Cheap homemade rod holder rack for pulling from the back
I saw a guy at a local lake that had a real simple setup using a 1X6, two eye bolts, two washers, and two wing nuts. He had the curved end of the eye bolts hooked under his rear cleats with the straight end run up through holes drilled in the 1x6 and tightened down with the wing nuts, then he had 4 rod holders screwed into the 1x6 spaced about 2 feet apart.
My rear cleats are too far back to do this on my boat without the board interfering with trimming the motor so I came up with my own version. I got a 4x4 and cut two 6 and 1/2 inch lengths. I bored one 1 and 1/2 inch diameter hole about 4 inches deep into the end of each length of 4x4 and used 4 and 1/2 inch heavy duty screws to attach them to the deck of my boat. They had a little wiggle to them so I bored another smaller hole in each and added a second screw, now they are solid and don't give at all when you pull on them. then i ran a 2x4 across the top of them and attached my rod holders to thew 2x4. Here are some picks.
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