I have just acquired 2 scotty electric downriggers and have a few questions. I will be putting them on a 15ft double eagle w/60hp and a 5hp kicker motor, space is very limited on my boat.
I currently have a marine starting battery that starts my main, and runs my fishfinder while fishing. Can I run the downriggers off this battery and expect it to start my motor after 5 hours of fishing or should I be looking at getting another battery to run the downriggers? I am dealing with a small boat, and have limited space and weight needs so adding another 75lb marine battery will be a big thing to deal with and setup, and I only want to do it if I absolutely need to, any thoughts.
These downriggers are a few years old and I have never dealt with electrics before, so I didn't get a manual or anything with them, how exactly do you operate them? It seems pretty simple, press the green button and up comes the ball but do you need to hold the button down and release when the pop up or does the downrigger stop automaticaly at a certain point? so I could press the button and continue to fish while it does its thing and brings the ball up and stops them when the surface?
Thanks in advance.
I currently have a marine starting battery that starts my main, and runs my fishfinder while fishing. Can I run the downriggers off this battery and expect it to start my motor after 5 hours of fishing or should I be looking at getting another battery to run the downriggers? I am dealing with a small boat, and have limited space and weight needs so adding another 75lb marine battery will be a big thing to deal with and setup, and I only want to do it if I absolutely need to, any thoughts.
These downriggers are a few years old and I have never dealt with electrics before, so I didn't get a manual or anything with them, how exactly do you operate them? It seems pretty simple, press the green button and up comes the ball but do you need to hold the button down and release when the pop up or does the downrigger stop automaticaly at a certain point? so I could press the button and continue to fish while it does its thing and brings the ball up and stops them when the surface?
Thanks in advance.