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Ben
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Initially Posted - 01/28/2008 :  10:08:21  Show Profile
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Hi all, I was looking for some reasonbly priced rod holders to mount on the stern rail for some trolling on my small inland lake and found these. I ordered them and picked them up. I saw when I picked them up that they're not recommended for trolling. That's what I'm hoping to do. I don't know much about this kind of thing, but I'm positive I've seen rod holders like this that people use for trolling.

Am I missing something?
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  11:34:33  Show Profile
Wouldn't be the first time the fine print warns against what the big print says something is great for. Maybe if you were trolling for marlin... What do they say the <i>are</i> for, anyway??
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  11:41:51  Show Profile
On second thought, I think I see a potential issue... If a fish strikes and gives a good yank, the holder could twist on the rail, and there goes your rod and reel. A solution might be to mount them on the sides of the sternrail, rather than the back, so a rearward pull won't twist them. That or keep your drag very light.
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Ben
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  12:18:33  Show Profile
I thought that too, Dave, and agree that mounting them on the verticle posts of the stern pulpit would possibly help that. I do generally keep my drag loose enough to engage. Usually that's how I can tell I have a fish on, the sound of the drag engaging.
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  13:49:22  Show Profile
Get some Wood, PVC, U-Clamps, screws and rubber tubing and make your own.



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John Russell
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  15:29:58  Show Profile
If ya go fishin' at your local Kroger's, ya won't have that problem. And, they come already clean!
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Ben
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Response Posted - 01/28/2008 :  15:41:16  Show Profile
True John, but it's not as challenging.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 01/29/2008 :  08:46:34  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Ben,
I'm sure the company that makes the holder is just protecting themselves from legal woes because (as has been said) a big fish with too tight of a drag and your rod and reel are gone! I'd make a Velcro strap to hold the reel in, and actually with a larger and especially a jumping fish it would be a good thing if your rod holder pivoted and your rod and reel "knelt" to the fish (it's standard practice).
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piseas
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Response Posted - 01/29/2008 :  17:10:33  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Joe, nice job. I did a similar mount for my dinghy motor. BTW, looks like a familiar pic of the Isthmus. You on a string line?
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 01/29/2008 :  17:50:40  Show Profile
Good eye! That picture was taken last August and that 2-cycle 5HP Yamaha is the one I commandeered to get us back to Oceanside when the Honda's prop spun. The Isthmus has become an annual voyage for us and we usually troll two poles when crossing the channel.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 01/29/2008 :  19:20:13  Show Profile
Here's what I have on the sailboat...

http://store.anchormarina.com/anchor/details.php?ITEM=0669703
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Ben
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Response Posted - 01/30/2008 :  10:04:09  Show Profile
Thanks all. Clam, the one you showed is very similar to the ones I bought, and about the same price.

One thing additionally that I should have mentioned; I'm using "light tackle" rods with spinning reels, and the butt of the rod isn't nearly as long as the one in the picture shown by Sloop Smitten.

I don't have any rods like the one Sloop shows, which to me seem like ocean fishing rods. I'm just fishing on a small inland lake, hoping to get a 2 pound bass.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/30/2008 :  10:39:58  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage

much easier
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 01/31/2008 :  19:00:33  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
I hose clamped a tubular plastic rod holder to a stern rail stanchion. Being a belt&suspenders kinda guy, I use a safety lanyard on the rod & reel when trolling from the holder.

-- Leon S.
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