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Palmetto Cats – Are Monster Rod Holders products worth it?

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Posted on November 18, 2020

Are Monster Rod Holders’ rod holders worth it? Here is a question we hear over and over. Thanks to Mr. Kevin Lakin from Palmetto Cats (our Catfish Conference Digital Edition 2021 Host), you will hear the answer to your question from a user of these products. Kevin brings the viewer close up to his various rod holders on his pontoon boat. There you’ll discover the various rod holders in their most recent color availability, some of the square rail bases in use to perfectly anchor your rod holders to your boat.  Below you’ll find a real-life example of rod holders configuration on a pontoon boat for your catfishing needs. All MRH products are available in our webshop.

 

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Here is a transcript of the video as well for those who may need it. This is an automatically generated transcription which means it may contain errors and inaccurate language and/or sentences. 

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me
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hey everybody kevin with how many cats
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monster rod holders
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are they worth it let’s talk about it
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the model i’ve chosen to purchase is the
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33
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45 i have seven across the front
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and in the back of the boat i have my
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silver and black ones that i
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started off with in the back i got four
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on the back
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and i have a couple more silver ones
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that i’m gonna mount on the side
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for different scenarios uh where i want
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to fish off the side of the boat
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two main positions a 33 degree angle and
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a 45 degree angle
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the 45 degree angle is the first slot in
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there
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this position is great for anchoring
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because it keeps the pole
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high up in the air when the fish hits it
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it’ll pull down and the takedowns are
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better
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more pronounced the second position is
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the 33 degree position
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i used this one for dragging baits it’s
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a little lower to the water
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i’m not worried at all that a fish will
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drag
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these poles out of the water mainly
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because of
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the rubber coating this rubber coating
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really grabs your rods
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i have a clip of my rod getting snagged
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in my
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the action on my rod being all the way
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down and the pole’s not going anywhere
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it’s holding it tight
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you can suspend with these rods you
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can’t make a zero
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degree position
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the only thing about this one is as you
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can see there’s no point of contact
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right here with this particular rod
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now maybe yours is different but uh i
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still use it just like this
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it keeps your rod in the zero degree
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position
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uh for suspending baits
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so you get that good pronounced take
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down and your
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rod is level unless it’s a really rough
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day i’ll even travel from spot to spot
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with my poles in these rod holders all i
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do
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is i just take it and put the reel down
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lower
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so that i’m not worried about you know
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if it pops up straight
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it’s it’s not going anywhere even if it
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goes to the side
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it’s just not going to go anywhere
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and it holds the casting reels just the
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same
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holds it right in there that’s the 33
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degree
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there’s the 45 degree and then when i’m
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riding
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[Music]
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i slide it down and i don’t worry about
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it
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if you’re strapped for cash you can only
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afford one
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one will hold two rods just gotta get
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creative with it mr makes these great
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square mount bases for your pontoon
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rails
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as you can see there’s just a bolt right
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through that connects the two
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pieces of uh i guess that’s aluminum
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and on the bottom there’s a screw
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so all you do is get you a screwdriver
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and a
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socket wrench and you can install these
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quickly i love it i can take them off i
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can move them
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so if i want to move these anywhere on
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the rail i can
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i just have to unscrew it and move it
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down
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now on the right side of the boat this
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is where
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i wish they had a left-handed green one
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at the time
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because if a fish hits this really hard
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it’ll unscrew it and
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the rod holder will turn to the left if
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you have this situation
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and have it available in the color you
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want make sure that you get the left
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hand threaded rod holder
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and you also have to get the left hand
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threaded base
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as you can see i’ve also replaced the
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nut that comes with the rod holder with
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a stainless steel wing nut
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and this just helps you tighten it down
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and loosen it on the fly
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you don’t have to do this but make sure
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that you get the stainless steel wing
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nut
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and not a zinc wing nut or it will rust
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i bought these rod holders for several
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different reasons one
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being the reputation that they have i’ve
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never heard of anybody
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complaining about their monster rod
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holders two
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the base is very attractive i can take
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it off
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when i store the boat when i put the
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cover on
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and the bases allow me to move
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the rod holders wherever i want number
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three
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the half inch design makes them really
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sturdy
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i’m not worrying about them breaking in
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half i’m not worried about them wearing
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down
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and that coating on the top is gonna
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keep rust
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from ruining my rod holders and then
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lastly they just look great
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don’t they combat the cats is not
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sponsored by monster rod holders at all
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i paid good money for all of my raw
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holders
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and i’ve bought way too many of them to
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be honest with you so this is an honest
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opinion
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unbiased opinion it’s just what i like
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you can get monster rod holders from the
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monster rod holder website
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you can get them on various different
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tackle shop websites
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and you can even get them on amazon.com
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depending on what series you get monster
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rod holders range in prices from about
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twenty two dollars
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up to about twenty six dollars if you go
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on monster rod holders website that’s
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where you can get the different kinds of
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bases
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that suit the needs of your boat the
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square bases i purchased for my boat
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were about twelve dollars
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and they send you the bolts to go with
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it they’re also
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offering a wide range of colors to match
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your color scheme on your boat
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i’m partial to the green now there are a
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bunch of rod holders on the market i’m
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sure
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they’re all great i chose monster rod
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holders because that’s what i wanted
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no matter what brand you pick everyone
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can agree
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that a good rod holder it’s worth its
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weight in gold
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are they worth it heck yeah thanks for
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watching everybody and if you like this
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kind of video
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gear reviews let me know in the comments
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below hit the thumbs up
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share the video subscribe if you haven’t
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and until next time
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happy fishing
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