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Sea Nymph

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portable rod holders
« on: February 01, 2008, 06:57:06 PM »
Does anyone know where you can buy some good quality portable rod holders? I have an aluminum boat and I don't want to drill any holes in it as I don't have any rails in it.
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firstlight

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Re: portable rod holders
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2008, 10:40:04 PM »
I havent seen any portable rod holders that i would want to use.

Why not mount some proper mounts on the side of the boat?
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Re: portable rod holders
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2008, 11:07:23 PM »
get yourself a piece of pressure treated 4x6 and chop yourself a 6" block off of it, then cut it at a 45 lengthwise and drill some recessed bolt holes in the blocks. Bolt them to the rails of your boat and you can mount scotty rod holders perfectly. Thats what I did to mine anyways, works great
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Re: portable rod holders
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2008, 12:11:27 PM »
make youir own.........ABS pipe and angle iron w/ hose clamps
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Sam Salmon

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Re: portable rod holders
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2008, 03:57:02 PM »
Cabelas has some in their catalogue (probably the same as mentioned by firstlight) but they'll end up scraping the sh*t out of you boat unless you use plywood backing and even then the plywood will rot in no time-how do this look to you?



If in the end you have to drill holes be prepared to use something like starboard as backing.
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Sea Nymph

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Re: portable rod holders
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2008, 01:13:12 PM »
Just want to thank you all for your help and advice.
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