downrigger weight question

[cheese]

i have 2 cannon minimag downriggers this year i bought some 13lb torpedo weights is that 2 much 4 these riggers

[Richard]

Send Cannon an e-mail. They got back to me within three days when I questioned the 13# torpedoes with my older mag 10's. (older mag 10's are good for 16# by my reply)

Good luck

[cheese]

will do thanks

[Sk8man]

Might want to keep in mind that the actual weight of the cannonball and related drag in the water affect the strain on the MOTOR of a downrigger. The heavier the weight the more stress on the motor over time. I have used 8 lb weights on my Cannon Mag10's very successfully which I have had since 1985 (never any problem with them) and they still run perfectly and some of this may be the fact that they have only had half the capacity weight to bear over these years.