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Lets talk tackle management for a minute. So I have these great pockets on my pontoon that can hold a small child and lots of tackle if I can find what I am looking for. I tried to wear my fly vest on my pontoon but even my mesh vest seams hot when I don't really need it setting on a boat. The pockets that came with the boat are great but tackle can become lost in them and if you don't remember to put them on before you top off your tubes it can be a real pain getting the straps run. I would leave the bags on the boat but some times I might have to stack two boats or leave them unattended say for a stop at the gas pumps, store or camping. The wife's boat has its valves next to the seat so the bags need moved to adjust air pressure.
So what are other pontooner's doing with tackle?
Thanks for the input.
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Fly boxes in one side, spare reels and tools plus whatever in the other side.
Have to rummage through once in awhile, but not to bad.
We do generally put the bags on at home, even if we are deflating the boats and putting them in the back of the truck, bags are on and they are stacked on top of one another.
On the flat bed trailer we do have the risers for up to three boats. On the trailer, the bottom boat has to remove the oar locks.
We have left them on the trailer while making stops but, have to say, not out of sight for long. A lot of ignorant people these days.
But I love my bags, which also double as an ice chest. I will pull the bag with the boxes of to go river fish or shore fish instead of loading a vest or pack.
We have left our boats on shore while camping (not too far away and in sight) over night though. Oh, we do have a dog too.[laugh]
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The scadden bags are so huge I only use one of the two bags. It has a bottle holder for my drink and I have a few boxes 2 streamer boxes, 1 jig box, 1 hardware box, and one with nypmhs and indicators. That pretty much takes care of me for the year I leave them in the bags so I don't forget crap when I go. Now when I fish out of my fish cat backpacking I have to get picky since I have to hike the gear in and the pockets are smaller.
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I use trip boxes separated out into jig heads, sinkers, cranks, and spoons/spinners. Then I use a small box set up with stuff for dropshotting such as sinkers and three way swivels etc... I keep a stash of flies that I use for warm water specieis in the bags and all other flies are in my vest. The vest keeps stuff like swivels, nippers, bubbles, bobbers, and other materials that I need with fly rods handy. All my plastics go in wallet keepers that I got from bass pro. All these fit in my bags. I use two different lengths of trip boxes since some of my cranks are longer than others. Both Flambeau and Plano make them. The longer ones are flambeau. I use a small flambeau spinnerbait box for any spinnerbaits that I want. It is smaller than the Plano but holds the same amount.
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but not a big issue...as long as you don't leave something home that you need while fishing. [/#0000ff]