Transporting fishing rods in/on SUV

How do you guys do it? Most of my rods are two piece and they fit in the back pretty easily, but sometimes it is just easier to keep them in one piece if you've pre rigged it don't want to deal with it when you get to the water, or if you're concerned with breaking (who isn't?)

Anyone have any roof mount solutions or something inside? I've thought about making some PVC tubes and routing a track to accommodate the reels then just strapping to the roof racks, but this seems kind of unnecessary.

I am certain someone here with more experience has thought of a better way. 

I use the same method on my 4-door pickup as I used in my Honda Civic.  Butt down on the floor of the passenger side, rod tips arranged back over the back seat.  Worked OK, although a little awkward the rare times I actually had a passenger

Or the rods get bungeed to the kayak sitting in the truck bed.

Jim

How do you guys do it? Most of my rods are two piece and they fit in the back pretty easily, but sometimes it is just easier to keep them in one piece if you've pre rigged it don't want to deal with it when you get to the water, or if you're concerned with breaking (who isn't?)

Anyone have any roof mount solutions or something inside? I've thought about making some PVC tubes and routing a track to accommodate the reels then just strapping to the roof racks, but this seems kind of unnecessary.

I am certain someone here with more experience has thought of a better way.

I have a couple of 1pc rods that are too long to put in the canopy of my short bed Tacoma. I use the little bungee hoops with the plastic balls (used on the RV/car shade covers) and bungee them to my Yakima racks, seem s to work good so far.

I'm working on getting dannybay and I one of these setups.  The guys at Austin Kayak say they work great and the only problem is securing for theft.  We're not worried about theft, the rods are inside our trailer or room at night.  Transporting is our issue.

I am in the search for 6" or 8" pvc conduit carrier like the plumbing and electric contractors use.

In the meantime I rig up and then break the rod and secure with gear ties, then they go across the back seat.



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Most of my rods are 6.5' or 7' long.  I just throw them at a diagonal on top of all the gear in the back of my SUV.  Because I'm lazy, I try to avoid breaking my rods down for transportation.

I'm working on getting dannybay and I one of these setups.  The guys at Austin Kayak say they work great and the only problem is securing for theft.  We're not worried about theft, the rods are inside our trailer or room at night.  Transporting is our issue.

This is pretty cool! It looks like it's a simple cargo carrier put on the front of the rig instead of the back. I have been thinking about purchasing one for the rear since we tent camp. This could work well, although I don't think I would have the energy to hitch it up for a simple trip out, but the big issue is when there's passengers in the car so this would fit the bill pretty well!

Most of my rods are 6.5' or 7' long.  I just throw them at a diagonal on top of all the gear in the back of my SUV.  Because I'm lazy, I try to avoid breaking my rods down for transportation.

Definitely do this myself, but thinking ahead to when there's others in the car it's a little more complex. Especially if the back seat and cargo area are full of stuff.

Here's a idea I saw.uses a shop magnet as the base.

Here's a idea I saw.uses a shop magnet as the base.

That is so wacky and beautiful at the same time. I love it.

Never gave this much thought.  Rods go in the back, boat on the roof.

If rods get in the way of rear seat passengers they either deal with it, or I break down the two piece rods or they go in the ski box on the roof with the yak.

When packing space is premium for travel, I normally just put them inside the kayak.  Nobody can see them, so they are about as secure as the kayak itself. 

You can wrap the reel in a towel and secure with a rubber band if you are concerned with stuff getting into the reel like sand floating around inside the kayak.  There are also rod sleeves available that slip over the entire rod that keep the eyes from snagging on anything inside the kayak.

Easy Peazy. 

You can also just run a tie down or bicycle interrupt e between the rear "oh shit" handles. Then either rest them on the rear seats a bin. That will run them with the roof line to the front of the car. I have a smaller SUV (cx-5) and this works pretty well. 30 second solution.

When packing space is premium for travel, I normally just put them inside the kayak.  Nobody can see them, so they are about as secure as the kayak itself. 

You can wrap the reel in a towel and secure with a rubber band if you are concerned with stuff getting into the reel like sand floating around inside the kayak.  There are also rod sleeves available that slip over the entire rod that keep the eyes from snagging on anything inside the kayak.

Easy Peazy. 

Sometimes the easiest solutions can also be the best. I can't believe I didn't think of breaking them down and stowing inside the kayak... It keeps them protected from the elements and out of the way.