Priority1 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 A fishing buddy and I just made two four rod Bird Trees for the Priority1. I just counted the rod holders on the boat, and she totals 38, including the rocket launcher and downriggers. I may remove 8 homemade ones that came on the boat, and I'm not fond of. We made the Trees out of 7/8 & 2 inch 304 S.S. Tubing. We also had to make the S.S. brackets to fasten it to the gunwales and the hardtop. The trees will swivel to point towards the stern for traveling. This project was why I was MIA for the last couple of days. We went and got Joe's boat out of storage and made a 4 rod holder for his 19 Starcraft. I will pull my boat out of the garage soon and check things out at home. I'll probably Launch in AuGres, sometime next week. The AuGres River is open, and the DNR Launch has 1 dock installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLF Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Its beginning to look like a porcupine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satisfaxion_Gauranteed Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Way cool, looks like the fishin' itch is growing with the new addition.......It may be just me, but it seems like I add something new to my rig, then say, "wow, this is cool and I think I'm all set." Then, the very next week, I'll say to myself, "wow, this is cool, now if I just had (fill in the blank)" LOLCool lookin addition to an already nice fishin rig, Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caznik Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Looking pretty good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWheeler Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I think you are ready! Those look good Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerang Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 nice job frank, BTW WHAT was the cost of material etc, ect and when it was all said and done what did it cost to make the two of them??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Metals are high right now so I ended up having about $100. Heck I had $2 each for those black end caps times 8. MO MONEY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caznik Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Oh no, I just looked in the rule book for fishing any great lakes and there is a rod holder limit on a boat. They just added it to the rules this year. You can only have 12 holders in your boat. There is a $50.00 fine for any more than 12. Caznik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 LMAO Cazz. I been wanting to add some trees, and the guy that welded them talked me into doing it this year. I did the cutting and fitting on his and mine and he welded them. They are nice for boards and I may even run my high divers in the lower ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerang Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 caznik, There is a $50.00 fine for any more than 12.is that a $50 fine for every rod holder over 12 or just $50 if you go over?? i just want to be clear about this so when i go collecting the funds i get the correct ammount....john Aka the "enforcer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caznik Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 LOL, Ya I think I may have to buy some trees to someday. Just maybe I will win the Big Jons this year, Caznik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harperman9706 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 lookin sweet man:grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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