rod storage

[nadders]

just wondering how everyones storing their rods on board

do you just shove em in the holders? any stories of lost rods when getting on the plane etc?

[Keechie]

i just got the glue on rubber things up the side of my boat, stick em in there and out of the way other side has got the gaff and the net in there that way nothing sitting on the floor apart from the fish i have just landed:P

[Cowfish13]

Just in the holders and away we go

I've seen the rods go through some pretty rough stuff, sometimes jumping a bit in the holder, but I really doubt they will ever pop out

[dhess]

Same here. I just keep them in the holders an dthey seem fine as long as the holders are cast stainless or decent plastic and the not crap stainless ones that are just spot welded.

Was crossing the northern bay once with a friend in his 6.5m barcrusher at night and he nearly flipped the boat on a breaking wave on a sandbar. The rods in the rocket launcher were fine even though I was onvinced we had lost them. Needed a change of undies after that episode.

I have since renamed his boat sandbar crusher.

[jeff f]

berkley rod rack mounted for vertical storage on the side of the center console with an occy strap holding them in nice and tight keeps them safe and out of the way when fishing or traveling

[noname]

a few years back i had a 4.6 sea jay similar to yours, accurate welding made up the rails and a cutting board above the motor, which also housed 6 rods, i must say it was bloody brilliant for the fishing i was doing at that time, around moreton bay, around yellow patch, 45 k's off the goldie, never knew they were there, never in the way, and never lost a rod, it looked like 1 of those polling platforms, and it could be used for that easily, and left the rest of the working area free, no trip points. was also a great spot for 1 of those 55 watt spotties, tucked up underneath. what i did was to buy the boat pretty much bare with the platforms the way i wanted them, used the boat for 3/4 months and thought about what i wanted and where, everything had to be easy to get to, but out of the way. so when the boat was loaded , it still looked empty.