Right now I'm about 1000 miles away from my boat, but I dug up some old pics from a trip to the Cape Romain of SC that had the stickpin in them. Like I said my boat isn't very heavy. It's a Lowes 16' modified V, but in SC with the softer bottom I could easily get it to hold that boat in 10' of water in a running tide. In Florida the bottom is a lot harder in most spots, but the tide doesn't run as fast as in SC. One thing I noticed that's important. I mounted the brackets close enough to the transom that the stickpin wouldn't be able to slide back far enough to fall out of the front bracket. I bolted the brackets which is something that is easy in that aluminum.bman wrote:I'd like to see some photos of that....reelhandy wrote:I made mine with a 6' galvanized 5/8" ground rod. I drilled a hole though it at the top end and attached a stainless shackle. If the bottom isn't too hard I can chuck it and get a stick in 10' of water, but my boat isn't very heavy. For the holder I took two rod holder brackets that I had and cut a chunk out of the top of the bend on one, then mounted them about 4-1/2' apart. I slide the rod into the uncut bracket and then snap it into the other. I've never had it pop loose.
That's it behind the yellow rod. You can see the rope below my hand, but not the shackle. You can also see where I cut the rod holder bracket. The cut is a bit smaller than the ground rod so it snaps in and won't bounce out. The transom keeps it from sliding too far back.
There's the front of it to the left of the pretty girl. That rod holder bracket doesn't need a cut in it.
