Fishing rod holders

My IRA · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the great input on rod holders and downrigger placement.
Cool

Jerry

TyBoo · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:20 pm Post subject:

Wheeler Dealer -

I wasn't ignoring your email, I did something better than respond to it. I forwarded it to the Head Nerd for diagnosis, you see. Bill, however, takes some time to get through these things, because he has to run the problem through a whole bunch of steps and tests. Then he has to find someone to have a meeting about it with. Drives his wife crazy.

I figured you were just pushing the wrong mouse button or something.

I am happy you got it straightened out and will be watching for more pictures.

You sure that's a dog?

True Story · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:04 am Post subject:

OK, Thats it. I just can't sit back and listen to you guys slam my Fish-On rod holders any longer. It's startin to get personal Wink

I've been using them since 1982 and think they work fine on the CD and drift boat. I will admit that they do need to be adjusted with a screw driver a couple of times every year to keep them dialed in, but they go in and out easily and I didn't have a fit after dropping one overboard last summer because they are only $15 or so.

As far as the pig dilemma goes, I'm not sure what kind of meat poles them guys in Oregon are using. Up here in God's country, we catch a few pigs ourselves, believe in setting our drags to give up some line and our poles actually flex a little which together, absorb the majority of stress associated with a sudden takedown.

Actually, Scotty could make a better pole holder as I've never fished with them. I'm really just trying to defend the sixteen holes I've got drilled into the gunnel of our boat and raz the Tyboo a bit. Tim

Wheeler Dealer · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:59 am Post subject:

You can tell when your Pub mates are in the middle of winter can't ya. Defensive rod holder syndrome, neighboring State line drag chafe, swiss cheese gunnel rash. Whoa! Deep breaths, in / out / in / out, now doesn't that feel better Wink

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TyBoo · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:14 am Post subject:

Hey, we ain't slammin' your pole holders! It's been my experience that they do a pretty good job of "slamming" themselves.

In further defense of them, though, I should point out that they have a distinct advantage when trolling for the silvers. Often times, the silver will take a swipe at the bait, but miss the hookup. If you quickly lower your pole tip to let the bait drop back, more often than not they'll hit it again. With the breakaway Fish On holders, this move is usually automatic. Our motto down in the big river is, "If them fish aren't big enough to topple a Fish On pole holder, we don't want 'em anyway."

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Them things work just fine unless you forget to tighten them up. I got nothing against them, really. The ones that came in my first boat were old junkers, and that's been my only experience with them. That, and watching the younger B~C dive across the cockpit to grab a pole before it shoots out of the horizontal holder.