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| This previous fall I wanted to mount some rod holders on my bass boat so I could do some trolling when it was to cold to cast. So I bought some plastic Scotties and intended on installing them. This has yet to happen and now I have heard that these rod holders tend to snap when trolling in cold weather. Is this true? Here is a model number for people to look at. Please provide advice before I mount this this winter.
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| I was warned by some veteran muskie sticks to stay away from the plastic holders when I first got into muskie fishing so I went with the DownEast sportscraft units (S10 salties), I love em' !! Mount some rails or tracks and go to town brother! A bit costly but well worth it!
PS- In my opinion it would have to be a near "perfect storm" for a brand name plastic holder to snap in half or completely fail on ya by why take a chance. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | ^ Exactly |
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| I had a plastic rod holder snap on a 32" pike....almost lost the rod....don't recall the brand.....last year I bought Folbes....I needed to be able to flush mount to the rear deck....the gunwales on my glass boat were too narrow to mount rails according to the manufacturer.....some guys here swore by the Folbes.....other guys said they'd never trust plastic and would only go with downeaster's.....the Folbes seem pretty sturdy to me.....and with the extensions I could mount them to the deck and get them up and over the gunwales...was a good solution for me.....good luck |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | I want to get some Folbe's, haven't yet though. |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | Folbes are rock solid. Great choice for sure. |
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Location: Lake of the Woods, Morson, Ontario | Down East have handled everything Lake of the Woods has been able to throw at them hauling around big 8-9 foot rods and baits up to 14 inches. They will always be my first choice. |
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| I own a Triton bass boat that has no rails to mount anything to. If I were to purchase some flush mounted rod holders, could they be mounted at an angle or would I be better off just installing some rails for the rod holders to mount to? I am considering contacting Scotty to see if they have any specifics on there rod holders and if they tend to fail under cold air and water temps ( 45 degrees or less). I like how they work, but I am also not willing to watch money sink to the bottom of a lake. I looked at the downeast rod holders and they look nice. I will check out the other one tomorrow. |
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| heavy duty leader ,lines,rod and reel and a #*#*ty plastic rod older?it make no sense,play safe and get a salty |
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Location: Canada | We've been using Scotty Orca's for the last few years now and not a problem. They stay mounted all year round and the boat sits outside all year round. We're thinking of adding two more to the boat. |
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Location: St. John, Indiana | I have the folbes, I love them, great design! |
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Location: colorado | MyliesPlace(Justin) - 1/11/2013 7:40 PM
Down East have handled everything Lake of the Woods has been able to throw at them hauling around big 8-9 foot rods and baits up to 14 inches. They will always be my first choice. X2 |
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