Downrigger Issue

[BearLakeFishGuy]

I also cut off the male plugs, due to poor connections, on my cannon Mini Mag electrics and replaced them with 3-prong, 20amp regular plugs from Lowes. The connection is tighter and I haven't had a problem since. I did that probably 15 years ago now. I obviously did not use the ground wire since the cannon wiring is only positive and negative. I did not use the twist-lock since I did not want to spent $18+ for each connector. I just looked at them in Lowes the other day. They were about $8 each.