Rod holders for transport

Well i currently use hi-tek rod holders and contacted scott who makes them to help me out with a transport system for my rods in my boat. Scott has been great and came up with another great product. I am posting pictures for others to see. I currently take 10 rods with me transporting 5 on top rack and 5 on the bottom. This system is very good in that all the rods transport without getting tangled tips and are convenient in reach from my front pedestal seats. I could store up to 6 or 7 rods per rack if needed.

I am also asking for a little modification on the 4 post rod holders. I am asking him to look at a method to adjust all 4 rod holders at the same time. Once all my rods are leveled and spaced out right the change in weight by adding a person to the front deck can either put all rods up in the air or down in the water. Also when changing from spidering to trolling cranks an put the rods down in the water. It would be real nice to just adjust the bar so that it moves all rods up and down instead of individually. Does anyone else have interest in this modification.

Thanks Scott for your willingness to work with me and customize your already good products

Forgot to mention he is working on a method to connect the two racks together sonyou could take out as one unit from boat.

Glad to help out! If you need anything else, just give me a shout. I carry 8 on top and 8 on bottom of mine.

I like that sent pm to callshy about just a single level one.

Cool md i know he is working on one maybe he will post it when he gets it finished. Sure is a pain to have to adjust my level on 8 rods every time i go fishing. I havent seen any other unit that will allow you to adjust 4 at a time up and down from the water . When he gets done i think it is gonna be the cats meow lol.

U can adjust these if need be. There is a screw knob on each of the 3 racks that allows you to position them at any height. This is a picture from the back side and u can't see the knob on the picture but it's there.

Nice set up. The hi-teks i got are also adjustable ip and down using same size bolt as rod holders. Good point.

Seems like it would be pretty easy to pass the horizontal rod that holds the rod holders through a sleeve that is fixed to the upright and with a set screw on it. That way you could loosen the set screw, roll the horizontal bar back or forward to raise or lower the rod tips and then tighten the set screw. That way, you would be raising or lowering all the rods in the rod holders on that bar. Does that make sense? Prolley a very good reason, from an engineering standpoint, why that can't be done, but I'm just dumb enough to think it can! :dono

Just re-read your post and we may be talking about two different things. I thought you started out talking about a rod rack holder for transport, but then started talking about a rod holder that holds your rods while fishing that could be adjusted to raise or lower all rods on that holder at one time. :confused:

Yes i switched gears on that post ski trip. I was referring o the rod holders

Well, it still seems to me my suggestion would work. I'm sure Scott has forgot more about engineering that I would know in a lifetime, and if it was that simple, he probably would have already done it.

Here is a link to a short video that shows a little about how they operate.

Hi-Tek Horizontal Rod Rack - YouTube

Hey Scott,

Check the last few posts on this thread. We started out talking about rod racks to transport rods, then switched to talking about rod holders to fish with. J.W. said he wished there was a rod holder made where he could adjust the height of his rod tips from the water all at one time, rather than having to raise or lower each rod individually. You can see my post on how I thought that might be accomplished. I recently posted that if it was that simple, you probably would have already done it. Seems to me the idea is there, might need some refining. Are you working on a rod holder system (for fishing, not transporting) that incorporates something like this? Good to see you on the Arkansas board! Hey, we're having Arkansas Crappie.com Spring Crappie Camp at Lake Chicot at Lake Village, Arkansas on weekend of March 30 and 31. Would love to have you come join us for a couple of days of fishing and some good fellowship. Lot's of spider riggers gonna be there. As of now, Slab is coming too. Love to have you.

Those look Good JW...and just think we can identify your rig easier now andRofl crappie stalk you when your heading down the road to your honey holes.. HAHA!!!

I'm really impressed with the rod carriers, and one adjustment to raise or lower all the rods while fishing would be sweet.

Seems like the angle of the rod in relationship to the t-bar would affect how far the rod tip would move up or down when the t-bar is rotated. Seems like all the rods would have to be the same length and at the same angle from the t-bar for the rod tips to stay the same distance from the water. But I'm no engineer.

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Seems like the angle of the rod in relationship to the t-bar would affect how far the rod tip would move up or down when the t-bar is rotated. Seems like all the rods would have to be the same length and at the same angle from the t-bar for the rod tips to stay the same distance from the water. But I'm no engineer.

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Yeah, it would not work perfect for every situation but it would help in some. I think I have a simple fix but until I get out and try it, I am keeping it to myself. It will be offered as an extra if it works like it should.

Hey russ you are right gonna camo my rod racks so you cant follow me lol. No your are welcome in my boat anytime bud.

Ski trip yes i made mention of both the rod racks and transport carriers. Sorry for confusion. I was trying to point out that scott was gonna be working on a way to raise and lower the trolling rod bar so all tips could be raised at one time.

Call shy i be willing to be guinea pig and try em out when you get one built.

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If it works I would like to upgrade all my rod holders. That would help simplify going from longlining to crank bait rods on the back rod holders.

QUOTE=callshy;1802723]Yeah, it would not work perfect for every situation but it would help in some. I think I have a simple fix but until I get out and try it, I am keeping it to myself. It will be offered as an extra if it works like it should.[/QUOTE]

Here is what I was thinking to be able to rotate the whole bar at one time. See pics below. I have not been able to try on the water but have given it the "garage test" and seems to be fine. It is just the same block that is on the bottom of the rod holder except bolted to the top post.

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That should work

Cant wait to try it out

I'm still trying to muddle through my idea. I can see that if you had a 16' rod and an 8' rod on the same bar, raising the 16' rod tip a foot would raise the 8' rod less distance. Kinda the reverse of firing a rifle at 100 yards and missing by 2" would be a greater miss at 200 yards, and would increase at a greater rate with distance out. But if you had all rods the same length, say 14' foot rods, wouldn't rotating the bar to raise one rod to 6" higher from the water raise all 14' rods attached to that bar the same distance? Seems like that would be true, regardless of it's angle to the water? Seems like the rotation of the rod should produce the same effect at the rod tip of all rods of the same length attached to that bar? But hey! What do I know! Never was accused of being the brightest bulb on the tree when it came to math, geometry, etc.! Just sayin'.....:dono

Should have said "rotation of the bar", not "rotation of the rod" near the end of post.

I think it will work as all rod tips are same distance from water. Rotating bar all are attached to should raise all same distance .

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Originally Posted by ski trip

I'm still trying to muddle through my idea. I can see that if you had a 16' rod and an 8' rod on the same bar, raising the 16' rod tip a foot would raise the 8' rod less distance. Kinda the reverse of firing a rifle at 100 yards and missing by 2" would be a greater miss at 200 yards, and would increase at a greater rate with distance out. But if you had all rods the same length, say 14' foot rods, wouldn't rotating the bar to raise one rod to 6" higher from the water raise all 14' rods attached to that bar the same distance? Seems like that would be true, regardless of it's angle to the water? Seems like the rotation of the rod should produce the same effect at the rod tip of all rods of the same length attached to that bar? But hey! What do I know! Never was accused of being the brightest bulb on the tree when it came to math, geometry, etc.! Just sayin'.....:dono

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You are correct. I understand what you are saying and that is why I have always adjusted mine one at at time when changing between pushing and pulling because when I rotate the top bar it changes all my holders (kinda hard to explain). I think some of the folks are talking about having a different weight person in the back of the boat at different times thus changing the height of rod tips from trip to trip. If you have them set for the length rods, then rotating the one bar will not get you exact but should get real close. Plus, I do not know many people that push with a combination of 16' and 8' rods.

I don't either, Scott. I was just trying to make the point, and agree, that all the rods on a bar would have to have the same length for rotation of the bar to have the same effect of each rod. Also, I like your clamp on the top as opposed to my original post about a sleeve with a set screw. Your clamp would appear to be not only easier but more effective. Also, I finally got it through my thick skull, I think, of what Steve was saying about the angle of the rod. If a rod was sticking almost straight sideways, raising the rod tip of the one sticking straight forward 6 inches (by rotating the bar) couldn't produce the same 6 inches raise on the sideways rod. :Doh: I think that's the angle he was talking about, and I agree with him. Well, I feel like I'm:deadhorse so I'm gonna shut up! Enjoyed the discussion.

That's exactly what I was talking about Ski Trip. My side rods are straight out and almost parallel to the t-bar where the inside rod will be perpendicular to it. The further I go out to the side, the more adjustment I have to make for the same rodtip distance. BTW, I keep my rod holders just snug and I am able to raise, lower, or go side-to-side without using the wrench 95% of the time. You have to make sure there are no burrs or slivers of aluminum on the rubbing surfaces and that everything is really smooth (almost like being lapped) but once you get these holders to that point of being "broke in" it is really easy to adjust them individually without a tool. It helps to deburr all the edges and making sure everything is really clean when first assembling the holders.