BobbyRaeAllen Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Hey All! Making this thread for fun and just to tell everyone what I do as an angler living in a dorm room and out of my truck. I fish the full spectrum: From shore, paddling, and off of a boat. So I need to be able to bug out and go at any time based on my needs for that day. One thing that I do to save space in my room is condense my equipment to various bags and boxes and put them in the corner. Within reach, but not taking up important space. When I'm on the boat or from shore I pack my things into a Plano guide series bag that fits about 5 standard size boxes, but during my most frequent every day canoe fishing, I use a milk crate to keep 6 Plano boxes for quick access Each of these boxes are pretty full, but in a concise and organized manner. I keep my soft plastics in a Rubbermaid 4 gallon tub I got at Wal-mart. I highly recommend these, very sturdy and locks down tight. The way I keep my soft plastics in this tub is pretty simple: Bag 1 (flukes/swimbaits), Bag 2 (anything I can flip or use as a trailer), Bag 3 (senkos), and then other stuff goes outside the three main bags on its own. It is what works for me and I dont have to carry too much of anything. When I leave my room in the AM or night before a trip to load up the truck, most of the time all I carry out is this one compact stack: One box that is very useful to me in my packing is my utility box. 5 Quote
MissouriBassFisherman Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm strictly a bank fisherman and sometimes my friends call me up in a hurry, I always got a backpack packed. 1 Quote
Frogfather Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Try packing what you mentioned in an Accord! The looks I get from people when they look in my car is priceless. I think you're good. A suggestion for your room would be to use command hooks, 2 of them, and run a line between the two and hang your cranks and stuff from the line. Who knows, you might want to rise the blinds one day. 2 Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted March 31, 2015 Super User Posted March 31, 2015 Good stuff! I cracked up at the baits hanging off the window blinds. My mom would KILL me! Quote
RanndomUndead Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Why was i expecting this to be a post about a college kid fishing in a bathtub 2 Quote
RanndomUndead Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 Try packing what you mentioned in an Accord! The looks I get from people when they look in my car is priceless. I think you're good. A suggestion for your room would be to use command hooks, 2 of them, and run a line between the two and hang your cranks and stuff from the line. Who knows, you might want to rise the blinds one day. Sounds almost like me. My entire trunk is packed with fishing gear, backseats are reserved for emergency supplies, and the passenger is my survival EDC. 1 Quote
BobbyRaeAllen Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 Try packing what you mentioned in an Accord! The looks I get from people when they look in my car is priceless. I think you're good. A suggestion for your room would be to use command hooks, 2 of them, and run a line between the two and hang your cranks and stuff from the line. Who knows, you might want to rise the blinds one day. Yeah man command strips are my best friend. I frequently do like you said ^^^ I just so happened to have to have them hanging there yesterday haha Quote
BobbyRaeAllen Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 Always have your PFD on Yessir, I always do. I have the NRS Chinook and it is so comfortable! I highly recommend it. Well worth the price point. Quote
Super User Fishes in trees Posted March 31, 2015 Super User Posted March 31, 2015 That is very organized. How does it stay organized after several fishing trips. That's my issue, on a slightly larger scale. I have a 30 x 40 fishing shed and a dedicated fishing truck and it starts out organized, but after several trips, it isn't any more. I've been officially a geezer for a few years now, so I don't see that changing - soon or ever. Hats off to you if you manage to get organized and stay organized. 1 Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 31, 2015 Super User Posted March 31, 2015 Ah, to be a dorm room angler again! Those were the days! The dorm complex I lived in my freshman year was on the edge of a lake (appropriately called "campus lake"). While others were out partying, I was out fishing. Of course, while they were out studying, I was STILL out fishing. How I ever made it out of college with a degree is still a mystery to me. For me storage wasn't ever a problem. I had only two poles and one small tackle box. Soft plastics were still a mystery to me then and my budget was next to nil so if I lost something, it usually wasn't replaced for months or, even, years. I remember very occasionally scrounging a ride and renting a boat at the Little Grassy lake marina where I would then promptly go out and get skunked. They were the best of times. They were the worst of times. 2 Quote
BobbyRaeAllen Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 That is very organized. How does it stay organized after several fishing trips. That's my issue, on a slightly larger scale. I have a 30 x 40 fishing shed and a dedicated fishing truck and it starts out organized, but after several trips, it isn't any more. I've been officially a geezer for a few years now, so I don't see that changing - soon or ever. Hats off to you if you manage to get organized and stay organized. What I do is I make sure to put everything back where its supposed to go in the boxes and bags after every trip faithfully so that there is no question about it when I go out next. Definitely OCD. Im sure its more difficult on a larger scale! Quote
BobbyRaeAllen Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 Ah, to be a dorm room angler again! Those were the days! The dorm complex I lived in my freshman year was on the edge of a lake (appropriately called "campus lake"). While others were out partying, I was out fishing. Of course, while they were out studying, I was STILL out fishing. How I ever made it out of college with a degree is still a mystery to me. For me storage wasn't ever a problem. I had only two poles and one small tackle box. Soft plastics were still a mystery to me then and my budget was next to nil so if I lost something, it usually wasn't replaced for months or, even, years. I remember very occasionally scrounging a ride and renting a boat at the Little Grassy lake marina where I would then promptly go out and get skunked. They were the best of times. They were the worst of times. Very fitting quote at the end man! And yeah I still live in the same dorm as my freshman year, only this year with 2 canoes and a truck stored at an off campus house that my buddy lives in. My routine as a freshman was after class every day I would walk about 2 miles to the nearest lake in town and bank fish till sundown. I also would throw on swim trunks and walk to the appomattox and wade through. (really sketchy and I dont recommend it). I dont know how I did that for so many weeks and never got smoked by a snake or turtle, but I did it and walked my stinky soaking wet happy butt back to town. (The worst of times lol) Needless to say I have upgraded and now am a dedicated canoe angler. I used to bring my rods and tackle to my last class and walk straight from there sometimes... people looked at me like I had two heads! Quote
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