DIY fishing rod holders?

[Krzydmnd]

I have the 5 ft bed and I hate bending my rods into the truck bed. Anyone have any DIY rod holders for a truck bed they've built and can share?

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[t4thfavor]

On the quick reference guide that is in your glove box, the guys on the cover have fishing poles attached to suction cups stuck to the hood and roof. That's what I'd be building if I had this need. That said, you should be able to screw some kind of holder to the drop in bed liner if you got one.

 

[HoosierT]

There are plenty of threaded holes throughout the bed that I'm sure you can fashion something up with. Maybe some pipe clamps or bent bar stock. I'm using said holes to put in a utility track using spray-painted superstrut. Similar mod as is done on a lot of Toyotas.

 

[toddiscdn]

I'm using said holes to put in a utility track using spray-painted superstrut. Similar mod as is done on a lot of Toyotas.

Im looking at this too with some unistrut, My Frontier had it on all 3 sides from factory and it was great for tie downs or strapping gear in.

 

[Doc]

Im looking at this too with some unistrut, My Frontier had it on all 3 sides from factory and it was great for tie downs or strapping gear in.

I just made a rack from pvc pipe that sloped backwards at a 45 degree angle that held 6 saltwater rods and you could take it in and out but I just sold it...so I don’t have a pic..

 

[Noel Willhite]

I have the 5 ft bed and I hate bending my rods into the truck bed. Anyone have any DIY rod holders for a truck bed they've built and can share?

#10 screw gets a rod holder snug into the available threaded holes on each side near the tailgate..
I can only get one bolt in where the holder wants two but it’s pretty snug with one , and i keep a 6” bungee near the rear tie down just in case
Gets me 2 rod holders for $5 a piece
Maybe I’ll paint them, maybe i won’t
It works for now, enough for me to move on to another project LOL
I’m hoping i can keep this set up when i install the pivot cases (NEXT!) which will be a tackle box on one side and a roadside kit in the other

 

[Noel Willhite]

4 total now ,
Room for 2 jump seats im mounting next
Gonna back this baby up to the shore

 

[Dr.Me]

In the past I've just used PVC pipe and angled them to sit over the tailgate. But if going straight up is what you wanna do just beware of going through the drive-thru, I lost 2 eyes on a rod, thankfully I had 2 smaller rods laying in the bed or It would've been a bad morning

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