Show off your tacklebox

[PikeMolester]

So I have this obsession with looking at other people's tackle and I want to see yours! I have spent hours each week watching every video on youtube under search results "my tackle box". Thousands of people sharing what they use and show off their set ups. Last year was my first season and I used my friends extra tackle. In the off season I became obsessed. I slowly started building a base to my first tackle box and my own lures and I am going to share what I have so far (not every single lure but most, leaving out terminal tackle and rods)Feel free to critique my choices and or share your experiences with any lures you have used. Everything is pretty much new and not used yet. Remember these are my first lures and its just a start. I'd love to see your album in detail no matter how much or little it is.

 

Next week-end we will make it to the Franny. We fish St-Lawrence,Lac St-Louis and Lake St-Francis. Pretty much the best smallmouth areas in Canada and I got alot of plastics and jighead combos (craws,gobies,jigs and tubes) for those smallmouth lunkers. Last year I didnt do much fishing deeper than 10-15feet. This year I am prepared. I do however have lures for largemouth, pike and walleye too. But after seeing the Canadian tourney record at Raisin' River I want to dial in those footballs this year.

 

Here is the link to the whole album: http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/mattyboy785/Tackle%20Box/?albumview=slideshow

 

Here are some teasers.

Edited January 24, 2011 by Canucker

[Shaun98si]

Your Photo-bucket link is prompting me for a password??

[lookinforwalleye]

It never occurred to me to take pictures of my tackle,rods reels etc. I can`t imagine why anybody would want to look at my stuff but hey what ever makes you happy.

Edited May 10, 2010 by lookinforwalleye

[troutologist]

I was told by a gent in the insurance business, that it was a very good idea to take photos of your rods/reels and tackle in case of a claim. Having documentation will ensure you are properly compensated.

 

I was surprised at this but trust his opinion.

[SRT8 smoker craft]

LFW your insurance broker would love it I take pics everytime I make any signifagant increase to my tackle and put it on disk which my broker has on file so there's no disputing what my stuff was worth or how much I had .I lost everything I owned in a house fire 6 years ago and got raped by insurance so I take a catalog of all my posessions and update it a couple times a year my broker incourages it here's a couple for ya canucker.

 

my pike/bass box

 

 

 

my last trip to BPS

 

 

the rest are on my portable hard drive interesting topic Canucker I know tackles a bit of a obsession for me also.

[SRT8 smoker craft]

I was told by a gent in the insurance business, that it was a very good idea to take photos of your rods/reels and tackle in case of a claim. Having documentation will ensure you are properly compensated.

 

I was surprised at this but trust his opinion.

 

 

Beat me to it.

[mpt]

Here's something I posted on my blog site.

 

 

The Tackle Box

The tackle box is essential to fishing and Spring is the prime time to organize. This can be a very daunting task. What’s important to your fishing? What’s important to your life? You’ve got some old lures, some that have been successful and some you’ve never used. It’s good to try to organize but not too critical. One of the most important goals is to keep things separated. Hooks, for example, which can scatter all over the box. Collect them, then separate them according to size and put each pile on a safety pin. You may not find the right size hook but if you do you’ll have all at your finger tips. At least you can find a similar size and have a good supply of each.

 

The bottom of the box is probably going to be harder if you’re like me. The space is never big enough. The size never changes but the stuff going in keeps getting bigger. When the box won’t close it’s time to reorder, I mean reorganize. First take it all out and then separate as best you can by order of importance, most used, highest potential to be used, never used but most liked or any other reason that would pertain to you. Try to get the piles down to a size that fits in a baggie. Arrange the baggies for importance and start to fill the bottom again. Once full keep the extra bags and store them in the plastic shopping bag you stored the extra bags in the last 10 years.

 

You’ll also have equipment that is essential to any fishing outing such as a fillet knife, a knife for emergencies (working on the boat or motor), a knife for cutting line (fishing and anchor), fingernail clippers for fishing line only, sun glasses, a lighter, antacid tabs, aspirin, prep H, sunscreen, duct tape and a candy bar. When all free space in the lure trays is full you will need to take some bags out from the bottom. Remember the least important bags come out first and put these in the plastic shopping bag.

 

Eventually you’ll get to a point that the bag of new gear fresh from the store, or catalog order, is bigger than the bags in the plastic shopping bag. This is a prime opportunity to purchase a new tackle box. Try to find the best bang for your buck in the largest size you can find. Now you’ll be able to organize the tackle boxes with certain subjects in mind. These could include general fishing, walleye, trout, shore fishing, trolling, lake or river, lure types and for me a kids fishing box for my grand-daughters. Each box has its own set of rules to consider for the importance of the gear. My problem now is it’s harder for me to remember which box is which. All the boxes are different sizes and shapes so I can usually associate each to their type of use. I have magic markered references on some, but not all. Some of the new boxes are more like bags and they’re black so duct tape is used to put the references on.

 

Now the problem is knowing which box/bag to take. Depending who I’m fishing with I may have 4 or 5 of the things. If I ever went fishing with my buddy Hankie on Lake Erie I would take 5 box/bag combos. The walleye box, the trolling bag, the bottom bounce bag, the plastic bodies bag and the general box. We were targeting walleye but switching techniques was always a consideration depending on the weather. Sometimes we caught waldos but as often as not the trip turned into a sheephead outing. Those fish are really fun to catch. Good luck to you on your spring organizing.

[GBW]

The teaser...

 

The trays...

 

A lot more big stick baits have been added since...

[PikeMolester]

GBW that is some awesome lure porn!

 

I think I made it public now my album should work

Edited May 10, 2010 by Canucker

[GBW]

LOL, my wife hates it! HAHA

This is just my one big bag. My two other travel bag's are camera shy...

 

Your link worked now too...

[fish-miester]

ugh u guys r making me get the camera out..

[backbay]

My gear is up north, so no photos available at the moment, but looking at GBW's stuff I was reminded of the fact that I dragged about 20 lbs of tackle around the last two weekends, and used a grand total of only about 4 lures!

Edited May 10, 2010 by backbay

[lookinforwalleye]

I was told by a gent in the insurance business, that it was a very good idea to take photos of your rods/reels and tackle in case of a claim. Having documentation will ensure you are properly compensated.

 

I was surprised at this but trust his opinion.

 

 

Agreed my insurance company has pictures of all my assets,perhaps I should have said I see no reason to show the world now how many bags of Senko`s I own.

But again to each his own!

[GBW]

My gear is up north, so no photos available at the moment, but looking at GBW's stuff I was reminded of the fact that I dragged about 20 lbs of tackle around the last two weekends, and used a grand total of only about 4 lures!

How did you know that bag is 20LB's? Cause it is... That's why I also have two small travel bags.

[mbac31]

I'm to afraid to post pics of my baits. Tj and Roy may just try and have me commited.

[Syn]

I put another crankbait box together last week and filled it with mostly H2o Xpress lures. Can't wait to try the Sammy types. Some of them will be given to family members on my july fishing trip.

 

top layer

 

bottom layer

Edited May 10, 2010 by Syn

[Shaun98si]

Wow GBW those are some Clean Trays! Everything looks brand new.

[PikeMolester]

Syn where did you get your H20? I had to get mine on ebay...does Bass Pro carry them or something?

[Syn]

Syn where did you get your H20? I had to get mine on ebay...does Bass Pro carry them or something?

 

yes ebay from bassnbrad in texas. Dealt with him many times. Great guy saved me tons in shipping cost.

I noticed ebay is also great if you want custom painted lures.

[walleyejigger]

Canucker's 3rd pic, husky jerk/tennessee shad color, produces some huge eyes for me trolling at night, my favorite lure

[Syn]

Mailman just dropped off two new friends:

Wonder if they had used circle hooks would be better or worse due to the epoxy head?

Anyhow they sure look sweet.

 

Edited May 10, 2010 by Syn

[IndySKS]

OMG you just made me realize I have become a tackle addict ?

 

I took some pictures of my tackle last spring, after reading your post I went back and looked at them.....wow what a difference a year makes....I have a problem(that's the first step right ? )....now whats the next 11 steps....lol

 

Sad part is i just bought 20 more crank baits today. lol

[MCTFisher9120]

Some awesome gear you guys have. After a long day at work(yes i work now lol) I guess I'll get the samera out and take a dozen pictures of the tackle trays and stuff.

 

Stay tuned for 5mins haha

Edited May 10, 2010 by MikeTheBassFisher

[MCTFisher9120]

Nice baits guys

Edited December 1, 2010 by MikeTheBassFisher

[lookinforwalleye]

I am amazed at how nice and clean all your stuff is!!