Ski Boat or Fishing Boat

[Johnr]

I have Cabela's rod holders on my boat and I like them. The rod holders you are looking at can be purchased with a side mount bracket (base) or they will attach to the top of the gunnell and you can also purchase a flush mount base instead of installing the tube style holder and using an adapter. If you go with the flush mount base you can buy an extender to raise the holder up a little bit so the rod has some clearance above the gunnell. If you go with what it shows in the diagram, you will be buying two holders and drilling a large hole in the top of the gunnell. If you install the flush mount base, they are not too big if I remember correctly, and should not hurt the resale value of your rig, personally I would focus on what you want for your boat not what someone down the road would want after all it is your boat you should rig it the way you want. As far as trolling speed goes 2.5-3 mph is a good speed for Wipers, you could troll using your big motor and be fine, I troll with my big motor quite a bit on Willard and do fine, I have a kicker but if it is windy the boat is much easier to control with the big motor, if I had a bow mount electric that would help greatly, but for the time being I will run what I have. []
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