CannonManual Downrigger

I have used these for over ten years. I sold that boat when I got another. The new boat came with an electric one, but I needed another. If you have used an electric one you know how nice they are but many of us can not fit them into the budget. These hand crank ones work great and are a heck of a lot less money. Wrapping the wire around the connector can be a challenge as it was ten years ago. But I finally figured it out. The instructions have an illustration that took me a while to get but it is a good downrigger.

Works perfectly. Super easy to assemble, and exactly the same as my other one that I have which is probably 20 years old. Testament to how well this downrigger works.

This is the third Cannon downrigger I've had on my 14' aluminum boat over the last 25 or so years. They do the job pretty well. It's necessary to reset the counter to zero on occasion or calculate the depth when not set to zero. Nothing fancy, but it works. Caught loads of kokanee. That said, when putting it together before installing on the boat, make sure the swivel head is installed the way you want it so you can see the numbers when operating the boat. If not installed the way you want it, I found it not possible to take it off and turn it around the other way. I returned it for a replacement. That time I did it right.

We had a manual downrigger by Cannon already and decided to get a 2nd one for other side of the patio boat. This is a super little device, quick and easy to hook up and about 1/3 the size of our other one. I am a 64 yr old woman and the 4 lb ball (sold separately) is just the right size for me to manage. We troll at 30-60' with this thing and have caught many nice lake trout and large mouth bass. In order to attach it safely and quickly we secured two pieces of wood 6"x 6" with screws to the railing of boat. We used on the railing a couple of times and were worried it might slide off in the heat of the moment. You have to be a little careful putting it out and reeling it in, and double check the knobs so that the one that lets the line out doesn't get too loose (it will come off) and of course to keep it sturdily attached I just check the tightness a time or two while boating. Great little down rigger!

I have used this downrigger for trout and kokanee and it fits perfect on my pontoon boat. No problems so far, I use the 4 lb cannon weight and take good care of it. The only downside is that the wire slips from time to time when reeling it back up but it's really not that bad. Cheap, easy and catches me fish!

As a Cannon product I thought it would be more, but looking at the price, you get what you pay for! I only need it to work for 3 days next month and for another 3 days next year! Well I never got to try it, on the first deployment of the 4lb weight, the crank handle snapped right off the spool! Disconnected the 4lb weight and buried that unit at Sea! I knew it wasn’t high quality, but I expected to get to use it at least once before it failed!

I have this mounted on my small, one may, pontoon boat. The down rigger is easy to use and works well. I use the small four pound weight, but added my own clips (the adjustable cannon clips are not good IMO.) I have caught many Kokanee with it. Its easy to wind up and down, clip to, and is solid. The price seems high but good unit.

All good except there was no “corrugated spacer” with the swivel head and no line release included in the box. A call to Cannon quickly resolved these issues but if they were there in the box I would have given this five stars

Se fueron los seguros muy rápido me gustaría tener contacto directo con los fabricantes

Quick delivery and value for money

I like the simplicity of its operation.

Excellent price on Amazon, 45% cheaper then local store. Can't wait to use it.

Great for trolling on small boats, very easy to install/remove