#429 Extended Gear Head Adapter, Black

Made strong. Hefty than I thought but works accordingly. Adding Slip Disk set will make adjusts and storage little easier as I use it in combination with Scotty Portable Clamp Mount.

In improving the rod holder situation on my boat, these have made everything so much nicer. Scotty makes a quality product

These extensions work great for my boat. I actually removed, then re-used the actual gear heads on my Scotty 1050 downrigger boom mount rod holder to make it possible to change the rod angle more towards the stern. The modularity of Scotty accessories is what I like most. I can use these extensions to raise a planer board rod holder up, or to bring it inboard/outboard for easy reach for dipsey rods. They seem expensive for what they are, but Scotty products are good quality, so you are getting many years of use. They're not built for extremely heavy duty use though... there is bend and play in the extensions and rod holders because they are plastic, so you have to plan what you're doing so you don't overload them.

I mounted lights to these and now have removable headlights for my boat. The arms are thicker than what the picture shows. Very sturdy and fits in the mount perfectly.

Overall I really like this, but I wish it allowed for a little finer adjustments. I have my fish finder on the end of it.

Using these with the oarlock holder mount and bait caster rod holders, these work very nicely for what I need. I wanted the rods slightly inboard and aft, so I can grab them without reaching over the side of my 12ft aluminum boat. As others have said, you can't get them clocked perfectly one end to the other. A few more teeth in the gear heads would have been nice. Overall, happy with the extenders.

No more trolling from kayak with rods behind me. I added a cross bar with two rod holders. I troll for striped bass with two rods with rods visible and easily accessible. When I bottom fish I can easily see the bites. The extender flexes but has not broken even when 50 pound catfish have slammed it. The flexing actually serves as an indicator when you get a bite. Love it. My fish finder is centered between the two rod holders in the middle hole of the crossbar. Perfect when I want to use it. I recommend this product highly with the cross bar for trolling and bottom fishing.

I originally bought this to use with the Scotty triple mount, but decided that was too much weight being applied to the Scotty 344 mounting base. So I returned the triple mount, but kept this extender because it works so well with the Scotty camera mount. This extender adds two more adjustable joints to the camera mount, so you can really get that perfect angle. If you really needed to, you can buy another extension segment to add to this one to make it even taller (like if you wanted to mount it behind you sometimes).It's a lot bigger and thicker than it looks in the pictures. This is a VERY heavy duty and stable extension. If I could've installed the 344 mounting base with better backing, this extension would have had no trouble at all supporting the triple mount with three different accessories on it.