Hi all,

For trolling in the bwca using a knee to hold the rod has the advantage of not bringing extra gear.

However, depending on the focus of the trip a rod holder might be nice.

Have you all heard about the VersiGunwale from Wenonah? It allows mounting of popular rail based rod holders to the canoe.

A video showing the VersiGunwale. (Also if you watch the video closely, are they trolling us with the tiny little rod? How would you like to land a big bwca smallie or pike with that rod and reel combo?)

This seems like a nice option to me. I already have some Scotty Rod Holders and mounts in some of my canoes.

The only question is what adapter fits in the rail to hold the rod holder?

Finally someone designed a decent rod holder for a Kevlar canoe. I hated clamping a rod holder to the thin plastic with a clamp style rod holder. The track system is much more stable foundation to clamp to. I could see other things clamping to this too.

That's a great idea. My Lund has something similar and I love it.

Very smart idea and I’m shocked nobody has done this before now. Any serious angler in the market for a canoe will be forced to consider this — not just for rod holders but transducer and fish finder mounts as well. This really simplifies things compared to some of the self-engineered solutions I’ve seen.

Can’t believe that’s the only rod they had on hand though!

thegildedgopher: "Very smart idea and I’m shocked nobody has done this before now. Any serious angler in the market for a canoe will be forced to consider this — not just for rod holders but transducer and fish finder mounts as well. This really simplifies things compared to some of the self-engineered solutions I’ve seen.


Can’t believe that’s the only rod they had on hand though!"

Fishing Kayaks have been doing this for years. They are called rails. Any T bolt mount will work on these. My Old Town 132 Kayak has 8 rails on it. I have 2-paddle holders, 2- tie downs, rod holder, 7” chartplotter Side scan sonar mount, anchor cleats, GoPro pole mount.I might have missed it but this is the first time I’ve seen them on a canoe. Totally agree this would be a key feature in any future canoe I would get.