Suction cup rod holder

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by macojoe

Good Idea for light rods But here in the NE we fish some heavy rods!! And $$ so what I did was take a rail off a old whaler and mounted to the boat ans added holders to it worked great!! You can see here

Damn MJ, that's a nice minnow you have there. Guess that pic was taken just before you went fishing for some really large fish.

[jvitiel]

Yea, my rig is only for light weight rods for sure...

MJ, I'm pretty sure your setup was the original inspiration for what I did. I remember seeing that pic or one very much like it on this board last year and the idea stuck in my head. I just needed to figure a way to make it removable for when doing family stuff.

Skook, yes they are oil cans. The Admiral thinks that they are ghetto looking but I like them. I have some back on the transom and they are a bit flimsy with all that's going on back there but up front they work fine. I didn't want to hassle waiting to have enough cans of the same color from oil changes so I bought new empty ones for like 60 cents a piece on the internet.

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/ite...0465&catid=805

[macojoe]

Thanks guys but that was a small Cod near shore, I got a 50 pounder one time years ago! Thats when Cape Cod ment something, now none as Cape Coddless!!
Glad that my crapy rod holder got ya thinking!!

[SkunkBoat]

Thats some serious over-engineering...I like it......do you work for NASA?

[bgreene]

If you don't use it for rod holders........maybe for climbing up the side of skyscraper ?

Cool invention.

[jvitiel]

Thanks guys. My wife tends to just roll her eyes when I engineer something (even when its to her benefit as it often is) so its nice to be appreciated!

I thought I would update this after some actual use. Mounting it on the inside of the side window sounded like an ideal hedge against it falling in the drink but it turned out to be in the way of whomever was riding shotgun.



Placing it behind the helm is ideal but only works when the girls are aboard as the folding chairs are usually stowed there when its just a fishing trip.





Putting it back on the outside of the side window when the chairs are stowed behind the helm really isn't so bad. Its out of the way and my rods are light. After using it this way all day it was still so well stuck that I think I would have broken either the plastic rod holder or the glass before the suction gave way. Being able to actually see the integrity of the suction through the window is also a big plus. Considering the modest weight and quality/cost of my rods, I'm not too worried about this location having now used it a few times.