any one else not use tackle bags?

[mrpike1973]

hi all well with this lovely weather i decided to go through my old tackle box its junk so i threw it out i bought a plano 8616 the hip roof style tackle box so far so good i have a smaller 14' boat even though this is a little bigger box than i like i can get a spinner bait box in the bottom well enough of my rambling to the point does any one else not like tackle bags when i bought one a while ago my wife called it a man bag i was not impressed also in the bottom of the boat they always soak up water and then all the clear boxes get wet and need to be washed again i'm i missing something here all the pros seem to use them i hardly ever see any old 3 tray and hip roof boxes any more i'm i missing it i did like that i could carry it like a bag with the shoulder strap other than that oh well any one else out there that likes the old school boxes

[mainbutter]

I use a tackle bag. I don't always bring it with me, more often than not it's my travel bag I can keep a wide variety of tackle with, and then when I get to my destination I pick and choose a few smaller containers within the bag to bring with me.

When I'm out in places like Ontario and a little further away from civilization, I always keep my tackle bag with me because the extra space gives plenty of room for emergency equipment should an unlikely but unfortunate scenario to occur.

[yaggie]

I would like to throw my fishing buddy's tackle box overboard. It takes half the width of my 17ft boat every time he goes into it. If I had three people in the boat with boxes like that there would be no room for a cooler. I can just pull one tray out at a time to get what I need.

[andrew chadwick]

Wow, that has to be the longest sentence I have ever read. you know periods make things much easier to understand.

tackle bag all the way. You just need to invest in a good one with a good waterproof bottom.

[JohnMickish]

Wow, that has to be the longest sentence I have ever read. you know periods make things much easier to understand.

Was thinking the same thing! But anyways, I haven't used a tackle box in years. I have about 30 plano style trays and just grab the ones that I need for the lake/species I'm going to. If I am in someone elses boat I put them in a small duffle with the things I need for the day.

I will add that if your getting that much water in the boat that your trays fill up, I think I'd be more worried about the water than keeping my trays dry.

[ozzie]

A few years ago I went and decided that I would buy a couple different tackle trays and now I store them in a back pack that I use for all my fishing winter or summer......I can just grab a tackle tray that I want plus all the plastics that I use I keep in the pouches of the back pack and I can bring with things such as rain gear in my buddies boat or other things like extra line.....

[coombia21]

I use a rubbermaid rough tote its not too big, but when i am tight on space i use a flambeau tackle bag, the thing i like about the tote is that i can put a couple pops and things i might need but dont always bring, we dont bring a cooler unless we will be on the lake for a very long time so everyone has to find a place to store their own pop and food this is why the extra space of the tote come in handy

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

I switched to a tackle bag a few years ago and have not looked back.

That does bring up a good point about waterproof bags - which ones are waterproof? I alway just hide mine from the rain under the steering console, or through a rain jacket over it.

[jigginjim]

I paid $70 for a tourney tackle bag, it held 8 / 9x13x2" plano boxes, 2 / 8x10x2" plus 2 6x14" pouches. The water proofing was gone in 2 years. I had water in most of the plano trays, the jigs and other tackle seemed to get rolled around alot. I finally went back to a tray style, that held 4 trays the none used boxes are not in storage areas in the boat. I like the fact that I can have a small group of jigs at hand quickly, as well as a few lindy sinkers and floats.

I did see the other box made with several boxes stacked together.

[norma]

I've used the Flambeau box for years now, It holds four removeable boxes in the lower section, in the top, I have a spinner bait box, 5 smaler boxes for hooks, weights, ect.. there is still room for spare spools, forceps, a few packages of plastics and other misc. stuff. to top it off on the outside of the cover, there is room for two more small boxes. Ease of use like a tackle bag, but water and hook proof like a hard box with plenty of storage I think the model was 8010 or such. Had it since 2000 and still works best for me.

[CaveMan]

My English teach always said that if you ran out of breath then the sentance was to long!