By Paul Lebowitz

Want to install your accessories without drilling holes in your kayak? Prefer a removable mounting solution? Your ship has come in.

With the Johnny Bar by Mad Frog Gear you can install your accessories – rod holders, fish finders, compasses and GPS receivers – in otherwise unusable deck space. The adjustable, four-footed design snaps securely into place. Put it where it suits you, on a touring kayak’s hard to fit curved deck or use it to shorten your sit-on-top kayak’s extra footwells. 

The Johnny Bar’s pre-slotted bar and feet are constructed of durable, weatherproof Starboard. Rubber feet provide traction and protection for more delicate decks. Military grade nylon straps allow you to fine tune the unit’s location. It's all held together with stainless steel hardware, and can be broken down without tools. Wide enough to fit on most doubles and sit-on-tops, it can be easily cut down to match the width of narrower boats.

Mad Frog's new Liberator brings the same fully-removable mounting concept to fishfinder installations. Attach the sonar head to the mounting platform, then bolt the transducer onto the unique Trandsducer Deployment Arm and you're ready to go, no drilling or gluing required. Product designer John Upchurch says the free-swining arm allows him to point his sonar signal off to the side, useful for sneaking a peek beneath the docks or checking out the bottom "over there" without moving. www.MadFrogGear.com