hey all I would start with ebay. My Dad just rigged His 15 footer with rodholders, 2 Penn manual longarms six new fishing rods with line counters by okuma and a couple of roddys by penn lead core rigs. I think he has less than $1,200.00 into all of it. Add another 5 to 6 hundred for a graph and gps and your good to go. then just buy what you can when you can. I started with just a boat, 221 Islander. bought 4 fishing rods two manual cannon downriggers and two rod holdes. Just ran 4 rods for the first two seasons I owned it. Little by little im up to 4 walker captains pac electric with auto shutoffs, new graph, gps, marine radio, 9 additionl ram mount rodd holders and now own approx 20 different down rigger,lead core and surface board rigs. this has taken appox 6 years. Now I am looking at installing a fishhawk. Just takes time. all you need is just a few to get started. Just remeber its alot more fun to fish with just what you need rather then not at all. Over the years My dad And i have rigged four different boats and found the same thing It just takes time Joe: boat name (silver one)