Z-Wing

[Kokonuts]

I wish we could get the 2 rod stamp out here in Or. & Wash. but with the small limits on some lakes maybe not.

Would Shuttle Hawk would be good for 2 rods on downrigger? I am planning on getting a second DR this winter for my boat!........Kokonuts

 

[Ryno]

Shuttle Hawks

That's exactly what it's for, 2 rods on one downrigger. You'll attach your first rod like normal, just behind the cannonball. The next rod will be attached by the shuttlehawk. To make it work you attach a stopper (small plastic clip) on your cable a few feet above your cannonball. It should ride through your downrigger when you pull up your cannonball. Then you'll slip the shuttlehawk onto the cable and clip in your second line. The shuttlehawk works as a downplane as soon as it hits the water. It will slide all the way down to the stopper, riding just above your primary line. When a fish hits, you pop it out of the shuttlehawk and it should plane back up to the surface.

I typically run my most productive rig on the shuttlehawk, because it's so easy to reset vs. pulling your cannonball back up. My only issue with the shuttlehawks were the original clips they provide. I replaced them with some Offshore brand clips and I've been happy ever since. Hope it helps, Ryno

 

[HiTechKoke]

I definitely love the Shuttlehawks and the whole family is trained on them... Like most I replace the clips because I never got comfortable with the stock ones. I did have Gary Mirales show me how to do the twist and rig them and I think if I got it down I would stick with them as they do have a more consistent release. I replace them with the pinch type but I use a really long cable/tube - 18-24 inches so you can reach down to them and have more room to pull them toward you in order to pinch the line.

I added the 3rd down rigger this year, the Walker, and with the two-rod stamp and 3 people we pull 5 lines typically. The two rod-stamp is ideal since you can take a buddy or even kids and run 4 lines which helps when rotating and testing a lot of gear. Of course the more line you run the bigger opportunity for getting things messed up if a Kokanee goes wild and rins across and up and down.

Kevin

 

[FishHunter]

That's exactly what it's for, 2 rods on one downrigger. You'll attach your first rod like normal, just behind the cannonball. The next rod will be attached by the shuttlehawk. To make it work you attach a stopper (small plastic clip) on your cable a few feet above your cannonball. It should ride through your downrigger when you pull up your cannonball. Then you'll slip the shuttlehawk onto the cable and clip in your second line. The shuttlehawk works as a downplane as soon as it hits the water. It will slide all the way down to the stopper, riding just above your primary line. When a fish hits, you pop it out of the shuttlehawk and it should plane back up to the surface.

I typically run my most productive rig on the shuttlehawk, because it's so easy to reset vs. pulling your cannonball back up. My only issue with the shuttlehawks were the original clips they provide. I replaced them with some Offshore brand clips and I've been happy ever since. Hope it helps, Ryno

I have never used shuttlehawks, but it seems to me that if you attached your first pole to the cannonball and attached the shuttlehawk stopper just a few feet above the cannonball, they would constantly get tangled unless the lead on the second pole was only a foot or two.

I run the second pole 10 feet above the first pole that is attached to the cannonball and have a short lead (6 to 8 feet) on it so they don't get tangled if I stop the boat. However, my bottom poles are consistently my best producers and it is a pain to drag up the cannonballs everytime I catch a fish because I have to reset the top pole that isn't producing.

Any suggestions on how to make this better? I guess I could attach a shuttlehawk and use the top pole at the desired depth that would produce more and hope the bottom pole catches the real pig kokesthumbsup

 

[Kokaholic]

You need to run your 2nd pole on the shuttle hawk on your top pole to the rear of the boat. This way its always on top and it doesnt get tangled. I also always run my weight at the deepest I mark fish . As the day goes on and the fish go down deeper I start picking up more fish on my bottom rod. I then go deeper and keep my Shuttlehawk line in the primary column of where the fish are being marked. Much easier to use the shuttlehawk and re rig after I hook up on a fish.

With a little practice and use, You will really enjoy them alot.

 

[HiTechKoke]

About 12 feet of separation is what I run. Also I put the heavier dodgers blades on the deeper presentation otherwise if you play throttle games like I like to do when the bite is slow then that top line will catch on to the bottom one. The only difference is I run the deep lines to the back of the boat and the shuttlehawk ones to the sides but that is just what I am used to.

 

[Kokaholic]

I also run a 10 foot diffrence in depths. run my botttom lines out further. And run one rigger at a 5 foot different depth. this way I have a line every 5 foot in depth. This has worked well for me. thumbsup

 

[fish-on-bend]

I'm bumping this thread because it got off topic and I want to know if anyone on here has used the Z-wing?

 

[dbcfr]

Yes, I have in the ocean they work at faster trolling speeds quite well but they have 2 problems (1) they spiral up when retrived (2) they produce a lot of down force so make sure your downrigger mount is sound
Dave B