Garage Storage-Terminal Tackle

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Any of you out there use something like this to store extra terminal tackle in your garage? Stuff like: Weights, jig heads, hooks, swivels, etc.

 

[FishinBuck07]

No but I thought about that the other day actually.  Went out to grab a couple nails to hang pictures in the house and thought that exact thing!

[Fishes in trees]

Those would work - however don't ever knock it over and spill it. That would be a mess.  I think that is probably why I don't use a bin system like that.   I have a fairly large fishing shed.   All along the north & south walls I have shelving and I prefer using the plastic shoe boxes with the attached lids.   Colored duct tape makes good labels that don't fall off in a year or so.

So there is a shoebox for spare weights, one for spare Carolina weights, one for spare hooks, one specifically for spare wacky hooks and so on.   Right now, I'm not really concerned about taking up space.   I have room for a couple of hundred more plastic shoe boxes before space becomes an issue.   Basically if it is a spare item that I use often enough that I don't want to waste time looking for it, that item gets its own shoe box.  For instance, Falcon weedless K-wacky hooks, the 1/16 oz weighted ones, get their own box, even though I've only got 7 or 8 spare packs.   Tungsten weights are stored separate from other weights, and so forth.

 

For jigs & hard baits, often Plano boxes offer better storage options and over the years I've acquired many spare Plano boxes.   A few times a year, the plastic shoe boxes with the attached lids go on sale at Walmart of Home Depot for $1.80 or so each, so I just bite the bullet and buy a dozen every time I run short.

 

From this discussion so far, you might get the idea that my fishing shed is very organized, that is far from the case.  I'd define it as ultra-cluttered,  with an extra dash of dust & debris.  In the past I've worried about what is going to happen when I die and some one else has to go through all this stuff, then I just think that it will be funny and pop another top.

 

Back to the original post, I wouldn't ever use a part storage bin like that unless I had a method to stop all the boxes from spilling should I tip it over or drop it when I decided to move it.

[Sam]

Yes.

 

Two metal cabinets with locking doors for my plastics and hard baits which are in either the tackle boxes or the plastic containers with covers I got from Joann Fabrics.

 

One office cabinet for my boat items.

 

All stored now in my garage and they are a mess.

 

I usually organize the items in the winter and will do so again beginning in December or January. It is lots of fun and you can find stuff you forgot where you put it, like my Ned Rig box. Anyone know where it went???? I know it was in the crankbait cabinet last I looked but I moved it and can't find it now. Thanks.

[fishwizzard]

I have a little wooden version of that but I also have ~15lbs of fishing junk piled up in front of it.  

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Trees-I have something similar to yours right now, except I use larger Sterilite type boxes and then use file folder dividers to separate items. As an example: I have a container for jig heads. The dividers are used for football, dart, round ball, etc. Then I sort the different styles by weight front to back between each divider.

Reading your post got me to thinking the bin idea is not the way to go and to stick with what I have so far.

Oh, I like the “pop a top” idea for those times when over thinking takes over!

 

 

Sam-You got me to thinking about security. When my garage door is open all the world can see my rods up on pegboards and the shelving with bins of fishing stuff on them. Gotta do something about that!

[Wizzlebiz]

I had a Mervins close near me many years ago. I purchased all of there jewelry cases and converted 2 into super dope iguana enclosures. 

 

I still have 5 of them. I will probably display all of my gear in them once I fit them how I want them. 

[boostr]

I have so many extra Plano and F&S boxes, I just use them to store my overflow.