Bike Mount Fishing Pole Holder

Well I've been doing a lot of fishing lately.  And recently I began using my bike to get me up and down the trails along the river I'm fishing. While the bike is helpful with lugging me and the gear to the "Honey Hole", I have more often than not come close to wrecking. Needless to say a wreck with my tackle bag around my shoulder, and two rigged up fishing poles in my left hand would be quite a yard-sale.  So I bought a seat-post mount luggage rack made by Schwinn  and I'd strap my tackle bag on there, and I thought I was safe, but the very next day I almost bailed when one of my rods got caught on a tree, So I got to brainstorming and designed the following solution.

If you follow these instructions you show be bike fishing in no time.

Materials:
1 - 2' x 1 1/2" PVC
2 - #4 Conduit Hangers
2 - Screw on Expanding Quick Caps(for 1 1/2" PVC)
2 - Rubber End Caps to fit 1 1/2" PVC
3 - 1/4"-20 x 1/2" Machine screws and nuts
1 - 10" inches or so of Flat Plate
1 - Schwinn Seat-Post Mount Rack

Step 1 Cut the PVC

Cut the PVC into 8" pieces.  I used my 12" mitre saw.

Comments

[l8nite]

I have used the same kind of rig in the past, although it was mounted to the bike differently, one tip you may want to try, I cut a notch on the top of the tube to clear the reels stem, this helped keep the poles from rotating while riding a deep notch also lets the pole sit deeper/more securely

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[PaleoDan]

This is a great idea - I have been looking to build something like this for my bike but want to slope the rod holders a bit more so that the poles do not stick up so high and smack the trees on the trails I ride. Have you had any issues with the height of the poles?

Thanks

[jimmypreston]

Hey PaleoDan,

I haven't had trouble yet with the rod holders going straight up and down. But I don't think it would be difficult to make an adjustment or two to angle the poles and reduce the height. I've received lots of compliments from other fisherman, and the other added bonus is they double as pole holders when you get to your fishing spot. Just make sure you secure your bike to a tree or something.

[PaleoDan]

Very cool - I will give this a try.

Thanks

[l8nite]

thats a cool variation of a theme. I used to do a lot of bike fishing as well, I attached the pvc to the bike frame, angled slightly backwards so when I threw my leg over I wasn't always hitting the poles, I also cut a notch in the pvc for the reel to slide into preventing the pole from rotating while I was riding . Nicely done "ible" btw

[matt_and_nick]

i just bolted a 1.5' piece of 1.5" pvc onto thhe bike, using where the rear wheel attaches, and it doesn't budge an inch.

[young skipper]

This is awesome. I'm only 14 and my bike is my only form of transportation.