Rod Storage

Last spring, I picked up one of these 6 pack rodholders from cabelas. They are polished, anodized aluminum. Thought they were a good deal for 80 bucks. I mounted them over the plastic rack that I have on my door to the transom well, so I could still use the old rack for knives, pliars, net, and gaff. I like this because it gets the rods off the gunnels when I am underway. That cuts down immensely on the amount of salt spray forced into your reels, which is a good thing if you don't like to constantly take apart your reels for cleaning. Also good to get them off the gunnels, when launching, so that they are out of the way of dock lines, pilings, and lowlifes that will grab a rod from a holder in the blink of an eye ( New York ya know :().

Am also thinkin about mounting a 3 rack on the INSIDE cockpit wall in front of the port seat. I figure, if I angle it right, the rods will stick out between the windshield and the front of the bimini top. There they will not get in the way when I am casting from the cockpit.