10-25-2014, 04:27 PM
[#0000FF]I have purchased and made hundreds of different rod holder designs for float tubing. The ones I use now are the culmination of many years of trial and error. And until Friday I had never had any kind of problem. That kwazy tiger trout just pulled a double whammy that first loosened the rod and then pulled it free at the precise moment when it was vulnerable.
The rod holder is simple...fashioned from a PVC fitting of 3/4" by 1/2". With proper cutting and shaping it allows me to quickly drop a rod butt into the hole and then lay it down to lock it in place. And when a fish hits I can grab it and lift up to set the hook without having to pull the rod out of a tube...like most rod holders. I know I have caught a whole lot of fish the past couple of years that I might not have with different holders. And I have caught multiple species with it...including wipers, big cats, walleyes, perch, crappies, trout, etc.
The fit is exactly right for the 1" rear handle grips on my rods. No room to add any additional material...like neoprene. And the increased friction of a fish pulling down usually increases the holding power too. Freak accident.
Sounds like more fish are starting to school up at the outer points of RG. That was a good spot during the cooler weeks before iceup last year.
Your "globs" could have also been schools of baby perch. The little 1.5 inch yearlings form tight balls on the bottom in deeper water about this time of year. In times past that was something I looked for. Once I found the food the perch and walleyes were usually not far away. Trout too.
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The rod holder is simple...fashioned from a PVC fitting of 3/4" by 1/2". With proper cutting and shaping it allows me to quickly drop a rod butt into the hole and then lay it down to lock it in place. And when a fish hits I can grab it and lift up to set the hook without having to pull the rod out of a tube...like most rod holders. I know I have caught a whole lot of fish the past couple of years that I might not have with different holders. And I have caught multiple species with it...including wipers, big cats, walleyes, perch, crappies, trout, etc.
The fit is exactly right for the 1" rear handle grips on my rods. No room to add any additional material...like neoprene. And the increased friction of a fish pulling down usually increases the holding power too. Freak accident.
Sounds like more fish are starting to school up at the outer points of RG. That was a good spot during the cooler weeks before iceup last year.
Your "globs" could have also been schools of baby perch. The little 1.5 inch yearlings form tight balls on the bottom in deeper water about this time of year. In times past that was something I looked for. Once I found the food the perch and walleyes were usually not far away. Trout too.
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