@ShenpaiWasTaken thank you! We have since moved her downrigger behind the seat to balance the kayak more. It's probably where we should have put it to begin with as it works much better there. Thanks for watching!

Yes! It's going to be a great year, we're thinking of running 8lb cannon balls either pancake or the fish style, should help get the baits down!

Thanks! Our plan for this season is 8lb cannonballs, we used 5 and 6lb on the lake trollers so it should be fine, also thinking of trying a pancake style ball or fish shaped should help out with the drag, thanks for watching! 🙌

@@txmexnittro appreciate your support! And thanks for watching! 🙌🙌

Thank You! 🙌🫶

Thanks! We'll be adding some snubbers as well, mostly because it's easier on the hands than trying to grab the line or close to the cannonball, those ball clips are sharp! Weight distribution is a little bit of an issue for us which were working on, with the bigger downrigger plus trolling with 8lb balls you definitely feel the difference! Zero issues running the pdl drive in the Salt, but we wash our kayaks, along with the drives and all our gear after every trip, a bit of a pain but protects our investment! Thanks for watching! 🙌

Oh no! That sucks! The v lock is the only way to go for mounting downriggers in our opinion, super solid as well as convenient, and a pretty easy install depending on where you put it, thanks for watching! 🙌

Thanks so much! Appreciate the support! We've never tried a belt mostly due to the way that we fight the Salmon, we keep the fish behind us for as long as possible which might make fighting the fish more difficult than easier as we aren't facing the fish it might be hard to get the butt into the belt, it could possibly help in landing the fish like you said, might be a good video idea! Congrats on the Big Water! Welcome to the crazy world of Kayak Fishing! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! 🙏 Absolutely, that would work! 🙌 Thanks for watching!

Thank you! 🙏 and thanks for your support! 🫶🫶🫶

​@@kckayakfishingyour welcome!

Thank you! We're always down for fishing with new people! We both run the same setup for rod holders and placement, we like having the rod in front of us so we can see when a fish hits, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fM9_rZl9vbywoqM.htmlsi=9DoaULT4kAlNYXxJ This video explains the setup a bit better (skip to 15:40 for the rod holder) we'll be doing a full video soon on our Salmon trolling setup now that we both have our upgraded downriggers finished. Thanks for watching! 🙌

That works great too! 🙌

We haven't used snap weights, we upgraded the downriggers to hopefully be able to troll as deep as possible with 6lb-8lb cannonballs, our Old setup we could really only use a 4lb ball which made our depth range pretty shallow especially when trolling 1.5-2mph with the blowback. It's a cool concept though we might have to try it out for shallower fishing, we'll try anything twice! 😂🤘 Thanks for watching!

Thanks! It was a nightmare to install, but the end result turned out great! Thanks for watching! 🙌

I use the same v-lock for my cannon too. Same location. It is a game changer. Looking forward to seeing you all fishing this angler system.@kfishing

@@PacificNWfishingadventures Kyle decided to go with the Cannon Easy Troll because he's a traitor! 😂 it'll be interesting to see which one we like better!

lol @@kckayakfishing

​@@kckayakfishingdid he put his cannon in the same spot ?

Yes it is, they're Aluminum tracks from Pacific Yak Angler, they helped out a ton when running the scotty lake trollers off of the gear tracks.

The mounting surface of the V-lock plate is 6" by 6" they only offer a 4"x4" or the 6"x6"

Not 100% sure for spinning reels, I guess if the butt section of the rod was long enough it should work, it will work with mooching reels, the reel will facing up and you'll just have to spin when you pull it out. It's an extremely solid rod holder, great construction. 👍 we will be running an 8 lb cannonball this season on the 1050

On the Scotty Lake Troller we used the Scotty 343 locking Gunnel track mount. a.co/d/i1E3IvF It doesn't come with the lake troll but definitely a worthwhile upgrade for running it off of gear tracks, much better than using a scotty gear head.

Thanks!

@@hooeydog no problem! Thanks for watching!

@sergeychebotarev103 There's absolutely nothing wrong with Scotty Products we have and love a bunch of their gear. With that being said, for kayak fishing, we do prefer the Cannon style of downrigger. The bigger sizes of the Cannon downrigger, being vertical, get taller, not wider. Taking up the same amount of real estate on the kayak as the smaller downriggers. Where as the Scotty gets wider, so if you want a 2:1 ratio to be able to bring in the ball faster, it's going to take up more room on the kayak as the spool gets wider. Cannon also offers a 1.5:1 version of their downrigger, which is what we have, bringing the ball up a little bit quicker, but every little bit helps! One of the best things the Cannon has going for it is the handle, one handed operation is a huge plus, and you don't have to worry about the handle spinning around while lowering your cannonball, it's a wrist breaker! (Ask Crystal how she knows! 😆) also we've noticed that the Cannon downrigger has the ability to lower the ball slower depending how how far you push the handle, where the Scotty seems to be either on or off for the clutch with no slower descent speed. There's a few other better things about the Cannon downriggers, we're actually making a video to compare them both which should help show alot of what I'm trying to explain. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much Kyle for prompt reply. It does help a lot. I would like to have uni troll 5 but the price says to hold on. You didn't find the horizontal handle more convenient to retrieve the weight and i didnt think of handle hitting the hand....haha....so your experience of both models is super helpful. Big thank you. I will wait for your video....

@sergeychebotarev103 honestly I think positioning of the downrigger really determines how easy it will be to crank on, I think for downriggers mounted behind the seat like ours the Cannons are by far the easiest and most comfortable to reel in. But if the downrigger is mounted in front of the seat then I think the Scotty takes that one, as well the Cannon has the handle mounted on the right side of the downrigger with no way to switch sides. Just something else to keep in mind, and we'll definitely make sure we show all of that in the video!

@@kckayakfishing Solid points! Mine is installed behind the seat (like yours) on the right side and I have to reach over to crank it. It is still pretty good but after hours of cranking I get tired, trying to rush.....and that's how I lost my cable with all the terminals and weight. LOL. Lesson learned hard way. Thanks again for your thoughts; great info!

@sergeychebotarev103 ya it's definitely a work out after a few hours of fishing, with the Cannon were looking into possibly adding an electric drill to help bring the balls up. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNiIosRpy6zeoIE.htmlsi=U_-VMVfnJCExV_jU Something like that!

a.co/d/iRlx7Xn It's the Scotty Swivel Pedestal Mount on top of the V-lock plate. 👍

Thank you! Not 100% sure which pad you mean so hopefully I answer your question OK 🤣 the only upgrades we've added to the PDL Drive are the pedals as well as the navarre kayak fishing PDL drives Spacers, there is a black rubber pad on the drive but that is just part of the EVA foam decking that comes with the kayak

Or we also have the Navarre kayak fishing track mount on the top of the PDL Drive, just another option for adding cameras