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| Looking for ideas for homemade tackle storage - other than 5 gallon buckets. Any of you guys have any suggestions and pics? Can't see spending $100 on a tackle box! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Milk crates maybe. You can buy lure dividers designed to go into a standard milk crate. |
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| Milk Crates and 3" Vinyl gutter from Lowes/HD/Etc cut to size. Put some of that non-slip rubber material used in kitchen cabinets (Dollar Store) in the bottom to keep hooks from coming out the bottom of the crate.
I've also used a plastic storage bin with gutter material held in by 2x4 scraps for big rubber baits.
I'd show you some pics, but all my tackle boxes are shrink wrapped on the boat at the moment.
Cost you less than $15 per box if you can get milk crates for free...
HTH,
RandalB
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Location: Ashland WI | Soft sided, square shaped, cooler box. With a zipper top. Buy vinyl gutter downspout material, cut to fit. |
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| Thanks guys! I like the down spout and milk crate idea. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Head over to Kwik Trip and grab a couple bags of milk...keep them in the milk crate. That's how I have gotten all my milk crates for various projects and storage needs. They've never once said I couldn't take them. (I probably have 5.) |
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Location: Hanover, MN | I like the Dewalt tough storage box. The bigger one is available pretty commonly for around $60 which is not cheap by any means. It holds a nice amount of baits with 2.5" downspout cut to fit inside. It has a tool organizer in the rear of the box which is great for pliers, hook outs, hook cutters etc (or I think you can remove it). the best part is you can sit on the dang thing. I weigh 280lbs and have no issues sitting on it, might be a different story if it is really cold. But all in I think I had the box and maybe $10-20 bucks into it for a total of $75-$85 bucks. Cheaper than a commercially available box and much sturdier. By no means would I recommend this for BIG baits it is probably too big, but for the money I think it holds a great amount of lures.
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Location: Franklin, WI | I also use the milk crate with downspout tubes, but in order to maximize space, I also use fluorescent light protectors, plastic tubes you can buy at big box stores (Menards, Home Depot, Lowes,...). They are big enough to hold bucktails up to #9 blades, small jerk baits (Squirkos, Depth Raiders, Grandma's, jigs, etc.). They are transparent, so you can see what's in them, and you don't have to worry about tangled hooks like you do in the downspout tubes. I customize the crate to hold whatever baits I plan to use on each trip.
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Location: Aurora | Wine boxes are tuff ta beat fer holm storage and light weight ta boot.
Hit yer local liqour store and ask um if they'll part with some, dividers included.
Twist some leader wire around the outside, snap on a cheap shoulder strap and viola'.
This one cost zilch.
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Location: With my son on the water | I made this one and I can put 75 lures in it along with other things I use often.
Sorry the pic isn't coming through, it did last time? |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Great idea and very creative! To prevent the wine box from softening up or getting wet from boat spray, weather, etc., simply toss your rain coat or garbage bag over it to protect it. Placing it in a compartment would be another option. |
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Location: Aurora | I'd say the wine box idea is a strict home storage option which is what i thot the original poster was looking for.
It's super lightweight so i use it fer hauling baits that need werk, mods, or sharpening, etc from basement/garage to house.
Werks well but i wouldn't put it in the boat unless you sprayed it thoroughly with spar varnish or wax coated like the boxes that fresh produce & veggies come in but i've never seen waxed dividers for those. |
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| I did the fluorescent bulb protector tubes and cutoff water bottles in a 2-3 gal plastic paint bucket(walmart, $2). Then I used some zip ties on the outside as hangers/holders for my release tools. Finally took a hole saw and cut a hole in the bottom for my seat pedestal. Drill a few extra holes in the bottom to drain and keep everything dry. $5 pedestal pal, and its painted to match my boat :). Ill take a pic if anyone is interested.
Holds 10-15 baits, the ones I'm using most often depending on time of year and what water. Don't need to drag 300 baits with me. |
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| Here's something I built out of plexiglass from an old storm door. It took a fair amount of time to cut and glue the pieces together, but this lives on my fishing table year round.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Blast from the past
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=40...
Many more ideas here as well. |
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| Well, the milk crates are a great idea actually. Actually there are a couple of really great ideas on this thread to be honest. I did not even think about some of them when i been making mine. I actually asked my uncle to help me out with this one. He has been working with wood his whole life, so he has made a wooden one for me. It is really great actually, however it is a quit big and really heavy. After he gave it to me, he started to teach me what should i do, and how i should do it. I still remember how he told me that The Black+Decker sander is very easy to work with thanks to its light weight . That is actaully not a bad info for me. |
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| For home storage???
When a drug store or retail convenience or dept store closes,,,they sell off their store fixtures,,,a sunglasses tree with rotating pedestal is great to hang lures off,,you can load it up and spin it to find baits. |
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Location: Germantown, WI | Love your creation Esox Addict.... that is sweet...... |
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| I got a 30can soft side Coleman cooler from menards that has the hard plastic liner then got some sheets or the clear acrylic plastic and cut dividers out of it. Its comparable to the lakewood jr box. Works great to throw in 20 baits to go fishing with a buddy quick instead of bringing the big box. |
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Location: Shoreview, MN | Sorry don’t have a picture but you can buy Sterilite storage containers with lids in lots of sizes. Cut your own plastic dividers and you’re ready to go. Makes a great “modular” system. |
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