Downriggers on my Arima are mounted just forward of the stern storage compartments and work well.

But recently have been freshwater fishing with downriggers out of a small aluminum boat and have found using the downriggers very difficult.

My first setup called for each person to reach across the boat to retrieve the rod off the downrigger. Boy, are small boats tippy!!

Next setup each person fished the downrigger on their side of the boat. But that placed the downrigger too far forward for the person fishing out of the front of the boat and since I seat facing the center while at the tiller turning around to retrieve the rod was almost impossible.

Any suggestions on different setups or comments on fishing downriggers out of a 12-14' aluminum boat would be appreciated.

Steve
Redmond