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Location: Big Falls MN | I looking to build a custom box and looking for ideas so lets see what you guys built or had made. |
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| Made this box for free with stuff I found at work (I work at a landfill, and people were throwing it away). It's made of 3" downspout and the handles are cut of a duffle bag. Took about 2 hours to cut and glue together with liquid nails and a little work from my mom with the sewing machine to get the handles on securely. Very simple but works.
**The blade baits are sticking way out because the rear hook is off all of them right now. Otherwise they sit in there like all the other baits. |
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Location: Big Falls MN | That is a good idea i was thinking about making it out of pvc pipe but this looks much better |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | I did the same thing but made it to fit inside my livewell. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Here is a milk create tackle box I did last season. Twenty-five (25) two inch PVC tubes make up the box. I am currently looking at putting clear tubes in for this season.
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Location: Big Falls MN | Shaley do you have pics of how it fits in your live well and is it removable. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | my storage system ............
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Location: Big Falls MN | I like that last post how many baits in total does it hold. |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Mines pretty similar to Mikes and yes it's removable, I got the idea from him  |
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Location: Des Moines IA | 66 total tubes ..... I have it way too full, probably 150+ baits in there right now ..... |
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Location: SUN PRAIRIE WI | Have you found any clear tubes yet I have been looking for some clear tubes 12x3 and have not found any. I want 1 end closed and the other end A removable cover. I fish from shore so walking I dont want to take A big box with me just A few baits I can throw in A duffle bag.
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Location: Madison WI | Here is what Jay Lip Ripper made for me last year, we changed it a little for this year after bad experiences with the spacing, holds about 150+ baits.
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Location: Athens, Ohio | What do you guys glue the downspout material with? I was going to make one of these and was unsure what would make them stick. PVC cement? |
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Location: Des Moines IA | I used the downspout cement from home depot. They are downspouts, so i figured that would work best. I glued them together, then used a ratchet strap to hold them all in place while it dried. |
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Location: Madison WI | We originally used gorilla glue but after it worked really well on one bag and not on the other we switched it up to a hot glue gun this year, It is at least 5x better then with the gorilla glue. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Awesome job, you guys! What a fantastic, easy (and not very expensive) way to hold a bunch of baits! |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Heres my livewell insert..
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Location: Richfield, MN | muskyhunter24 - 4/18/2011 11:31 PM
Here is what Jay Lip Ripper made for me last year, we changed it a little for this year after bad experiences with the spacing, holds about 150+ baits.
Muskyhunter what size bag is that you used. The bag idea looks sweet. This looks like a great way to put something together.
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Shaley your insert looks awesome. Very nice job. |
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Location: Big Falls MN | I was wondering what size bag that was also |
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Location: Madison WI | I will get the exact measurements when I get home, I bought it at the Milwaukee show last year and the one that Jay uses is a gander mountain bag. |
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Location: Loves Park, IL | I used downspouts to build a box also, but found out the hard way that hot glue does not stay well in cold weather. I built a pedestal box for my boat and while trailering in cold weather, the hot glue came unglued and lures flew all over my boat and scattered along the roadway
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Location: Madison WI | CheapTrix - 4/19/2011 3:37 PM
I used downspouts to build a box also, but found out the hard way that hot glue does not stay well in cold weather. I built a pedestal box for my boat and while trailering in cold weather, the hot glue came unglued and lures flew all over my boat and scattered along the roadway
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I will take that into consideration when I fish during the cold this year, thats another reason why I put the downspout in a bag is that if they do break apart everything will stay in the bag. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | I used the downspouts and then went to a sale and got some rubbermade containers and some other super hvy duty storage box. this is a great box and i can travel with it, throw it in the cabin, boat, truck etc...No photo sorry, truck around your hardware store and you will have one for little of nothing. |
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Location: Madison WI | Ok the measurements for my bag are 13 inches wide, 14 inches deep and 30 inches long. I also have another bag that uses the dividers from the Blue top lakewood boxes but for the life of me I can't find my camera charger, I will post a pic when I can. |
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Location: Richfield, MN | There are some great ideas that you guys have created. FOr those that have come up with something are you putting any type of bottom layer of something preventing the lures from falling through if the hook falls off the edge.
This would leaning more towards the first pic but is any of you adding a bottom to yours. If so what are you using.
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Location: Canada | Here is the box in my boat partners boat, its a truck box made of aluminum checker plate. It fits nice and doubles as the rear casting deck. On it's own its fairly light and even filled with lures etc the two of us can lift and slide it forward. It locks on both sides and is filled with down spout tubing. Sorry no pics of it open showing the downspouts.
http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b99/81CABRIO/Fishing/?action=view... |
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| CU301DSV - 4/20/2011 2:35 AM
Here is the box in my boat partners boat, its a truck box made of aluminum checker plate. It fits nice and doubles as the rear casting deck. On it's own its fairly light and even filled with lures etc the two of us can lift and slide it forward. It locks on both sides and is filled with down spout tubing. Sorry no pics of it open showing the downspouts.
http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b99/81CABRIO/Fishing/?action=view...
Now THAT is a tackle box! My only concern with something like that is that it might be really slippery in the snow/ice. Is it? |
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Location: Madison WI | Muddy41 - 4/19/2011 10:51 PM
There are some great ideas that you guys have created. FOr those that have come up with something are you putting any type of bottom layer of something preventing the lures from falling through if the hook falls off the edge.
This would leaning more towards the first pic but is any of you adding a bottom to yours. If so what are you using.
Thanks
Mike
Mike we cut out a piece of plywood that fit the measurements of the bottom of the bag and put that down to prevent lures from sliding around in the bottom of the bag if they do fall out. Also we always have a telescoping magnet with us or a piece of wire that is bent into a U at one end to get the baits that have fallen through. It is by no means a fool proof system but with the bag and the downspout it cost me under $60 and holds more baits then a lakewood monster. |
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Location: Richfield, MN | Jeff, thanks for the info. I am looking into the bag idea. I do like the wya yours turned out. I need to dig around and see if I can find one of my old tackle bags that I used for bass fishing.
Appreciate all our help!! |
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Location: Big Falls MN | I think i going to head towards the bag idea as well. You guys came up with some pretty good ideas. |
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Location: Kingston, Ontario | Recently finished a DIY acrylic box. Cost about $50 for the acyrlic, brakets and hardware, latches. You can use almost anything for a strap. You can use any decent powered saw to cut acrylic so is pretty easy construction. Here's a couple photos.
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Location: Richfield, MN | Consigliere awesome job on that box. Looks like you must of had some fun coming up with how to put it together. how thick of material did you use. Looks like it holds alot of lures!
Where did you buy the material.
Very sweet.
Thanks for sharing
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Location: Kingston, Ontario | The long exterior walls are 1/4 and the rest of the outside is1/8. The dividers are also 1/8. You can get all the stuff at Home Depot in the windows section. You can spend a lot on thick acrylic so it is strong enough to stand on but this one was done on the cheap.
I figure it will hold 50 or so 8-12" lures. |
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Location: Canada | Is that a 9$ bass Super Believer I see?!?!? Wanna sell it?  nice home made tackle box btw. |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | There are some pics of a couple more clear-style boxes here. Mine is the 2nd one on the thread.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=58... |
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