How to Make Catfish Fishing Pole Holders for a Bass Boat
- 1). Place the spring snap clip in a steel vise, with the small-diameter end exposed.
- 2). Use a heavy hammer to pound down the space between the side flanges, where they nearly meet, reducing the size even more -- to less than 1/2 inch.
- 3). Slide a 1.5-by-1/2-inch machine bolt through a large washer and then through the small end of the spring snap clip. Then pass it through the 1/2-inch hole in the extended flange on the CB antenna three-way bracket mount. Place a lock washer on the bolt end and screw the nut finger tight.
- 4). Connect both halves of the CB antenna three-way bracket mount to the side rail of the bass boat. Use the bracket mount bolts to bolt the bracket to the side rail.
- 5). Slide the bait-casting fishing rod handle down through the large loop in the spring snap clip.
- 6). Repeat the process for as many rod holders as is required.
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