Summary of Contents for Big Jon Sports Band Buster
- Page 2 A well planned boat insures an easier, safer and more enjoyable fishing trip. Before mounting your Big Jon Sports downriggers, planer riggers and rod holders, it is a ® good idea out get in the boat with your fishing buddies and locate the best place- ment of all trolling equipment.
- Page 3 To Your Boat... Big Jon Sports builds ® heavy-duty transom bars that are pre-drilled and tapped to accept four Big Jon Sports ® downriggers. The whole assembly of transom bar and downriggers can easily be installed or removed as one unit.
- Page 4 Planer Riggers For Boats The Big Jon Sports Service Department ® With Console Steering... can custom build a Pedestal Seat...
- Page 5 Trolling Equipment Mounting The Big Jon Sports ® Standard 4” x 4” Mounting Plate... This mounting plate accepts all Big Jon Sports ® downriggers and rod holders with 4” x 4” bases. It also accepts the Big Jon Sports quick-slide ®...
- Page 6 Mounting The Big Jon Sports ® Standard Planer Rigger Base... This cast aluminum base accepts all Big Jon Sports ® planer masts and the Multi-Set rod holder tree. ® 1. Make sure all electrical wiring below the mounting surface is clear of the area to be drilled.
- Page 7 Assemble The Captain’s Pak ® Tip-Up Boom To The Downrigger Base... 1. Slide the double rod upper arm assembly (A) onto the lower hinge assembly (B). 2. Line up the holes and insert the hinge pin (C). 3. Hold the hinge pin in place by fitting the retainer clip (D) into the groove on the end of the hinge pin.
- Page 8 Assemble The Downrigger Boom... 1. For J-rod style downriggers, firmly screw the collar onto the threaded end of the J-Rod. Then firmly screw the threaded end of the end rod and pulley assembly into the other end of the collar. 2.
- Page 9 Electrical Hook-Up For Downriggers And Planer Reels... 1. Captain’s Pak , Pro Tournament and Sportsman: ® Connect the installation wire to the battery or buss bar. The Blue wire connects to the POSITIVE post (+). The Brown wire connects to the NEGATIVE post(-). Plug the male connection of the wire from the downrigger into the female connection of the of the installation wire.
- Page 10 Installing The Auto-Stop System... 1. Slide the Trigger Bead onto the downrigger cable (small hole towards the motor) . Then slide the crimp onto the downrigger cable. Feed the cable through the Line Guide and Tip Pulley and attach the Klincher to the end of the cable (as shown on page 7). 2.
- Page 11 Adjusting Your Multi-Set Rod Holders ® 2. Rotate the rod holder 3. Release the rod holder 1. Firmly grasp the lower end of the rod holder tube to any of the seven tube and let the locking tube and pull the spring locking positions in the pin in the upright base to loaded dome away from...
- Page 12 Operating Your Manual Downrigger Step-By Step Instructions For: The Gadabout , Runabout ® ® Big Water Manual Downriggers... 1. While the boat is moving at trolling speed, set your fishing reel to free-spool, apply slight pressure to the spool with your thumb and let your lure to the desired distance behind the boat.
- Page 13 Then take up the slack in your fishing line, until there is a bow in your fishing rod. Tip: (One of the virtues of using a Band Buster ® release is that when a fish strikes and pulls against the rubber band, the rod tip will start bouncing and signal the strike.)
- Page 14 Operating Your “One-Hand-Crank” Manual Siderigger... 1. While the boat is moving at trolling speed, set your fishing reel to free-spool, apply slight pressure to the spool with your thumb and let your lure to the desired distance behind the boat. Then set the drag clicker to stop your reel from free-spooling.
- Page 15 5. After you see the depth you desire marked on the line counter, retighten the reel by turning the crank handle clockwise until the cannonball stops taking out cable. 6. Now hold onto the reel and continue to reel clockwise (about half a turn). This will secure the reel and prevent the cable from creeping out while you are trolling.
- Page 16 Operating Your Sportsman Electric Downrigger... Take time to familiarize yourself with the controls of your Sportsman electric downrigger. On the left side of the downrigger (next to the reel), you will find the knob. Turn the clutch knob counter-clockwise to loosen it or clockwise to tighten it.
- Page 17 5. Next, set the drag clicker on your fishing reel. Then take up the slack in your fishing line, until there is a bow in your fishing rod. (One of the virtues of using a Band Buster line ® release is that when a fish strikes and pulls against the rubber band, the rod tip will start bouncing and signal the strike.)
- Page 18 Operating Your Captain’s Pak ® Or Pro Tournament Electric Downrigger... Take time to familiarize yourself with the controls of your Captain’s Pak or Pro Tournament electric downrigger. ® On the left side of the downrigger (next to the reel), you will find the knob. Turn the clutch knob count clockwise to loosen it or clockwise to tighten it.
- Page 19 2. To place the line in the line release (the Band Buster ® which comes with your downrigger is shown here), grab the fishing line and wrap a rubber band around the line and back through itself. With the other hand reach down and firmly take hold of the line release.
- Page 20 Operating Your Brute ES Electric Downrigger... Take time to familiarize yourself with the controls of your Brute ES electric downrigger. On the right side of the downrigger (next to the reel), you will find the clutch knob. Turn the clutch knob count clockwise to loosen it or clockwise to tighten it.
- Page 21 2. To place the line in the line release (the Band Buster ® which comes with your downrigger is shown here), grab the fishing line and wrap a rubber band around the line and back through itself. With the other hand reach down and firmly take hold of the line release.
- Page 22 Using Big Jon Sports Line Releases... ® The Band Buster Release ® “The Line Release That Signals When A Fish Strikes”... 1. After letting your line out to the distance that you want it to run behind the boat, loop a rubber...
- Page 23 The Free’n Easy Release ® “The Line Release That Is The Favorite Of Successful Charter Captains And Tournament Fishermen!”... The Free’n Easy downrigger line release ® is an “adjustable tension” line release that will withstand greater tension from the fishing rod than other line releases and still trip easily from the lightest fish strike.
- Page 24 (planer) in the water. ® Take hold of the reel with one hand and loosen the clutch by turning the clutch knob counter-clockwise with the other hand. NOTE: The Big Jon Sports Otter Boat ® ® recommended as a good choice of planers because of it’s ability to...
- Page 25 5. Take hold of the fishing line that you have just let out and attach a line release to it (A). (There are many styles of line releases on the market to choose from. We are showing the “Pinch Pad” style here).
- Page 26 Using The Big Jon Sports ® In-Line Planers... 1. Bring your boat to trolling speed. Then let your lure out to the desired fishing distance behind the boat. Once your lure is out to the desired distance, set the drag clicker on your reel to prevent it from free-spooling.
- Page 27 5. When a fish strikes your lure, the line release will “Pop-Off”, allowing the planer to slide down the line to a “Speedo Bead”. The Speedo Bead is placed approximately 18 inches in front of the lure to keep the planer from interfering with the fish.
- Page 28 Using The Big Jon Sports ® Mini-Diver And Deep’r Diver Disks... ® You will find that the Big Jon Sports ® Mini-Diver and Deep’r Diver disks are ® the easiest diver disks you can use. 1. Start by tying the line coming from your fishing rod to the clip located on the top and center of the diver disk.
- Page 29 4. As you are letting out your fishing line, you will reach a point where your line starts to move back towards the rear of the boat. When this happens, the diver has reached it’s maximum depth. Because of many variables, such as speed, line weight, lure weight and water temperature that affect the performance of any diver, there are...
- Page 30 Locating feeding fish is one of the most of how different temperatures of water break important skills a fisherman can develop. up will help you locate feeding fish. You can mark fish on your fish finder and Here are the two main ways different not entice them to strike your lure if they are temperatures of water will break up.
- Page 31 Taking out the guess work... On larger bodies of water, like the oceans and the Great Lakes, masses of water temperature Equipped with modern electronics, today’s are much larger and in a constant state of fishermen need not go fishing “blind”! With change.
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