Rod holder trees

[10 ring]

I was looking to set up my boat this winter for walleye and a little muskie fishing and was wondering how well the trees worked compaired to a three rod base? Will they hold a dipsy rod or just planner and long line rods? Any other suggestion also.


BTW.... the boat is a 23' fiberglass starcraft offshore.


Thanks

[DangerDan]

What brand are we talking about here?

[crossneyes]

trax techs trees are awsome!!!!

[paulywood]

I bought a set of trees from Brian (Hunt4ever). They were custom made by Brian and his friend. The holders are set at different angles, the bottom one is almost flat and he ran a dipsey in it on his old boat. I don't know if they are still making them but I love mine.

[10 ring]

What brand are we talking about here?



I was looking at Bert's. I like their other products so I figured their trees must be good.

[10 ring]

Has anyone used Great Lakes Planer products. I like the fact the rod holders are adjustable but I worrie about how long the screws that hold them will last.

[paulywood]

I'm not positive but I think Sixshooter and Midway97 have GL trees. Don't think they're adjustable though. The GL single rod holders are favored by a lot of charter captains. Built very strong. Hope this helps. One other thing I like about my trees, other than the different angles, is the fact they are welded all the way around. A lot of the trees I have seen are only welded on the sides.

[Hunt4Ever]

We can still make a set. We would have to look up the price on the aluminum again, it's been a while since we made a set. They sold well this Spring.

[TGILS]

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I was also looking at the Bert's new vertical tree and the great lakes products one for running lead core. Bert's isn't adjustable and the GLP one is and both are about the same price. Is there any real advantage to having them be adjustable? Any recommendations?

[Hunt4Ever]

Rod trees have to have an adjustable height feature or different rod holder angles, otherwise you don't get good rod tip seperation.

I think the last sets we sold went for $250 a pair. That might be up a little now if aluminum prices have gone up.

[10 ring]

Hey Brian, do you have any pictures of the trees you made. I might me intrested in a set if you make them again for next season.

I also have a wire feed welder for aluminum. I might have to play around with that this winter.

Could you run your planer reel from the same tree your rods are on. It seems it would be better to have the planer mast in front of the rods, that way the lines would slide down easier. Maybe it wouldn't matter.

[UNREEL]

For muskies and wallys, three rod base is the way to go.
If your running a mast, your gonna want a pull line on the board line to set your releases.

[10 ring]

Whats the pull line for? Pulling in the releases?

[paulywood]

You pull the planer board line in to attach the release. I think you "could" run planer reels off of trees but don't think it's ideal. An arch connects the 2 and distributes the weight more easily. A mast has pressure out each side. One way to go might be a mast in front and then you can tie your retrieve lines to the trees.

[paulywood]

I can take a picture of mine but they might look funny, they're 8 ft. tall. I was fishing out of a bowrider and attached mine to the floor. They had to be that tall to get over the side windows. The base of them slide into a Bert's track. I'm going to cut out the extra 4' when I get a new boat and mount them normal.

[10 ring]

I get the pulls now. I was thinking of running two single masts on each side. It would be a pain to put it on my bow with the cuddy. Unless I bucked up for elec. reels and put the switch on the dash. Witch might be the same money as buying 2.

How much pull is on a mast? Would it be a lot of stress running single reel and having only one side pulling on it?

[paulywood]

I would actually think that a mast with 2 reels would have less pressure. The 2 sides would help balance each other out. I think most of the pressure is to the sides. I've fished on boats with cuddy's that had the mast on the front. Wasn't a big deal to crawl out there at the beginning and end of the day to let out the boards.