I know there's a few yakers here, thought you might like to see a few picks of my new rack. I wanted to get away from the bulky milkcrate. I got a decent sized clear drybag for my tackle. This should make beach launching much easier, since my crate was 5 or 10lbs empty. I also made a battery mount so my FF battery doesn't roll around and finally got a clamb shell on the whole for my FF cables. I had the 1" whole duct taped for the last 5 or 6 months.

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

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Looks good Ed.
Gotta love PVC!
When ya gonna get it on the water?

Hey Rudy, Steve and I are going to La Jolla next Sat am., assuming the weather and swell aren't too bad. Think you can make it?

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

i dont think my last post worked so here it goes again:
looks good Amish Ed. its good to hear from more kayak fisherman. heres a rack i made a few years back it has a similar function but different design. the duct tape is added support for the zip ties under it and the whole unit is held in with the kayak straps.

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Dan, looks like yours is pretty dang sturdy. Mine is for just holding rods and such, but yours looks like it could be used for trolling too. As Rudy said, "Gotta love PVC."

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

When I got in to kayak fishing I quickly found that there are two catagories which most kayak fisherman fall in to.

The first catagory are for those who pay for the rigging designed by others. Which can save them time and frustration in the long run however, some may never being be fully in their purchase because it doesn't fit their intended needs. At this point they will either buy another product thinking it will solve the problem or they will move in to catagory two. As both for both you guys and myself we fall in to Catagory two.

The catagory two kayak can be defined as Magiver. Members of this group always manage to engineer a design or plan to make their boat more fishable and efficient. Ussually this group will accomplish this with out breaking the bank.

I personaly went out and got some stainless steel mounting hardware (bolts nuts, washers). I then bolted and seeled 3 PVC 3" slip end caps to the raised flat portion of my deck behind my seat. Very water tight and also very strong. I then cut three long tubes for removable rod holders. I cut them long to make them easy to reach from behind me. The best part is they are out of the way when I'm not using them. I also have two mounted Scotties for times when I'm trolling. Those I keep up front. I remover my rod holders for landing and launches.

JerryG,
sounds like we all found ways to make exactly what we need. and i must say that i am honered to be classified a Macgyver.
Dan

It's too bad we can't make our own FF's and batteries too.

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!