounting downrigger on CCP

[nighthawk]

John,
Enclosed are pics of the downrigger mounts I have on my 17'.  They work fine.  However, when I install the mounts on my 20'CCP, I'm going to add a eye that I can fasten a cable to act as a safety should "moby Striper" try & steal the rig with a VERY solid hit.
On my 20', I'm going to install the mount in Front of where your cleat is.
Russ

[GoneFission]

Rick had questioned the use of fiberglass outriggers with planers.  I had not tried that before, so I tried it yesterday.  Ran the 15' outriggers out and put a Sea Striker #1 planer on the end.  Here's how it looked at a 5 MPH troll - that's what I usually run:  

 

Seems to work OK - you might have to work with the release clip a bit, depending on whether you run the clip on the planer or use the self-release planer.  As you can see, there's plenty of "backbone" left in the outriggers.  

See ya on the water!