Attached a Downrigger to my AI aka - no holes

Thought I'd share how I attached a downrigger to my Hobie Adventure Island - to the right rear aka. No holes! check out the pics at:
http://s317.photobucket.com/albums/mm389/fishman-rd/

It's mounted to a piece of decking board - see the white board in the pics, it's very light. Made the board longer for support, and the extra surface area makes for a good place to set the cannonball...

Downrigger is a Scotty 1060 Depthking Manual Downrigger W/Rod Holder, but removed the Rod Holder. Mounted on a No. 1026 Pedestal Swivel Mount - the swivel mount is a must have! Weight is a Cannon 4lb Flash Weight attached to a Scotty 370 Trolling Snubber w/Snap & SAMPO Swivel

The setup works perfect.. Now, time to Fish on!

Awesome setup! I'm working on a similar rig to mount my Humminbird Fishing Buddy 141C on my TI.

Also going to mount rodholders on my rear akas so i can sit on the tramps while anchored. Planning to back bounce wobblers for Chinook in the Columbia. I landed a 20 pounder Wednesday with a guide and am studying anchor setuos for hoglining in the big current and crowded river.

Anyone doing this kind of fishing from a TI?

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Dune TI - 6/4/2011
Camas, WA