My son wanted his rod bar to be high enough to place his rod holders for striper fishing so he used 1/2" galvanized pipe, elbows, and pipe flanges to put up a bar waist high (above his motor) all the way across the back of his alumimum boat and add his rod holders to the bar. He also pulls crappie jigs from those holders some too.

If youre going to be pulling cranks/jigs off the back of your boat you might be interested in some holders like these (reels sitting INSIDE holders). They can also be adjusted so your rods are pointed down towards the water...

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