Patent ID: 7594353

Claim:
A fishing rod holder, comprising: a housing having an open top end, a bottom wall spaced from said top end and a side wall extending between said top end and said bottom wall forming a hollow interior; a lid fixed to said top end of said housing, said lid being formed with a central bore and a number of circumferentially spaced outer holes located adjacent to said side wall; a number of tubes each having an upper end, a lower end and a hollow interior, each of said tubes being inserted through one of said outer holes in said lid into said hollow interior of said housing, said upper end of each tube being connected to said lid; and a number of fasteners each extending from said side wall of said housing into engagement with said lower end of one of said tubes to mount said tubes in a fixed position within said housing, each of said fasteners extending through said hollow interior of one of said tubes at said lower end thereof to form a rod stop which engages and supports one end of a fishing rod.