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Originally Posted by maximusII
can you send more pics on how you mounted that on the back deck.
I looked at the L brackets but I do not feel right about drilling though my gunnel.
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I will try to remember to snap a few pics. and post them up this weekend maybe.
Really - it's pretty darn easy.
The riggers come with a base plate. This plate is the same one the high rise assembly comes with.
All I did was ....
1) dry fit everything and mark a suitable location. I was looking to make sure the position was comfortable from the boat and that the arm would extend over the side of the boat comfortably.
2) investigate to make sure I wouldn't be piercing something below the mounting location by crawling under there and having a peek. In this case there was nothing below where the bolts would go. The top deck is carpeted over thick aluminum backed by 3/4" marine plywood - and outstanding and solid surface to mount something like this.
3) Place the base plate in position and drill through the four holes on each corner and secure it with a nut/bolt or coarse screw. This plate stays in place.
4) Whenever I want to mount the rigger - I secure the high riser onto the base plate (4 scotty wing nut bolts) and then the downrigger to the riser (which stays together in my case) and I'm in business. Takes 2 minutes and I'm fishing.