Hoping someone with a good amount of experience fishing from a kayak can help give me some tips. I've acquired a crap ton of tackle and am having a hard time figuring out the best way to organize it. More often than not I fish from 1 of 2 kayaks, but sometimes I bank fish ponds or from friends' boats as well. I am fishing freshwater only, predominantly for bass or panfish. I have a bunch of 3600 and 3700 sized boxes as well as multiple crate options. I am leaning towards moving everything to the 3600 size since that is what my bank bag holds as well as my tackle organizers on my boat, but I am looking for some tips on the best way to organize things like worms/creature baits by colors/water types/seasonality and use as well as crank baits, topwater, etc. Right now I am carrying too much tackle with me when I go out so looking for a good way to consolidate and organize. I am literally begging for help, if I don't get my garage cleaned up I may end up sleeping in it lol.
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Kayak Tackle Organization - HELP!!!
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Lol there is no help. You just need more
The real reason they needed the bigger boat in Jaws...
In all seriousness I organize by season and body of water. I’m not taking any black and blue or black and red to Stone Mountain lake with me. I’m not taking any deep water, large bill crank baits to a farm pond, etc. I grab about 4-5 Plano box’s, with the stuff I know I will throw and the rest is stacked neatly at the house. Friend of mine did the same thing except he had a nice 8ft tall cabinet with doors on it that all his Plano boxes lived in. He has way more stuff than me though. Same concept, grab what you need and leave the rest.
Thanks, that helps! I think I’m good in what to do with soft plastics but I’m stuck in what to do with hard baits and swim baits, mostly because I haven’t fished them enough to know how to pick what colors to take and throw based on condition.
I only fish the neighbors pond now so I bought a backpack. I have one box in it for terminal tackle. A pocket for worms. Pliers and rags in another. Works for me. Going trout fishing this week so will add another case for flies I bought.
i go by season as well but i do have my "confidence" box as well.
those are the lures i just have damn confidence in. i know they catch fish
because ive used them and I KNOW they work as long as i do my part.
its the most important box i have. its smaller than you might think.
take to much crap you end up with to many options and spend more time
choosing lures than fishing. instead of wondering if im using "the right lure"
i wonder if im working my chosen lure correctly.
in all honesty, if your taking more than a nice backpack with a couple or 3
boxes your doing yourself a injustice on so many levels.
those are the lures i just have damn confidence in. i know they catch fish
because ive used them and I KNOW they work as long as i do my part.
its the most important box i have. its smaller than you might think.
take to much crap you end up with to many options and spend more time
choosing lures than fishing. instead of wondering if im using "the right lure"
i wonder if im working my chosen lure correctly.
in all honesty, if your taking more than a nice backpack with a couple or 3
boxes your doing yourself a injustice on so many levels.
