Watch this before you buy Scotty accessories for your kayak! The issues I've found.

Hey Everyone hopefully my mistakes will help you guys save a couple bucks!
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[truecrimson]

Geez. Kids these days. We used to have to make everything. Cut a piece of poly cutting board, put a traditional scotty mount on top of it, use 2 toilet bolts as track adapters under it secured by wing nuts on top. it will be bigger than a gear head but it won't loosen.

[RoundeyeSamurai]

Great video, I'm a little late to the party here, but I learned this lesson early on. The gearhead track adapters are very useful for many items, but you are correct, rod holders only on the right side (if you are trolling). Scotty does have a product that I use for trolling musky that is rail mounted and does not have the gearhead issue.

The 343 Locking Gunnel Mount. You could try that, I love mine, I have one on either side for trolling for musky or striper. Has not failed me yet.

Great vid btw, very informative and has likely helped many an angler! Keep up the good work.

[TwoStageTrigger]

I was wondering if it would unscrew when trolling on the left side. I just bought the Scotty 340 rail mount (meant for a different rail system). Going to put some t bolts for the gear tracks on it so I can use it on the gear tracks with the traditiinal deck mount Scotty bracket (no drilling on my new sportsman 120pdl).
That way I can use all my rod holders that I already bought for my boat, and lifetime kayak.

[khaziirsoze]

It doesn't have splines like the anchor lock?

[williamkost]

I think rail blaze has a piece that has double tabe on, it look's like it won't spin off

[ScottHillOutdoors]

Same problem while trolling Bandits for walleye 😢 I was looking at the Scotty Locking Gunnel Track Mount which seems to have T bolts to go in the old town track

[phothrottle]

They should create a locking pin that what it can't twist loose.

[martyscott]

Good demo of the problem you’re concerned about. I’ve never had an issue with the gearhead coming loose and I troll on the left side. My experience is if you tighten them down they won’t move - that includes when I change their mounting location while on the water. Cheers.

[AnglingSpiders]

Interesting info Huy and something we never thought of given that we don't have rails! Good to know.

[cuttlefishpie]

I was going to get one for my pelican getaway, however because I steer on the left and have the paddle holder on the right the paddle will be in the way for the scotty trackmount so was going to go with the left hand rail….thanks for saving me $$$

[austinrichardson]

I'm using mine for a fish finder so I should have this proble right?

[evancross]

I think Ram makes an adapt a post which eliminates the issue.

[millennialdawn]

Solution: just bolt a piece of plywood to your tract with a carrage bolt etc and screw the standard Scotty base to the plywood. What do you think?

[LovingIdaho]

I have not had that problem ever . I have used them forever on both sides of boats and kayaks and caught big fish no problem . I had more of a problem of the locking system wearing out .

[gbussoutdoors]

That is a great review and I can deffinatly see problems with it. Hopefully scotty can come up with a fix for this.

[Pinoycan]

Watching bro. Awesome tips. Ihave that one still ok for 2years. Fish on

[TexasBarnRats]

Daaaang...you just saved me from making that same mistake. THANKS!!!

[paulsaunders]

Just buy the left hand threaded version or spin your track around so it fits in from the front, then if it does loosen at least it won’t fall out

[newlifely]

R5 only work's on the right side of my boat. If i run the r5 on the left side my rod jumps out.

[vaprex]

BY FAR the worst part about the Scotty "483 gear-head" track adapter is the fact that the cheap, flimsy, flexible clips on the sides of the mount that are supposed to "lock" your gear into place become bowed outwards after only a few months of use (maybe this is more of a problem in warmer climates, where the plastic gets heated and becomes permanently looser than their 'out of the box' form). The result is that your rods (or worse, electronics if using the mount for that) will easily pop up and out of the mount with minimal effort after a while. If you have electronic mounted to your rails using this mount and you capsize - or just bump your rod holder or fish-finder the wrong way - you'll watch your depth finder/battery-box/sonar go swim with the fishes -- possibly along with any rod you had mounted using the gear-head track mount. DO NOT buy the Scotty "gear-head" track adapter !!! As mentioned, YakAttack and others have much better mounts (with *actual* functioning safety locking) for similar costs.  

**If anyone that owns a Scotty 483 gear mount adapter that doesn't believe me, pull straight up on your rod holder after using it for a few months, and you'll see what I mean. It no longer "locks" you gear into place. This problem has happened on every one I've bought (now three of these.). I've switched to YakAttack "Omega" rod holders that have a sturdy locking/unlock tab that you have to manually press to remove your attached gear.