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OK...I dug a little deeper and I just ordered a bunch of the stainless carabiners with eyes . They do have a higher working load. The bronze clips are more for looks. (and I had a few laying around, doubt they would break) I should have enough now to put on every gunnel rod holder. And one for my shotgun rod fished from the rocket launcher.
I am more worried about the rod/ reel ending up in the drink and usually clip one to the reel or rod ring to the base of the holder while trolling.
The attachment for the angler to the boat during big game fishing is a different rig altogether. I have an aftco strap of sorts with clips on either end. But that is only used when harness fishing.
Even when I fish for bonito (or even dead stick a bottom fishing rod) I usually have the rod riggers out when trolling and if you don't have a tether on the rod, there is a real risk of losing your gear esp with guests on board. Once the angler has the rod in his hand, I unclip it. The issue tends to be in the transition from rod holder to angler that stuff is lost.
On a friends boat I did see once a a rod rigger locking pin break on a fish hit and it rotated 90 deg in the holder, and the rod "launched" itself out of the rigger never to be seen again. I don't want to see the same thing happen to my gear.
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