I sure like my driftmaster rod holders. I have both 10' and 12' rods, different brands, Walley Marshall signature series and B&M. Mostly fish minnows on them but keep a 6' ultra lite with a jig on it always ready. Have not mastered using over 4 long poles and my ultra lite. When by yourself, you have all these poles out, then get a big LMB or White Bass or Chain Pickeral, they can really make a mess of your lines in a hurry. A couple things I did not see mentioned: Useing marking bouys to mark creek channel edges for making consecutive trolling passes once you locate fish, a quality long handled dip net, for those larger fish as you will most likely be using light lines. One thing I will adding to my set up this year are some type of holder for holding the rods upright while motoring from one area to another. Driftmaster makes one to go with their conventional rod holder, I have also seen some made from PVC. If anyone wants to post pictures of theirs I would like to see them.