Trident 13 Scotty Laketroller Installed

Well, more like some flush mount star mounts installed...  But I'm happy with how this turned out and the flush mounts seem very sturdy with the backing plates, which I had to sand down on the outside edges to get to fit into that spot inside the hull.  Running this on the opposite side from my transducer arm so hopefully they even out as far as drag goes in the water.  Got a 4lb ball from Cannon to run with it and 400 feet of 200 pound braid so I can replace the stainless cable.  New seat is also in the mail... I'm running out of mods to do to this thing.   

That's awesome!! I've been thinking of putting one of my kayak after trying it out this summer in Montana!!

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=11486.msg128141#msg128141

This is a good read for people interested in mounting a DR


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It will every hard to paddle with it mounted there.

It will every hard to paddle with it mounted there.

I agree. The nice thing about the track on wilderness boats. You can slide it as close as possible while keeping it out of your paddle stroke.

It will every hard to paddle with it mounted there.

It was a concern, but after taking my yak out and noticing where my paddle goes when I was thinking about doing this, I'll have to pay attention to not hit it but I don't think it will be much of an issue.  I tend to paddle a little more forward than that anyway and I could probably adjust the arm further in.  Ideally, I'd want it as far back as possible for stability however with that comes the pain of having to flip around every time I want to reel up/down which is more of a downside than having to avoid it with my paddle.  It's definitely a challenge working with the limited space lol.

If it's in the way of the paddle, try carrying a single canoe paddle and do a J stroke. Never tried it, but it sounds right.

Nice I was thinking to getting on my ocean prowler 13


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It's a challenge to find a place to mount a downrigger on a paddle kayak where it doesn't interfere with your paddle stroke.  You won't be happy with a downrigger setup on a paddle kayak if you keep whacking your arm or elbow on the downrigger, if you need to alter your stroke to avoid whacking yourself on the downrigger, or if you repeatedly hit your rod or snag your fishing line with your paddle when using a downrigger.

Brewdiver82, It looks to me like you probably succeeded in locating your Scotty Laketroller where it doesn't interfere with paddling your Trident.  But if you find that you hit your left arm on the boom of the downrigger at the end of your paddle stroke, try bending the boom of the downrigger sideways, towards the center of the kayak, until the cable is only about an inch from the side of your kayak.  Or position the downrigger so the boom is pointing straight back, and then bend the boom outwards until the cable is only about an inch from the side of you kayak, if that involves less bending.  The boom is very stiff, so you'll need to clamp the base of the boom in a heavy vise while bending the end of the boom.  Don't put the downrigger itself in a vise, because you would risk breaking the metal boom out of the plastic downrigger base.  And be careful not to bend the boom downwards, i.e. towards the gunwale, because if you do, the cable will start running over the lip of the cable reel, which is not a good thing, instead of feeding into the center of the cable reel.

When I mounted a Scotty Laketroller downrigger on my 13' Trident, I mounted it on a Scotty deck-side mount which I bolted to the side of the footwell next to my thigh, which positioned the downrigger lower and closer to the center of my Trident than Brewdiver 82's setup.  Another option is to mount the flush mount on the side of the kayak next to the gunwale, so the downrigger sticks out from the side of the kayak at a 45 degree angle, rather than sticking straight up.  A friend mounted a Laketroller on his Trident in that location, and it seems to work well.

AnnieAreYouOk is using my Trident in the picture she posted above.  As she mentioned, I posted a description of my Trident/Scotty Laketroller setup at http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=11486.msg128141#msg128141 . It's a lot easier to mount a downrigger on a pedal kayak.  I posted a description of how I mounted a Cannon Lake-Troll downrigger on my 13' Revolution at http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=12575.msg138905#msg138905 .