There are lots of threads about how to portage fishing poles... My question is how do you store your poles while canoeing and fishing?

Maybe I should start with my problem... I bring way too many poles. Last trip, I brought five poles. One was ultralight rigged TGO. That was a super fun way to catch fish. One was pretty heavy and I used it to cast large lures for northerns. The other three were walleye/smally poles rigged with Zulus, slip bobbers, or trolling lures.

When fishing, it was a pain to manage five rods. I know the easy solution is to take fewer rods. But even two or three can be a hassle.

I have a 3-seat Souris River 18.5. It is a great family canoe. I take it on all trips because it is the only canoe that I own. I am thinking of finding a way to mount my fishing poles straight up on the seat in front of me.

Does anyone store their fishing poles straight up?

I usually stick them right out the front of me if I'm in the front or right in front of me if I"m in the stern.

If you're a good caster, then you can put them out the back, but if you use gigantic sweeping arm motions to case, and not your wrist, yo have a good chance of catching those and delivering them to the depths of the lake. Been there , Done that.

Guys in my group also put the spares down the seat and have the tips up on the thwart. That works good too, but again, really easy to catch one and throw it in the water.

Finally.......I usually take 4 to canada with me, but rarely take all 4 out at the same time. Usually 3 go out.

I hope this helps.

Later,
Geo

In the bow or stern, the reel is under my seat and the rod tip goes straight back.

Haven’t rinsed one yet....

I sit in the back, and usually my extra rod is behind me pointing out the back. However, I've also put shorter poles in front of me with rod butt on the rear thwart, reel hanging down in front of it, and center of rod on center thwart. Works if the front fisher-person knows not to drop their lure they are casting back there.

Whatever you do, don’t set a spare rod on top of the thwarts. Don’t ask me how I know this...

Side note, anyone ever find a fishing rod on the bottom of Ensign let me know.

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This is how I do it on a solo or tandem. May put one angled out the back if I take a third.

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AmarilloJim: "
This is how I do it on a solo or tandem. May put one angled out the back if I take a third."

Nice. My rods are 7 footers so they can touch the front seat person if I am not careful.

I also noticed the foam on the rod. That is a good idea.

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You could make something like this. I only use this back home in Ohio
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fishonfishoff: "You could make something like this. I only use this back home in Ohio
FISHONFISHOFF"

That is exactly what I was thinking... except I could use my middle seat to provide most of the support.

Why don't you take it to the BW? Too heavy? Could you make a lighter version?

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Love seeing the canoe pictures, gives me great ideas. You guys have some quality set ups.

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Depending on how many rods I’m taking portages etc, I do different things...this has worked well and is a super light weight solution:


Another approach that might work for you is what I do if fishing on a buddies boat. No one likes someone bringing along 6-8 rods on their boat, with all kinds of tackle etc. so I just got a milk crate and screwed abs pipe clamps inside the walls, top and bottom. Get sizes just big enough to fit your rod butt through. Having a matching clamp at the bottom below the top clamp prevents rod from falling over. Tubes of course work as well (have built a couple ‘rod and lure’ bins using tubes) but the clamps make it way lighter. The best thing is that the crate fits perfectly in my barrel harness. I also screw down smaller clamps along the side to hold pliers and scissors. It also holds a bunch of Plano tackle boxes. It’s too heavy and unwieldy to use on most trips but could work for you on a short portage, basecamp type Trip. I will try and dig up a picture for you.

Moonman.

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This is what I'd look at doing. Might be trickier to find a way to mount it if you're renting canoes but if you bring your own you can tinker at home all you want to get the perfect mount. Ideally see if you can find a way to mount it so that it won't impact you when portaging. Turn portaging I'd keep the rods tied up under the seats/thwarts but when you're out actively fishing you can move the rods to this type of holder so that they are all easily accessible when you want to switch things up. It also keeps the rods out of the way in the even you end up with a large fish flopping around on the bottom of the canoe. If you have rods out in front of you that can be a problem when attempting to wrestle a flopping fish with a hook and line sticking out its mouth.

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fishonfishoff: "You could make something like this. I only use this back home in Ohio
FISHONFISHOFF"

That is exactly what I was thinking... except I could use my middle seat to provide most of the support.


Why don't you take it to the BW? Too heavy? Could you make a lighter version?"

Too heavy for our single portaging!!!!! If I was to do a basecamp adventure. that would be another story. With a little "out of the box" thinking, it could be adapted to rental canoes. I just brought a fish finder on a solo trip and bent a plexiglass bracket for hanging the transducer over the side of the canoe. "I brought too much weight on the solo!"
FOFO

tarnkt: "In the bow or stern, the reel is under my seat and the rod tip goes straight back.


Haven’t rinsed one yet...."

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