Rod holder ?

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by BillTex

OK...sounds like there would not be enough wood left for a sturdy mount using these Mate rod holders? Do standard flush mounts use a smaller hole?

Thx, Bill

the hole is the size of a cupholder 3 1/4" vs the size of a rod butt 2"

[garbubba]

My 83 V came from Florida & someone was using it for trolling like you want to do. It has two outrigger mounts forward, a pair of rod holders angled out as much as possible behind that, and two more straight back. That's a lot of lines in a small boat.

[BillTex]

Originally Posted by garbubba

My 83 V came from Florida & someone was using it for trolling like you want to do. It has two outrigger mounts forward, a pair of rod holders angled out as much as possible behind that, and two more straight back. That's a lot of lines in a small boat.

Nice...some pics would be great...

Tx, Bill

[BillTex]

Hi all, someone over on THT suggested 0* swivel rod holders all around. This would certainly address the gunnel clearance issue with the V20, and enable positioning the rods as needed for trolling, drifting, etc.

I can't for the life of me see why this isn't a great solution...any thoughts?

Seems like the best idea...

Tx, Bill

[SkunkBoat]

do you have bent butt rods?? Otherwise, where are you going to swivel?

[BillTex]

Hey skunk
Last two boats had swivels just in rear corners. Fished straight stand ups , no bent butts. Swivel always kept the rod/guides/line in optimal direction no matter where the fish ran.
We usually fish short handed...2 or 3. When you get Multiple hook ups one rod may sit in a holder for a while

Those boats were rigged when i purchased them. The v has no holes in it...a blank slate
Trying to "measure 2x...cut once"...

Back in the day we just dropped a golf ball in the rod holder...that was our "swivel"

Tx, bill

[SkunkBoat]

That's fine for the corner and fighting a fish but you want to spread multiple lines while trolling and not have them cross on a hookup.

Use an outrodder in a 0* fwd of the rod box and a "Kite" double rod holder in a 30* straight back furthest aft. The the lower rod gets a flat line clip, upper line will be the wfb line