Scotty Downrigger Service - Mainland

[Ringo]

need to send my riggers for service and need to have them back ASAP. Where is a recommended service centre on the mainland? Thank you.

 

[paguy]

What do you need fixed, there are some good you tube videos on how to service. simple and only takes a couple minutes.

 

[Pippen]

need to send my riggers for service and need to have them back ASAP. Where is a recommended service centre on the mainland? Thank you.

A buddy had his done at Highwater in North Van with a quick turnaround and raved about the staff there.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Berry's Bait and Tackle in Richmond does it too but like paguy said, all the maintenance to be done on them is super easy and takes very little time. I recommend scuffing up your brakes with emery paper and a little cleaning of them first with an alcohol solvent like isopropyl.
If you haven't done them before you can flip the brake pad over for a new surface too.

 

[Teja]

100% agree with the three posts immediately above. Highwater provided exceptional service for my downriggers before I watched a couple YouTubes on downrigger maintenance and saw how easy they were to maintain ... I have been maintaining mine since. The brilliance of Scotty's downriggers is a bit mind boggling to me ... simple design, simple to maintain and incredibly effective and reliable in a saltwater environment.

 

[Ringo]

Thanks, guys. I do my annual maintenance/ tension adjustments every season. I recently ran into a brake issue when retrieving the ball. The rigger trips on the end of the return but the brake doesn't stick and the ball goes back in the water unless I manually lock the brake. I contact d Scotty and their recommendation was to send it for service. The other rigger has no performance issues but makes a clicking noise on the retrieve.

 

[scott craven]

I had the same problem, it was a broken return spring.
If you tell Scotty they will send you a new one in the mail for free.

 

[paguy]

I had the same problem, it was a broken return spring.
If you tell Scotty they will send you a new one in the mail for free.

That little spring is the only thing I have ever had to replace on my downriggers and I also got them from scotty for free.

 

[Ringo]

Thanks, Craven. Just talked to Scotty and a new spring is on its way...

 

[Bret]

I run a fishing charter so I like everything working, change the handle spring every year and the brakes about every three years, there cheap and most problems are solved by doing that...

Bret

 

[the fog ducker]

Highwater ,
simply the best , and a smokin hottie there to help your day go a little quicker

great service


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