Trying something different with my setup. I have rod holders on the transom and I think the proximity of the motor is causing my reels to vibrate loose on deckhand style rods. So I gotta move the rod holders somewhere...
I'm already proud of the engineering I've put into my crate, and now it's time to add a little somethin'.
Pardon the cluttered backgrounds......
Yes I've used all 12 rod holders with while bass fishing with Jared. While fishing alone I prefer to fill every other holder so reels don't hit each other. I might drop it to 5 on either side so that I don't feel the need to skip spaces.
Went to Home Depot after work and grabbed some ABS pipe, male and female screw fittings, and elbows. Put it all together and boom.
I bolt on the bottom pieces of pipe to the crate, and then I'll be able to assemble the rocket launchers when I need them without sacrificing storage.
Didn't account for the angle when I was gluing and drilling....
Glue already set so I drilled new holes. Much better!
It's cute but I think I screwed up. I gotta switch out the bottom pieces of pipe for 2" so that the crate fits snug in the boat. It'll be more crucial now than before that it's snug, since if all goes well, a very upset gamefish will be trying to tear the rod and the pipe out of the boat. Even with the drag set to bite/strike setting there's a fair amount of torque hitting a couple bolts through a milk crate. Gonna head back tomorrow to see I can further complicate my kabob of ABS fittings with a 2" to 1.5" adapter.
I wanna thread some shock cord through the bottoms of the rest of the rod holders so the rod butts rest on the cord, then the bouncing of the boat won't shake reels loose. Felt like it was getting too late to keep using the electric drill so until tomorrow...
