Rod holder for Ice House

Hey Guys, Need to get a wall or ceiling mount holder for my poles. What do you guys use and do you like or not? Anything I should stay away from?
Thanks

I have the Rapala Lock n Hold; however, my buddy has the Catch Cover one. The Rapala one, being two pieces, is a more accommodating if you have short and varying lengths of rods. I mounted mine about 10-11″ apart, so the plastic jaws are below the first eyelet on most of my rods, and just above it on my shortest. I measured the CC one, it’s around 8″ from top to bottom, but the butt of the rod sits below the bottom piece, up to the reel seat.

I don’t travel with my rods in the holder, I keep them in cases. You may be able to travel with the rods in the CC one, especially if you put a piece of tape over the slot for each. I could still see them bouncing around a bit and if the rod hits that groove right it/they could fall out.

Smokey Hills outdoors has a lot of great YouTube videos related to accessories and maintenance for Ice Castles.

Rapala Lock n Hold rod rack

Catch Cover rod holder

I have the catch cover one. It keeps the rods put in their place well even when bouncing around on the lake. I did however find that in order to ge a couple of my rods to fit in their grove that they have cut out, that I needed to take a dremel tool and sand out the grooves to make them a little wider.

Hey Rob … I happen to build custom wooden rod racks of various styles. If you have something and mind and cannot find it, let me know and maybe I can build one for you. For some samples of my work you can look or search the For Sale area for rod racks. Thanks,

Ryan Overson wrote:

I have the Rapala Lock n Hold; however, my buddy has the Catch Cover one. The Rapala one, being two pieces, is a more accommodating if you have short and varying lengths of rods. I mounted mine about 10-11″ apart, so the plastic jaws are below the first eyelet on most of my rods, and just above it on my shortest. I measured the CC one, it’s around 8″ from top to bottom, but the butt of the rod sits below the bottom piece, up to the reel seat.

I don’t travel with my rods in the holder, I keep them in cases. You may be able to travel with the rods in the CC one, especially if you put a piece of tape over the slot for each. I could still see them bouncing around a bit and if the rod hits that groove right it/they could fall out.

Smokey Hills outdoors has a lot of great YouTube videos related to accessories and maintenance for Ice Castles.

Rapala Lock n Hold rod rack

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Catch Cover rod holder

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Thanks a lot for such an informative response!! I think I am going to go with that rapala one as it looks very slick and clean looking and think I would like that locking part! My plan is to put the rods in there and travel with them so may need to put some foam around parts but I dont think that will be an issue.

Thanks also Kevin for your info as well if this doesn’t work well I will definitely check yours out!

I highly recommend this Berkley model.

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/berkley-tools-and-equipment-rod-management-berkley-fishingear/berkley-twist-lock-horizontal-rod-rack/1285941.html

It’s hard to see in the images, but there is a twisting/locking collar on the top section to keep your rods in during travel.

I had three sets of these in my last shack holding a dozen rods. I pulled that shack thousands and thousands of miles over the years and never had a rod fall out or break!!! Highly recommended!!!

It works horizontal, vertical, or at a 45° (like under the bottom side of a tilted bunk).

B-man wrote:

I highly recommend this Berkley model.

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/berkley-tools-and-equipment-rod-management-berkley-fishingear/berkley-twist-lock-horizontal-rod-rack/1285941.html

It’s hard to see in the images, but there is a twisting/locking collar on the top section to keep your rods in during travel.

I had three sets of these in my last shack holding a dozen rods. I pulled that shack thousands and thousands of miles over the years and never had a rod fall out or break!!! Highly recommended!!!

It works horizontal, vertical, or at a 45° (like under the bottom side of a tilted bunk).

this is what I use also. I don’t think the rods would come out without the locking option but a nice and easy extra precaution.

I use the clam one in my shack – it is wall mount only as the rods just slide in. Never had any come out. I also cut one in half to have 2 rods in different places.

Hey guys just wanted to report on my first use over the weekend, I bought the above Rapala one and traveled an hr to the lake and then all over tons of bumpy areas on the lake and the 5 rods never moved out of their slot, so its a win win for me! Thanks all that replied to help!

The Rapala Lock n Hold? Thanks for taking a maiden voyage with rods in it, I may have to try it myself now. I do notice the butt of the rods come at rest near the back of the bracket, but was thinking they could bounce out.

Where is your rod holder in the house? Mine is on the back wall and I have a Little Jigger, so it could be a bit more chaotic back there.

Yes, it is the rapala lock and hold. I have mine in the bathroom with a ton of misc things on the ground bouncing all over probably but you got to remember the weight (force) of the rods are downwards plus there sunk in that slot not one moved/bounced out and Im not a grandma driver lol… But I just mounted it on the wall and its good to go!!