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Which Rod Holders?


Joe Suits

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I will have to look at the official name but I have bought and installed and used alot of rod holders and there is one that is best, at least for great lakes trolling. It has infinate directability. You loosen and tighten tension around a black ball shape at the base of a 12+ inch stainless steel holder. Pricy but clearly worth it.

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cove that sounds like a ram rod. ram rods are in my opinion the best rod holders ever made. they will handle giant muskie cranks to whatever you might be using. they are indestructable, have infinite movement, and its easy to get the rod out. cabelas has them.

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Okay folks, it looks like I'll get the Ram 2000 holders. I will be ordering with the flush mounts. I will be mounting them on a 2003 Lund Mr. Pike 18. Where would the best placement for the holders? For now, I plan on using just the two holders.


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Good choice! I would recomend putting them twoards the back of the boat, about even with the rear seat. You may want to stick one next to your drivers seat also. I would also recomend placing them as close to the inside of your gunwales as possible, it's a little stiffer there plus you'll have more clearance for long handled rods. Remember, check twice, drill once!

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How spendy is spendy? I'm looking for some rod holders to.

Also, I have a ram mount for my FL-18. I used a GPS ram mount and it works great.

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Depending on the mounting system you need they can be spendy. I think I got mine for $14 but I needed to rail mount them on my Ranger so I needed the extra $8 piece.

I am not sponsored my Ram, I use them because they work good.

One word of caution when mounting rod holders. Remember, trolling rods usually are long and will stick out the back of the rod holder. You need plenty of room for the rod, so make sure you won't be hitting them with your seats, arms, compartments,etc. Sit in your boat and do some planning before you drill.

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i went with the original RAM rod with the ball swivel, this helps for different rod handle sizes, the only down fall is the ball holder is always there, but being able to adjust the rod to any angle makes up for the ball.

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