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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 10:49:49 AM »
Lot of money.  It's a buyers market for that old stuff, which is certainly in need of repair and maintenance.

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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2016, 10:52:35 AM »
are those blocks something to keep the rod from wearing on the edge of the boat?

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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2016, 11:01:34 AM »
Those are rail chocks.  You use them as a fulcrum when your cranking up a halibut from 500+ feet.
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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2016, 11:05:20 AM »
That's kinda what i was thinking.

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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2016, 11:15:50 AM »
Looks like a lead weight, which would take these old rods to the bottom of the ocean, where they belong. 

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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2016, 12:18:10 PM »
Those are rail chocks.  You use them as a fulcrum when your cranking up a halibut from 500+ feet.

 :yeah: The lip hanging down catches on the gunnel and keeps you from being pulled in, especially if you have the rod connected to your fighting belt.

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Re: What's attached to these rods?
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2016, 09:22:12 PM »
Looks like a lead weight, which would take these old rods to the bottom of the ocean, where they belong.

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