Cannon Magnum Series Electric Downriggers

Bought 2 magnum 10 STX and they are awesome. The 5 STX doesn't come with a swivel base that's why I opted for the 10 STX that come with a swivel base. The weight stops at the water line every time. Fast up and down, you can slow it by using the clutch but I didn't because it was perfect. I do recommend getting the retro-ease weight retriever or the scotty retriever because reaching over the side of the boat pulling in the 10lbs weight and keeping control of the weight while hooking your line on the clip get a little frustrating at times. After hand cranking the cannon mini for years it's nice to be able to hit the switch and not have one buff arm.

This one replaces one that broke, a bunch of little problems. The cable get all jumbled up on the reel, the weight comes up out of the water on the retrieve and bounces. The way they mount puts all the strain on one side of the mount when trolling, the case on my last one broke because of this, and fell off the boat taking the rod and reel with it! Cannon must know this is a problem, they sent me a replacement no questions, I am grateful for that.I fish in Lake Superior so the 250 feet of cable is replaced with 400 feet immediately.

It seems Cannon can't even get a simple thing right wuth this downrigger. The instruction say to slide a collar down the boom arm and then to thread the hook onto the collar afterward. That's all well and good, but hey Cannon!, you forgot to cut theads into the collar so the hook post and be screwed in. Quite impossible to pu a threaded bolt into a too small unthreaded hole. I'm not a machinist and I can't tap the hole myself. I needed this to work right out of the box, Now it's salmon season, it's too late to send it back and hope the next one is better, I have to keep it now, unfortunately. It seriously makes me worry now about what other hidden defects lie within the sealed case. This is inexcusable, Cannon!!!!

There real, a great downrigger. I have 4 from amazon and did I say they are real! Yay... never know anymore but I love them. Light weight great for getting up and down fast once you get use to them. Great!

I like how fast the magnum 5 retrieves and how fast you can get to the depth quickly and the price is great, also the magnum 5 does not come with the swivel base you have to buy the magnum 10 to get the swivel base or pay for the swivel base separately but I will get a swivel base at a later time, the magnum 5 works great for what I like to fish for, trout, great product and well made.

Had mine for two years, it’s a good unit but be warned to drill a drain hole in the bottom.Mine stopped working a could months ago, took the side cover off and the inside was full of water, the circuit board is corroded and no old, motor seems to be ok but also corroded all over.Not sure why this is designed this way to apparently let water in but no back out.

Works well overall. One of the two I ordered was missing a nut in the housing for attaching the rod holder. All the rubber washers on the screws in the housing were overtightened, seriously deforming the washers. Their customer service was easy to work with to get the missing hardware but it was an unnecessary delay.

I've been using manual outriggers till now. Wow. What a difference these make. They are quality products.