Fellows,
I guess it depends on what ya like in a rigger. From what I saw when I bought them the Cannon manuals (and they may have changed by now) only retrieved 1 ft per crank as to the 2 ft per crank of the Scotty's. Big difference over a day's worth of fishing. That was just one reason. The guys I fish with all own Scotty's. Like I said they have never given me a problem. I guess go and check them all out and see which one you perfer. As for the black box, it is what is called ion control. Salmon are sensitive to electrical current, this happens naturaly when you run the downrigger as the difference in the nobility between the rigger stainless steel wire and the zinc's on your boat causes a weak battery action. Control it and you will catch more fish. Go to www.scotty.com/scotty_blackbox.htm, they have a whole tech section on how it works. It would take a three page post to try to describe it. Hope this helps out.
Tight lines, Jeff
PS,
Doubletake, How do you like your new boat. A Thunderjet wasn't it???

[This message has been edited by salmonhead (edited 06-24-2000).]

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