Rod holders for flat (no rail) piers?

[SC McCarty]

Does anyone have a rod holder setup for piers that lack rails?

Steve

 

[mav]

I see people with rod holders on their carts.

 

[SC McCarty]

I see people with rod holders on their carts.

That could work, if you have a stable cart. Thanks Mav,

Steve

 

[SC McCarty]

SC McCarty, what do you have in mind? Which pier doesn't have rails? What structure is available? Rocks? Trees? Garbage cans?

I asked the question before heading to Morro Bay, where I was hoping to fish the T-piers.

Steve

 

[pinfish]

i used to prop mine up on the big white bucket. and tie a leash from my rod to the bucket. (bucket weighed down with stuff). a big fish will take your rod yes

 

[onelilcrazyazn]

Maybe try those carp fishing stands.

 

[The Happy Wanderer]

Camera tripod. Collapsible, portable, cheap. That's what I use when a standard pole holder won't serve.

 

[SC McCarty]

Camera tripod. Collapsible, portable, cheap. That's what I use when a standard pole holder won't serve.

This is clever.

Steve

 

[ING]

This is clever.

Steve

Camera tripod good for anchovy... Collapsible - it's true.

 

[ING]

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[Red Fish]

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$21 Walmart.com

 

[Red Fish]

I am trying to picture the exact scenario, as in it is a wooden dock with no fencing around it but perhaps a wooden border of about a foot and 1/2 like a wharf. Some people have used wall hanging hooks that you screw into wood by hand that are $1 each. very effective on an old wooden dock where a couple small holes won't deface the old dock. They are made in a question mark shape and also a U shape.

If it is a deep dock, sometimes we just lay the rod flat on the edge and drop straight down with the drag loose enough to run out. Most docks usually have at least a small wooden railing on the perimeter, even the ones where ships pull up next to them and moor.

If anything, I would attach a rod-leash to anything stable on that dock if you don't keep your drag loose!