On 27 Jan 2004 01:57:32 EST, jim wrote:

Hello,

Just about to put some rod holders into my starcraft islander but
scratching my head on how many to put on the rear. Im thinking 3 rods
pointed to the rear and 2 on the ends pointing outwards. This too much
or maybe I can do 6 on the rear?

Heres what I mean if you can make out the ascii...The "o" are the rod
holders and the lines sticking out represent rods....

For just holding the rods, fine.

If you are planning on trolling, then it's also fine, but you need to
spread the rod spacing a little - use only two, max three rods. In
most situations you are not going to be trolling your wake for fish so
figure on two.

If it were me, I would just use four - two in the stern and two
outboard. You really aren't going to use more than two at a time a on
a boat like the Islander anyway.

I would angle the two stern holders out of the wake and purchase a
couple of these

http://tinyurl.com/2gfw3

for the outboard facing rods. I have these on my Ranger and they work
great, but you have to be carefull when removing the rods from the
holder - you can lose a holder. What I did was drill two holes, on in
the holder and one in the bracket and secured them with stainless wire
and a interlock clip. Haven't lost one yet.

Just out of curiosity, the Islander has two storage/live wells in the
stern if I remember correctly - where would you place the rod holders?

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
----------
The years will bring their Anodyne,
But I shall never quite forget,
The fish that I had counted mine
And lost before they reached the net.

Colin Ellis, "The Devot Angler" quoted
in A. R. Macdougall, Jr's "The Trout
Fisherman's Bedside Book" (1963)