Thread: DIY kontiki info

Originally Posted by samba

yea that's cool sounds like a lot of tangles to me but good luck to you also by having a separate trace line I assume that will mean your main line is on top of the water?

Yes the tow line will be on the surface. The bait line will be wound on a separate cassette reel that will plug into the centre of the kontiki. At the appropriate time the reel will be released (via a car central locking motor) and drop as the kontiki continues to motor. As the kontiki is retrieved the bait line (and fish all going well) will follow. This way the baits are not dragged out, less likelihood of tow line being bitten off and there will be no tangle.

Electrically/electronically quite easy to do. A five minute swap out in future to change to a steered system with GPS when I get that far.