Northwest Fishing Reports

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Anybody use these? Do they work well? Any gripes with them?

I'm thinking about picking up one of these for whenever I rent a boat, I'm sick of divers. I imagine they would handle well in smaller lakes, but what about out in Point Defiance? I am NOT missing out on trolling for pinks this year, but divers are an absolute pain. Do these hold up well? Do they do their job?

I see they now come with a depth gauge thats a +.
Used to be one turn equaled 1 foot. My Father used one for a lot of years on a 12 foot boat.

I use one, it works ok. If that top nut comes off, and goes in the water you can get replacements, damhik! I use line counters and the little gauge on the pulley to figure my depth, my depth finder picks up the ball down about 50'. The gauge is kind of a pita to reset. It is a sturdy unit, i hang a 6# ball from it on my boat. I think i picked mine up for a little less over at that other major sporting goods store. It is supposed to be 1 turn= 1 foot, but i changed the cable out to some heavy braid because it only came with 100' of cable, so now its about 1 turn = 14-15 inches or so- i adapt, it works for what i need

I use the Scotty equivelant. Max ball weight is something like 4#. Works well enough. Need two hands to set or retrieve with mine though. One to crank and the other to loosen or tighten the tension nut.

Might be a good idea to check with the rental guys before you buy it to make sure they will allow you to attach it to the boat.

They work. Two hand operation for me as well which can be tricky steering. I have to lean out over the edge of the boat to attached the release to my line and that can be dicey if I have no ballast in the boat(fishing buddy).

I would like to add that, after some practice, I am able to raise and lower the ball 1 handed, I have a long leader from the ball to the clip and just reach down and pull it in to the boat.