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rod holder for trolling
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:44 am
by jadeboy
Any good clamp on rod holders for trolling out there skin comes all the way up to rail so rail is not open?
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:30 am
by ralph
That's my problem to. I hope somebody knows of one.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:47 pm
by Tankplunkett
I'm going to eventually get something like the ones in the pictures. Basically you can mount the base to your rails and then remove the pole holder when you aren't using it. I had one on an old john boat that I had and it seemed pretty sturdy, I never tried trolling with it though.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:22 pm
by ralph
Problem for me is that it will get in the way of the mooring cover I think
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:06 pm
by JBO
These work well for us:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001VESU56
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001M4HTNO
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001M4HT1G
We have about 10 or 12 different rod positions around the boat. We used the extensions on the rear of the boat to get the rods higher up. Many trolling rods have a long grip behind the reel and we found it difficult to get the rod in and out of the Scotty rod holders without the extensions.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:22 am
by joe20toon
ralph wrote:Problem for me is that it will get in the way of the mooring cover I think
I'm looking for good rod holders too and, I completely forgot about the cover... The mounts will get in the way.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:38 am
by wickerbill
Most of the bases will allow mounting straight up or at 90 degrees of the base. You could mount the base to the inside of the rail....that should provide clearance for your cover.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:33 pm
by COTTS4x4
Do any of you have ski tow bars you could use? This is what I did. I tipped the outside ones outward when I trolled in the keys.
Re: rod holder for trolling
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:55 pm
by lakerunner
Tankplunkett wrote:I'm going to eventually get something like the ones in the pictures. Basically you can mount the base to your rails and then remove the pole holder when you aren't using it. I had one on an old john boat that I had and it seemed pretty sturdy, I never tried trolling with it though.
I use these on my toon. they stick up less than a 1/2 inch. Never interfered with my mooring cover.
They are very sturdy and though harder to find you can get left hand threads and right hand for each side of boat. I only use right thread but on left side replace wing nut with a reg nut and a lock nut to keep it from coming loose on a snag.
Also lots of configurations. My sofas stuck up to far for reg height holders so I got extended ones
You can see two of mine here
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