Has anybody surface/flush mounted some rod holders on thier Yamaha.?

[kthrash]

I'm thinking about surface/flush mounting some of these:

anybody done anything similar?

 

[Andy S]

Yes I installed that model but with a 15 degree angle (some call it 75 degree) prior to the 2014 Bimini trip. Besides using them for rod holders I use mine for flap pole holder. I went with the slightly angled ones to get the rod/flag pole out away from the boat. Here is a link to the 4' flag poles I am using in my rod holders, http://www.boatingflagpoles.com/

This is the best picture I currently have of where I put the port rod holder, there is one in the same spot on the starboard side.

 

[ToddW850]

I know @Ronnie has too. Maybe he can show you some pics.

 

[Ronnie]

Here are a few pics of my rod holders and what I do with them (that just doesn't sound or read right). If you are thinking of installing one or more of these consider where you are going to put it carefully. the top of the mount is 2 or so inches across and 3 or so deep and the bottom protrudes about a foot down. I thought I had to go with angled ones in the bow, I was wrong. If you are going to use it to hold a bbq or filet table there are two magma mounts available. The offsetting mount as I call seems to be the one Yamaha sells on its site. I have the fixed mount and it works just fine but the offsetting mount would allow a YJB owner to mount their bbq on the stock table poles in the cockpit and on the stern. They are both about the same price $70ish.

 

[Speedling]

So who actually fishes with them?
I never went fishing as a kid. My dad hated it. I hope to get into it this year for sure!
Course, I said that last year.... My local lake fish well... aren't edible. I want to fish for stuff I can EAT.

 

[Ronnie]

Lol, not me but it is nice to have the option. I could put rod in one holder, bbq in the other and sit back in the bow to eat and fish at the same time. Is it really a sport if you can gain weight while you are doing it? We are on the catch and release program not just because we are advised not to eat more than two fish out of the river per month due to toxin (e.g. mercury) levels but because prepping fish to cook is a messy PITA. If you get into it don't forget to buy a fishing license if needed, the last thing anyone wants is to pay $500 to $1,500 for a fish they were going to release or could have bought at the grocery store for $10.

If you want need a mount for something thinner than fishing pole consider Magma's other bbq mount proucts, they are thinner but usually fixed.

 

[Speedling]

We buy fishing liscense every year and waste the money.
Lake Michigan fish are good for eating, just gotta catch them!
Find the group and throw some hooks in and pull up Perch all day long - or so I'm told.
I wanna catch, filet, and eat right away. My uncle did that for us WAAAAY back in the day, and it was wonderful. Since he died, no one in my family fishes so I kinda lost that part of childhood.
I wanna do this for my kids as well as eat some dang good fish!

 

[ToddW850]

@Speedling I have fished off my boat a few times. Completely for fun and just tossed the rod in the water to try and get a bite. I don't have rod holders, so I stand on the rear platform and try and not hit the wakeboard tower while casting. I too am trying to get into fishing more and hope to.

 

[kthrash]

I finally got my rod holders installed!

 

[Michepe69]

Hey-I'm so happy I saw this post as I'm ready to go on my first fishing trip on my 242LS. I would probably end up putting several of these probably in or around same locations where you put them. Would you mind sharing the width and angles you ot for each one? Also, I see you got all with caps, so I assuming the ones with drains are not reccomended-what brands would you recommend? Great pictures and set up you have! I will also be installing those grab handles by my anchor hatch. Thanks in advance for your help-Mike S.

 

[subysti]

Mine are flush mounted on the back either side. work great there, also used to mount fish cleaning table.

 

[Evil Sports]

I will post pics on mine later today

 

[McMark]

Just don't let your "new to boating" buddy put gas in your boat. There's been many a story of someone unknowingly pumping 50 gallons of gas into a rod holder.

 

[Evil Sports]

 

[Keith Hebert]

didn't want to drill holes in the boat so I did this for the rear cup holders and check the pics for bow and wake tower.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NYD0NNE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Upongame619]

Here are a few pics of my rod holders and what I do with them (that just doesn't sound or read right). If you are thinking of installing one or more of these consider where you are going to put it carefully. the top of the mount is 2 or so inches across and 3 or so deep and the bottom protrudes about a foot down. I thought I had to go with angled ones in the bow, I was wrong. If you are going to use it to hold a bbq or filet table there are two magma mounts available. The offsetting mount as I call seems to be the one Yamaha sells on its site. I have the fixed mount and it works just fine but the offsetting mount would allow a YJB owner to mount their bbq on the stock table poles in the cockpit and on the stern. They are both about the same price $70ish.

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What grill are you using?

 

[Ronnie]

What grill are you using?

It’s an off brand (Swiss) that I got new in package from Craigslist. I used to have a Coleman which was smaller and costs less than the mount. The Swiss is too big. If I had to do it over again I’d go for the low model magma model, the rectangular one no the round one since the level lock should work with it seemlessly/no need to drill your new grill or source the correct mounting screws.