Tackle Backpack

[Mr_Poche']

I've been doing a lot of bank fishing and pond hopping. I'm tired of carrying a single strap soft tackle bag. I'm constantly on the move covering water and my bag is very uncomfortable to fish with. I'm looking for a quality backpack with a good amount of storage to stay versatile from one pond to the next as I often hit several bodies of water throughout the day. It also needs to have 2 rod holder. One on each side as I normally run with a 3 pole setup. Quality is a concern because it will see a lot of use.

I'm looking at the Abu Garcia revo backpack but I'm not sure of the quality. At 100 bucks I'm hesitant to pull the trigger with out seeing it. Price isn't a concern but I do not want to buy twice.

Does anyone have any experience with this pack or have a better suggestion

[Sea NaCl]

if your bank fishing I would just carry a school bag and 1 rod with some extra reels.

[Megastink]

Bass pro has a backpack built for fisherman. I own one. It fits three 360 sized containers, but I use the 4-21's, which are very thin but still hold a lot of baits and I can fit six or seven of them in there.

[Ringonu]

I use a spiderwire sling pack. Got it for $18 on sale. It holds 2 3600 size in one compartment and can fit another in the main pouch. I prefer to carry 1 box and numerous plastics. It is very comfortable to fish with. Easy to pull it in front of me when wading and no need to take it off to change baits.

Saw the two rod holder requirement, This pack won't work for that requirement. I do sometimes keep a 2 piece 4'6" combo sticking out of the main pouch.

[Brnnoser6983]

X2 on a regular backpack. You can find them at Walmart for around $10 and with little to no modification you can carry 3 poles.

The backpack I use for bank fishing I got for $8 during a school sale. It will hold 2 poles, 3 3700's, 1 3600, plus plastics, pair of pliers and a scale. And I could cram more into it if I wanted to.

[Mr_Poche']

if your bank fishing I would just carry a school bag and 1 rod with some extra reels.

I've tried the 1 rod thing and it just wasn't ideal. Cover and structure varies greatly from one pond to the next. So does the way I approach and fish each different pond. 3 rods will cover every thing I intend to fish perfectly.

7'3h with a 7.5:1 for frogs and punching mats

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6'9ml with a 6.4:1 finesse

[Mr_Poche']

Bass pro has a backpack built for fisherman. I own one. It fits three 360 sized containers, but I use the 4-21's, which are very thin but still hold a lot of baits and I can fit six or seven of them in there.

. How long have you had it, and how has it held up. I've looked at it before but the reviews were all over the place

[Bruce424]

If the bass pro bag 8s the red one. It's pretty good quality. Lots 9f storage options.

[Mike2841]

I like the cabelas one

[Fishes in trees]

In olden times, when I was a bank fisherman, I used a bag of such quality that I didn't care if I tore it up or not.   I just threw it on the bank when I wasn't using it and picked it up when I moved.  Pretty simple plan.    I acquired bags of this quality from the Goodwill store.   I got them in the used women's purse department.   Just get the biggest one there, pay your dollar and move on.   The last one I had would hold 6 or 7 medium size boxes and enough bags of soft plastics and quite a bit of other stuff.   It was a neon green and black zebra stripe pattern.   You could leave this bag on the bank for a week and no one would steal it because it was so ugly.  Several times, it got so dirty I emptied it and took it to the car wash to hose it off.  Eventually it disintegrated.

 

The point here is that bank fishing bags don't have to be expensive.

[Brayberry]

I've used the same backpack for almost 20 years for shore fishing.  Ironically enough it came from The Gap, this is the most durable backpack I've ever owned at any price.  I'm in love with it, and if I could find more I'd buy a truckload of them.  I think I paid $15 for it then but I'd pay $100 now.  So don't exclude odd places to find a great item for fishing

[poisonokie]

I just use like a jansport type pack. It's pretty good size. I can fit 5 3600 size boxes which have all my plastics, hooks, sinkers, jigs, spinnerbaits. I can fit 3 leader spools, braid cutters, needle nose, a couple bags of plastics, and a scale in the front pocket. I usually only walk around with two rods. I don't know how to carry those in the pack. I suppose I could modify it. If I'm fishing cranks, I take my tackle bag, but it's much lighter, so I don't mind the strap.

[Senko lover]

Just a regular book bag: I can fit a lot in it, although I try pretty darn hard to keep the weight down due to increased ease of operation.

 

Funny story: I carry around a big leafblower just about every workday. This weeked I was fishing, and I suddenly thought, "Oh no! I must have left one of my heavier boxes out of the backpack when I was rigging up." I unshouldered the bag and looked inside; nope, everything was there. Then I remembered that compared to the big Shindaiwa leaf blower, my backpack is a dream. I used to think it was really heavy!

[FishTank]

I have a Jansport that I have had for 10 years.  It is beat up but works great.  It holds 4 double sided boxes and pretty much anything else.  I have been eying a new from Marmot.  It seems it was set up with a fisherman in mind.

 

[JazzPipes]

I'm in the same situation as you. No boat, all shore fishing. I carry a Targus backpack, the large model, you can fit a 17' laptop on the back.

 

It has great space and its light, it wont last forever, but for the price it has been serving me really well.

 

it goes from $30 to $70 on amazon, give it a look.

[Last_Cast]

go with a regular backpack. what more do you need?

[jdl2425]

A regular backpack will do just fine. However, I got a bass pro shops pro qualifier back pack and it has been a big step up from the school bag I was using. I highly recommend it. The only downfall is that I can haul too much stuff, making it rather heavy.

[Mr_Poche']

A regular backpack will do just fine. However, I got a bass pro shops pro qualifier back pack and it has been a big step up from the school bag I was using. I highly recommend it. The only downfall is that I can haul too much stuff, making it rather heavy.

Thank you I am between this one and the tackle warehouse one

[Heron]

<----- Bank fisher, but never been one for backpacks.   Never carried enough stuff to facilitate the need for one.   But I did recently convert an old tool bag into a Musky/Bass bag.   Im pretty happy with it, 

[hatrix]

If money is of no concern I would look into the white river stuff. I personally need bags that can hold 3700's and smaller boxes just won't cut it for me. For bigger durable bags you can also check out the military ones. That is what I use when I use one. I have had it for ever and I can fit a ton in there. I think I can get 4 37's a 36 and a couple smaller ones in it. I have had that thing for a long time and it has been through some serious stuff other then fishing.