Hey guys, just bit the bullet and ponied up for a livescope ice bundle. Was wondering what you guys are using for poles? I want this to be portable as possible as I have multiple boats and would like to use it on friends boats too. Thanks!!
That is what I am worried about. If it can handle 1 mph I might be okay with it, as I mostly want to use it when pitching jigs. Time will tell.I tried that summit mount, since i already had the pole for ice fishing, Vollmer and had some issues with is staying down in the current or any sort of movement faster than about 1mph. The Brew City pole allows me to go about 4mph no issues
With a safety rope tied to it if for some reason it falls in the water so you don't have to pull it in by the ducer cable.I have rails, and all of the boats I know I might fish out of use Scotty rod holders, so I went this route, but I am still up in the air about it.
^^^ This one piece Scotty-RAM ball is supposed to be more sturdy than the 2 piece that can be bought from Summit. ^^^
I bought everything through Summit, except for the Scotty-Ram ball and the 9" RAM arm.
100% agree. I didnt know brew city has an attachment for rod holders.I use brew city pole set-up, but dont have rails. Bought the attachment that goes into side-mount scotty rod holder. It is very secure and easy to use. Had a buddy get his summit set-up ripped of the boat this summer in some waves (when it was in the up position) and ripped the cord right out of the black box and lost the ducer, pole and all (bad day for him). I also purchased the perspective view mount from brew city. Spent $15 on pvc and made a sweet ice mount for set-up and just unscrewed the perspective mount from the brew city pole and mounted on pvc...able to use all 3 settings then for ice fishing. The brew city mount is spendy but figured if I spent that much on Livescope, I was gonna get the most out of it I could....has paid for itself already.
I seen them rod holder mounts. unfortunately mine are flush mount. got any pics of the ice fishing setup? i too plan on getting that zero degree mount for the perspective mode. Pretty jacked up for this!It doesn't go in the actual rod holder itself....it secures through the rod holder base with a bolt...pretty easy to take on and off. The bracket and bolt set up are sold separately of course..at a premium price but so far I really like it and being able to just take the bolt out of the bottom of the pole and leave the ducer connected to the brew city bracket that lets you use down, forward and perspective and bolt to the pvc setup I made for ice fishing has been a piece of cake. I have the original ice pole that came with the livescope but will not use that anymore. The brew city pole is made out of the same material they make troller motor shafts with, so pretty sturdy...but way to bulky to use ice fishing (need to have something that breaks down).