buy a fishing rod with or without reel NickStick Mini These modern tapers are a balance of lightweight power that are soft in the tip Buyer's Guide: Saltwater Fishing Rod

then you can use the platform legs for attachments for keepnet / feeder arm etc personally - like Arch I love my AS1 - and find the integral side tray absolutely brilliant

If there are too many decorations, they will narrow the space and reduce the swimming room

YETI Side Mounted Two Rod Rack SKU Product Details Two-Rod Storage: Vertically mounts two fishing rod holders to a compatible YETI cooler

This innovation, with its diagonally wrapped carbon tape forming an array of "X" shapes on the butt section, ensures that you have the upper hand during powerful casts and intense battles by preventing rod twist and boosting hook-setting power

If float fishing is more your style, hooking through the top of the shell is more desirable