Fishing Equipment storage

[setobla]

Howzit all.
 
  So i finally got a garage where i can store my fishing equipment etc. So   i was wondering how you other folks store your fishing equipment,   terminal tackle, etc
 
  Please feel free to post pics of yours and share some ideas.
 
  Lets see what comes out of this one
 
  (not mine below)
 

[Lofty]

I live at the coast so don't break-up/pack away my rods,they all hang horizontally against the wall with reels attached... I took a couple pieces of brandering(same lengths) and drilled holes at a slight angle into them,the same distance apart,then cut a few pieces of dowl(spelling)and inserted that into the holes.I then just put these against the garage wall and hung my rods on them...will try take pics and post(my galaxy s4 was stolen)...the rest of my spools of line,spoons,sinkers etc.is in a cupboard in the garage...last pic is basically what mine looks like... easy,simple and cheap...

[tkei]

Under no circumstances should you EVER pack your fishing tackle like in the 1st picture. If it is, your wife will know how much tackle you have, and when you arrive with more, she will tell you (more often) that you have enough and should return your purchase.
It is for the same reason my wife keeps her long dresses hanging low down in her cupboard, so I cant see all the shoes hidden behand the hems.

[setobla]

Under no circumstances should you EVER pack your fishing tackle like in the 1st picture. If it is, your wife will know how much tackle you have, and when you arrive with more, she will tell you (more often) that you have enough and should return your purchase.
It is for the same reason my wife keeps her long dresses hanging low down in her cupboard, so I cant see all the shoes hidden behand the hems.[/m]

[Sylvester]

Under no circumstances should you EVER pack your fishing tackle like in the 1st picture. If it is, your wife will know how much tackle you have, and when you arrive with more, she will tell you (more often) that you have enough and should return your purchase.
It is for the same reason my wife keeps her long dresses hanging low down in her cupboard, so I cant see all the shoes hidden behand the hems.

 


   for that!!!

[Lofty]

last one..

Under no circumstances should you EVER pack your fishing tackle like in the 1st picture. If it is, your wife will know how much tackle you have, and when you arrive with more, she will tell you (more often) that you have enough and should return your purchase.
It is for the same reason my wife keeps her long dresses hanging low down in her cupboard, so I cant see all the shoes hidden behand the hems.

p.s:my wife loves fish(to eat)so no complaints from her side... plus she doesn't use my garage...

[Cam Mundy]

I prefer upright rod holders for spinning and game fishing gear but its obviously not possible with one piece surf rods. Still looking for a good solution to store bent  butt rods with reels.

[Ziggy]

I live at the coast so don't break-up/pack away my rods,they all hang horizontally against the wall with reels attached...

Lofty is right...and this made me think.......

Regular anglers who live on the coast have their own particular storage needs – mainly geared to the fact that they go fishing whenever conditions are right, They can make that decision to go fishing on the spur of the moment (you can be for certain that their internet browsers always have tabs open on weather, tide, wind, solunar, surf etc. information sites). Some have a view of the sea from their homes or places of work and a simple sideways glance at the ocean can send them packing.
These are their storage needs:

• They need to move at a moment’s notice when conditions are right. Rods need to be tackled up and ready to cast, this means they need an arrangement where the rods and reels are very accessible and ready to take at a moment’s notice. So you usually find rods hanging in their racks in garages and studies - already assembled with reels and terminal tackle tied on and ready for casting.
• Their “stock” of terminal tackle must be within a few steps of their vehicles so that tackle bags can be replenished fast and efficiently in a few minutes.
• Because they fish so much, they go through tackle fast. They need to get new rods and reels on a regular basis – and are reluctant to get rid of the old stuff, a lot of which is usually unusable. A rather large storage area is needed for the used and junked tackle.
• They need a ready store of credible and available alibis to explain sudden absences from places where they are supposed to be. They also need a shelf with a range of high factor sun creams to avoid getting tanned to that they can hide their fishing activities. All these anglers will also have tubes of sun cream tucked in the cubby holes, in their fishing bags, on their boats.
• Those with boats also have particular storage needs. And because they are regularly used, they need space for tools, endless boat paraphernalia, rain wear etc. etc

A regular coastal dwelling anglers storage space is more a  “service centre” than a store room. This means that the “service centre will always be a mess of stuff because they don’t want to waste valuable fishing time on cleaning up, packing away and keeping things neat. The main complaints from spouses is not about the amount of tackle, but more about the amount of “junk” and mess – and the stink of over used bait boxes and tackle bags

On the other hand, because of their sad and unfortunate geographical disadvantage, inlanders have very different storage needs. Because they live so far from the sea (which is incredibly difficult I must agree), their gear only gets used a few times a year. Most of their time and effort is according spent on dreaming longingly about the next fishing “expedition”. These expeditions require long hours for devising detailed planning which include itineraries, packing lists etc. etc. They also waste a lot of time needlessly looking at very, very long term weather forecasts  - needless because no matter what, the conations will be mostly end up being unfavourable for fishing. They spend a lot of time on angling websites drooling at the fishing activities of the coastal dweller
There storage needs are:

• In order to effectively prepare for the expeditions, they need to sort and sort and sort tackle continuously. They need to pack everything that they have so that they can cover all potential options. This requires a large store room with ample shelving and matching boxes, each marked, categorised and with an attached list of contents – all computerised. They need a lot of space to create order, categorise their stuff and pack away neatly - and also sufficient distance so that they can stare longlingly at everything at once while dreaming of the next coastal jorl.
• Because of boredom inevitably sets in, and the inability to satisfy their fishing urges, they are reduced to just playing with their stuff in the substantial fishing down times. Accordingly they tend to accumulate lots and lots of tackle so they have more and more different things to play with, categorise, place in containers and put on shelves. The more stuff they get, the more space they need for their rigid storage systems - this is a primary cause of tackle addiction.
• Because of the aforementioned boredom factor, other tackle related tasks begin to emerge. The ordering, categorisation and collection of tackle is translated into “how do I carry all this stuff on the beach”. So, a workshop space is required as an annex to the storeroom. The space needs to be used to dream up, devise and construct innovative back packs and trolleys to transport all the stuff on the beach.
• They also need an additional space to tie up readymade traces and put them in bankies (often never to be used). Not to mention equipment and materials to cast sinkers
• Very little “junk” space is required, because everything remains new and shiny and nothing gets thrown away – only more space is needed to pack order, categorise and pack away new stuff.
• Because of the time that they have to spend in their storerooms/workshops ordering, categorising, packing and playing with their stuff -  other important items have to be catered for such as a bar with fridge, a wide screen TV set etc – the latter being extremely necessary to watch all the fishing shows with a great amount of envy.

[Shivaan]

Ziggy you hit several    . Poor ol upcountry okes 

[isivuba]

Ziggy you hit several    . Poor ol upcountry okes 

 
@ Shivaan & Ziggy        we up country okes make the most of the time on the water 

[Lofty]

that's very true Ziggy,as you could see in some of the pics,my terminal tackle is still attached... all I do after is rinse my rod & reel,wipe it off,loosen the drag and then hang it up... items catagorised in 3 sections only...
-1,river & estuary(spinning & fishing from the side)
-2boat(rods,lures,paddletails,small sinkers etc.)
-3and then my R&S rods,tacklebox(bigger sinkers,hooks,swivels etc.),prawn pump etc.

[Shivaan]

Ziggy you hit several    . Poor ol upcountry okes 

 
@ Shivaan & Ziggy        we up country okes make the most of the time on the water 

Wont you be down soon thou isi? But its when you go back up the real action will start 

[Ziggy]

that's very true Ziggy,as you could see in some of the pics,my terminal tackle is still attached... all I do after is rinse my rod & reel,wipe it off,loosen the drag and then hang it up... items catagorised in 3 sections only...
-1,river & estuary(spinning & fishing from the side)
-2boat(rods,lures,paddletails,small sinkers etc.)
-3and then my R&S rods,tacklebox(bigger sinkers,hooks,swivels etc.),prawn pump etc.

Same for me -and add to that
- salt water fly fishing
- trout fly fishing


I neglected to write about thecoastal anglers  "washing bay" for rods, reels, bait boxes and boat - although, technically not a storage area but always gets junked bup with bait boxes, anchors, ropes and things

[LGF]

Ziggy, sies man how can you expose  the up country folk like that? What you say is so true thou, only I have but one saltwater rod and grinder reel, the rest of my stuff is for freshwater, so I store my tackle in the "ready to go" fashion as well. you never know when the Govt. pisses it's workers off before morning tea, considerably enough so, as to make then drive home, pack the gear and head off to the closest small pond to do bank angling, followed by the inevitable following day or two or three (depending on how much they pissed us off) calling in sick   but yes we (I for one) also have some sunscreen in the car, in the tackle box and lure bag and one in the food/coffee rucksack!!!

[LGF]

Under no circumstances should you EVER pack your fishing tackle like in the 1st picture. If it is, your wife will know how much tackle you have, and when you arrive with more, she will tell you (more often) that you have enough and should return your purchase.
It is for the same reason my wife keeps her long dresses hanging low down in her cupboard, so I cant see all the shoes hidden behand the hems.

This is why I indulge in her "sport", Shopping!
Here's how it works, you go to the tackle store, you find several things you "must" have, pay for them, pack them in the car and hide them in the garage. Now I have to go shopping with her. When there I let her loose and we visit each store three or four times and she looks at stuff, tries all of it on, sometimes twice, She's really gotten to the "PRO" levels of her sport  
Taking note of what she really likes, I encourage her to get that, obviously she pays for her stuff. She only buys me fishing gear on B-days etc. NOW, when she buys the gear, from her sporting participation, I take my purchases out and stick them on the shelves, in not such an obvious way as to scream at her that it's new, but just enough to make her wonder, wonder only, not too much as to overpower her emotional high form her earlier sporting event.
 
Consolidation, is most critical and I am sure every guy and the gals here have used this line "Bought it long long ago, remember when we went there or there, remember? You still said I could have it because it was so cheap, remember? Bringing doubt to her mind is the only way she will agree and forget about it as she cannot be "wrong" therefore if " she said I could have it" well then I did not argue then and nor should she argue with herself now, see   and that is how I end up with new tackle.

[Toppie]

Ziggy, that's downright mean.
 
How do you think us armchair anglers must now feel. Add to that list a boat that must be washed and polished and the engines run every few weeks, all the Stywe Lyne and Ski Boat magazines we must read, eating our hearts out every Monday after the weekend when you all post your pics, and the planning and planning about planning, shining spoons and sharpening hooks, practising knots, swopping and buying new equipment, monthly socials and lots of drinking to discuss what we could catch if we were just by the sea, and bullsh1tting ourselves about the weather as fishing days draw closer and being blown away and rained out.
 
Afraid you've hit the nail right on the head! Fishing is hard work and takes a lot of dedication. Yet we keep coming back for more. That's called dedication.
 
 

[Ziggy]

Ziggy, that's downright mean.
 
How do you think us armchair anglers must now feel. Add to that list a boat that must be washed and polished and the engines run every few weeks, all the Stywe Lyne and Ski Boat magazines we must read, eating our hearts out every Monday after the weekend when you all post your pics, and the planning and planning about planning, shining spoons and sharpening hooks, practising knots, swopping and buying new equipment, monthly socials and lots of drinking to discuss what we could catch if we were just by the sea, and bullsh1tting ourselves about the weather as fishing days draw closer and being blown away and rained out.
 
Afraid you've hit the nail right on the head! Fishing is hard work and takes a lot of dedication. Yet we keep coming back for more. That's called dedication.

Eish - its tough being a vaalie!

[stephan.chambers]

My 2 cents worth : being both - living inland but also having a home at the coast - makes live even more complicated. When I am inland : end up buying lots of tackle to feed my addition - then once or twice a year to cart all of it down to coast can become a mission by itself.  Storage down there is also a problem because if you leve tackle out too long the rust gets hold of it ! So upon return one has to pack evertyhing up and store it in a dryer environment. So you end up unpacking and storing tackle in different modes. But it is fun to unpack and start getting the fever...  While down at the coast the biggest houskeeping problem is usually trying to keep your bait fresh. Daily fishing trips - one always takes out too much and you end up refreezing bait which is not always the best. Worst is when your return from a trip from boat or shore and one forgot to clean bait still one tackle - the next day the smell can really get to you... Hahah but always fishing is fun - that's why we do it !! stywe lyne this summer..