Best stacker releases ?

[muskie magnet]

Just picked up a new pair of cannon Unitroll  10's STX and was wondering what are the best stacker releases to get ?

[spoonfed-1]

I like the scotty pinch pad releases with the cable clamp.

Lower your down rigger to the desired depth and the stacker clamps right on.

[GeckoGuy]

I like the scotty pinch pad releases with the cable clamp.

Lower your down rigger to the desired depth and the stacker clamps right on.

 

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[skipper19]

I like the scotty pinch pad releases with the cable clamp.

Lower your down rigger to the desired depth and the stacker clamps right on.

+2 however. Word of caution!

I used to put them on the cable right above the rigger weight and left them on there instead of hooking a release off the back of the ball. My intention was to avoid 2 problems with hooking directly to the weight.

1 was the fishing for mud chickens and having the lures drag the bottom.

2 was the tail of the ball weight tipping upwards under rod tension and wandering back and forth while trolling. Crossed balls a couple times from that.

Anyway, hooking the Scotty cable pinch release above the ball cured that and without changing it's position for a period of time caused a loss of the ball one day. I always released the lure from the release by giving the rod a good twitch and let flutter up the water column when retrieved. Well over and over I did this until...twitch...and ohhhh noooo! Ball went to the bottom...

Evidently over working the same spot over and over caused the cable to snap and loose the weight.

Otherwise..great stacker..just don't always use it on the same exact portion of cable.

Mark