big fun- need thoughts/input - Canoeing / Kayaking

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big fun- need thoughts/input - old_user - Jun-28-11 8:57 PM
- don't know I'd like your little yak, but - pilotwingz - Jun-28-11 9:07 PM
  - pike rigging - old_user - Jun-29-11 7:29 AM
- In front of you, with spares behind. - Big_D - Jun-28-11 10:15 PM
  - facing forwards? - old_user - Jun-29-11 7:31 AM
    - Use a Scotty - Big_D - Jun-29-11 9:46 AM
      - holder - old_user - Jun-29-11 6:46 PM
      - Which Berkely rod holder? - RobW - Jun-30-11 11:11 AM
        
        It might be. - Big_D - Jul-01-11 12:08 PM

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  don't know I'd like your little yak, but
  Posted by: pilotwingz on Jun-28-11 9:07 PM (EST)

....... the Northern , well that's just fantastic , you go catch some more of them , I'm all rootin for ya !!

You ever try live fish rig for the Northern's ??

  pike rigging
  Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 7:29 AM (EST)

Used to fish alot w/ live bait, back in Minnesota and Wisconsin- would spend many heavenly hours watching those oversized bobbers w/ big fat sucker minnows swimming around... the rush when they disappeared into the drink like they got hit by a flying dragon train...
then a buddy's hubby got me hooked on surface lures and then shallow runners....
am living in Connecticut now- very seldom get to fish live bait in the summer time.
fish are less common here, bait, if you can find it, is small and expensive, i work too much to tend secret minnow traps
and I'm getting older- my tender heart bothers me when i gut hook them if they're couragous but too small to meet the frying pan.

but it was sure fun....

  In front of you, with spares behind.
  Posted by: Big_D on Jun-28-11 10:15 PM (EST)

  facing forwards?
  Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 7:31 AM (EST)

or angled to 1 o'clock?

  Use a Scotty
  Posted by: Big_D on Jun-29-11 9:46 AM (EST)

Put in Scotty rod holders. It will allow you to adjust the angle in about ten degree increments. There's a base and there's a holder that's inserted. The holder can be put into the base in a number of different positions and still be secure. I usually put screw eyes into the base piece so that I can loop a micro-bungee over the holder as an extra safety precaution as I enter bumpy water.

Do not install a Berkeley rod holder. I have seen three different rods go to the deep when they were being held in Berkeley rod holders.

- Big D

  holder
  Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 6:46 PM (EST)

will check it out-
thanks for the input!

  Which Berkely rod holder?
  Posted by: RobW on Jun-30-11 11:11 AM (EST)

The 'regular' or the 'quick release'? I've been using the Berkely rod holders for almost 10 years and never had a problem. I have managed to break at least 1 off against the side of the boathouse door (not in a canoe at the time).

Now I don't have the quick release ones, so I'm wondering if that could be the difference?

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  It might be.
  Posted by: Big_D on Jul-01-11 12:08 PM (EST)

I don't own them and won't. All I know is that I have never seen a Scotty or a RAM rod holder fail and that every rod holder I have seen fail was a Berkeley. Also, I have seen a lot more Scotty and RAM holders used than Berkeley's, so that means that it's been a fairly high percent of failure.

Given that there are readily available products at roughly the same price point that have not failed despite much more wide-spread use, I've never seen the point of investigating various Berkeley models.

- Big D

	don't know I'd like your little yak, but Posted by: pilotwingz on Jun-28-11 9:07 PM (EST)
	....... the Northern , well that's just fantastic , you go catch some more of them , I'm all rootin for ya !! You ever try live fish rig for the Northern's ??

	pike rigging Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 7:29 AM (EST)
	Used to fish alot w/ live bait, back in Minnesota and Wisconsin- would spend many heavenly hours watching those oversized bobbers w/ big fat sucker minnows swimming around... the rush when they disappeared into the drink like they got hit by a flying dragon train... then a buddy's hubby got me hooked on surface lures and then shallow runners.... am living in Connecticut now- very seldom get to fish live bait in the summer time. fish are less common here, bait, if you can find it, is small and expensive, i work too much to tend secret minnow traps and I'm getting older- my tender heart bothers me when i gut hook them if they're couragous but too small to meet the frying pan. but it was sure fun....

	In front of you, with spares behind. Posted by: Big_D on Jun-28-11 10:15 PM (EST)

	facing forwards? Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 7:31 AM (EST)
	or angled to 1 o'clock?

	Use a Scotty Posted by: Big_D on Jun-29-11 9:46 AM (EST)
	Put in Scotty rod holders. It will allow you to adjust the angle in about ten degree increments. There's a base and there's a holder that's inserted. The holder can be put into the base in a number of different positions and still be secure. I usually put screw eyes into the base piece so that I can loop a micro-bungee over the holder as an extra safety precaution as I enter bumpy water. Do not install a Berkeley rod holder. I have seen three different rods go to the deep when they were being held in Berkeley rod holders. - Big D

	holder Posted by: old_user on Jun-29-11 6:46 PM (EST)
	will check it out- thanks for the input!

	Which Berkely rod holder? Posted by: RobW on Jun-30-11 11:11 AM (EST)
	The 'regular' or the 'quick release'? I've been using the Berkely rod holders for almost 10 years and never had a problem. I have managed to break at least 1 off against the side of the boathouse door (not in a canoe at the time). Now I don't have the quick release ones, so I'm wondering if that could be the difference? _______________________ "No your other left!" http://www.loonislandoutdoors.com

	It might be. Posted by: Big_D on Jul-01-11 12:08 PM (EST)
	I don't own them and won't. All I know is that I have never seen a Scotty or a RAM rod holder fail and that every rod holder I have seen fail was a Berkeley. Also, I have seen a lot more Scotty and RAM holders used than Berkeley's, so that means that it's been a fairly high percent of failure. Given that there are readily available products at roughly the same price point that have not failed despite much more wide-spread use, I've never seen the point of investigating various Berkeley models. - Big D