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I have a 15 foot Dauntless with 11 rod holders. My wife thinks I have enough. Im just thinking you got to plan for anything and everything. Im just saying.....

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I have a 13ft and with the removable decks getting some new custom rails, I can hold up to 12 rods(4 front & 8 rear). I think it's good to have options on what side, end or both to fish from.

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I think that is one reason I like Whalers so much. THey have plenty of rail space. I believe you can't have too many rod holders. BG

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I have space for 8 and can fill em all up on a good day.

Never too many.

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Rod Holders are old school. You need a set of these.

http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Dual-Col...B003D462PW

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depends on what kind of fishing you are doing. As far as old school, seems like everybody is trying to make a better mouse trap only to find that simple things will still get the job done.

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4 S/S "Rocket Launchers" on the rails, rear 2 are angled out for trolling.

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4 S/S Rocket Launchers - sides angled out, rear angled back. Plus the 6 OEM holders on the console, 2 of which have been used to run planers.

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There are 18 on my Outrage 18'

That averages out to be one rod holder per foot.

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Put as many rods that you can fit. You know you have too many when you spend more time untangling the lines.

BTW - Is that a Red Drum in your avatar? I just caught 7 a few weeks ago in the Chesapeake Bay and all were over 36" and we couldn't keep any because they were too big. The largest was 48" and weighed in around 45lbs. Good fighting fish!

Ed

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The more the better. I recently went fishing with four people in my Dauntless, and every rod holder was used- May need a couple more!

E_Digg- That is a Red Drum in my avatar. Caught in Panama City Beach Florida. It was 39 inches long. Great fighting fish- goes straight to the bottom, like a striper.

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the more the better!

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I have 14 on my Montauk. I troll the Chesapeake Bay with planner boards and can run that many rods.
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The 4 on my Newport is not nearly enough, never get close to using the 18 on the Hydrasport. Somewhere in the middle lies the answer.

Reminds me of " how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Pop?"

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Are we counting the rod butt wedged in the side rails? That adds a few more.

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Also18 on my 18ft outrage, use all of them

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I only have 7

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I think I use my clamp on rod holders more for tieing dock lines than for fishing poles. They come in handy for the quick tie up at a gas dock or whatever. If that makes sense.

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Counting the 6 that are mounted in front of the console I have 19 :)

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Correction, I have 20' forgot the two on the front rail that holds net for quick access

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I delivered a 52' Cabo for someone that had 52 rod holders on it. It was an express model. The hard top had rocket tubes all the way around it. It looked like some kind of military boat.

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There is no such thing as too many. My 25 outrage has 27 rodholders (7 on the leaning post, 5 down each side, 3 under each gunnel, and 4 on my t-top). The rodholders down each side are for drifiting for tarpon. The ones on my t-top were put on by mistake by the fabricator even though I had told him no rodholders on the t-top.

My 21 Outrage (banana boat) has 4 on the leaning post, 6 in front of the console, 3 under each gunnel, and 2 on each side for a total of 20.

I don't ever carry close to enough rods to fill up either rig but it allows me to fish different ways and gets the rods out of the way for any situation.

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Our previous 13 had 10 total. 4 on the side rails, 5 in front of the engine and a fly rod holder on the port side. It also had 4 drink holders. It's not that you carry that much but in a small boat you need a place to put things where they won't get tripped over or stepped on.

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I have 23 rod holders total on my 22 foot 1979 Revenge. Includes the 13 rocket launchers (5 on my leaning post/cooler seat). It does not include the two flush mounted rod holders in the gunwales (disabled because my wiring is underneath them). I like having a place to keep rods and rigging out of the way when fishing.
gchuba