Stow Away Trolling System

Exactly what I had in mind

I’ve had this product thought up in my mind for a couple years and I came across this product that is identical but already dabbed. Couldn’t be happier.

Solid product exactly what I was looking for

Bought the stow away rack last week got it all setup for a weekend catfish tournament. Did exactly as expected rack is extremely well built. If you want a no drilling no extra whole solution this is your product.

First impressions of half day trolling in 1 to 2 foot chop!

System after first use seems to be solid locking and pretty easy to make adjustments. The strapping seems to be almost an after thought and came with mismatched hooks, one of which did not fit the provided hole diameters of the attachment ring but was easily fixed by removing the end piece, hooking, then reattaching. Cumbersome but functional afterwards. The provided rope is that very slick braided sheath and not ideal for cleats. It kept slipping over the half day of trolling. That will be replaced easily but something to consider. My boat uses 2 3/8 locking posts so had to purchase an adapter which to install had to be beat in carefully with a rubber mallet and the locking nuts for the swing arms are chipping the edges of that plastic immediately so I will need to find a way to prevent that from recurring. Possibly a bushing and large washer to get it high enough to clear those nylon lock nuts and keep it from marring the adapter further. There is a bit of play with the system which I expected being a portable type holder and not deck or rail secured but it’s pretty minimal and could be further helped by the “extra” securing rings being used to secure the two inner holders either forward or aft points though my cleats are pretty small for additional tie offs to go aft but maybe add cleats or something flush to rear deck or funnel cleats which fold. It may be a trial and error thing which can maybe wait for slower days this summer. Would advise if your boat and motor are lower profile bass boats, using the shortest posts as the 15” really gets holders up high but the 9” seem about right for me to grab easily for reeling from the cockpit dropped deck. All in all a solid system well built and seems durable but as with all accessories may require some efforts to perform better on your craft. I’d like to see a more robust improvement on the “multi-lok" holders as it very thin diameter secure shaft but that may limit the adjustment angles for horizontal/vertical adjustments. Seems they could eventually need replacing with repeated pressures from hookups to bigger fish. Maybe not just something I noticed right away. A great feature is the rubberized caps on each holder helping mitigate damage to pole grips and maybe even providing some extra friction to slipping around.