Spider Rig pole length??

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Yea that’s another concern is the rod length for my boat. I’m running a 1548 xpress and where I have to mount my spider is probably 18-24” back from the tip of the nose so right there I automatically lose that distance. I’m about to purchase some rod storage racks from a member on here so that should help in the transportation. I’m only running 4 rods so hopeful I can handle 16s. I will be running bait casters in hopes of making it easier to handle fish. Had a guy tell me that one difference he noticed between the 14s and 16s is that with the 14s he can use one hand to life fish but with the 16s it pretty much requires 2 hands. Any of y’all experience this??

You may have seen these pictures when I’ve posted them before, but I fish out of a 1556, so I’m kind of in the same position you are as far as length of the boat. You get used to it and figure out what works the best.




I mounted my transport racks in the accessory rail, and I assume your Xpress has the same or similar rail. Just showing another option to keep rods up off of the floor and out of the way. I have spinning reels on my trolling rods and make it work, so if you go with baitcasters it ought to work even better. Hope this helps.