DisneyBlues Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 Hey everyone, with my extra time at home cause of quarentine I’m looking to organize my rods and reels better. How do you all organize yours? Do you have a rack? Have you made your own rack? Do you keep reels on rods? Separate? I’d love to hear and see what y’all do! Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 30, 2020 Super User Posted March 30, 2020 During the 'off-season' (ice on the lakes) which is still going on here, I store my reels in a rolling drawer unit with a thin (1/2") thick layer of foam under. Rods are stood up in a corner of the 'man cave'. During season, the rods are just kept in their 'carry' position on the canoe. 4 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 30, 2020 Super User Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, DisneyBlues said: Hey everyone, with my extra time at home cause of quarentine I’m looking to organize my rods and reels better. How do you all organize yours? Do you have a rack? Have you made your own rack? Do you keep reels on rods? Separate? I’d love to hear and see what y’all do! Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ During the hard water season the reels come off the rods for maintenance and after a thorough cleaning, the rods are stored in their Stick Jackets and hung in my garage. Open water season they get plenty of use (hopefully) and remain in the boats rod locker. A-Jay 3 Quote
Super User Raul Posted March 31, 2020 Super User Posted March 31, 2020 No racks, rods are kept in rod tubes. Reels in their original box. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 31, 2020 Super User Posted March 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Raul said: No racks, rods are kept in rod tubes. Reels in their original box. Obviously, you don't do much fishing. (jk) 1 1 Quote
NJBasstard Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 Depends on what you have I guess but I made a rod rack. Had a sheet of 1/2" finish grade plywood behind my wood rack so that's what I used. I needed it to fit in a limited space so I made it to hold 10 rods (5 on each side) since that's all I need. It's about 36" high, 25" wide and 16" deep. Any of the rods I've retired are in rod tubes. My reels are in the original boxes but once fishing seasons in full swing I usually keep them on the rods. Quote
OG Crankster Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I use the Savior rack. To me it was money well spent. https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAVIOR-Fishing-Rod-Rack-Floor-Stand-Garage-Pole-Holder-Home-Display-Organizer/173983950659?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=472771124916&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 Quote
walleyecrazy Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I have two sets of these mounted on the ceiling of my porch where I keep all my fishing stuff. They work great, and I love having everything up on the ceiling and out of the way. https://www.amazon.com/RackEm-7009-Overhead-12-Rod-Fishing/dp/B00A16NQTU/ref=sr_1_32?dchild=1&keywords=fishing+rod+rack&qid=1585616082&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-32 Quote
Logan S Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I made a horizontal wall rack with some scrap wood, cut up dowel rods, and some semi-accurate drilling ...One day I'm going to make a new version that's actually 'nice' but this has been working so well that the project keeps getting put off. I keep the reels on the rods and usually they are all rigged up because I typically fish year round - Unless there's a deep freeze or a global pandemic . Most of the time the rack only has a few rods on it with the rest + tackle being in the boat. I like the horizontal rack because I can get them off and put them back up really easily, plus reels and baits I have tied on are all at eye level instead down on the ground. Makes it really convenient to sit at my tackle bench and rig stuff up. Tackle is stacked under/around the bench. 5 Quote
CountryboyinDC Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 Certainly not aspirational and Instagram-worthy like some of the above solutions, but improvised and marginally functional, like the builder. Just takes some 1 1/2" pipe hangers, a 2"x3" and a way to hang to your ceiling. It's better than the way the rest of them are stored, through trusses in the attic, etc. 1 Quote
Super User Fishes in trees Posted March 31, 2020 Super User Posted March 31, 2020 I like the ceiling set up - convenient & out of the way, me though, I'm relatively short (5'7) and I'd have to bust out the step stool every time I wanted to fetch a rod. Step stools and IPA's aren't friends. 1 1 Quote
Midwest Fisherman Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I made a couple of these a few years ago, doesn’t hold a tremendous amount of gear but it’s enough for an avid bank fisherman like myself. 8 Quote
FordsnFishin Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 Just made this to store my go to rods I take off the boat after every outing. For the other 30 rods or so I have when this one is full go into racks I build on the wall and ceiling. 1 Quote
gilkeybr Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I made this rack this winter. Openings for rods are lined with foam and the retaining strip is plastic from the top of a tupperware container. A better craftsman than me could make one pretty enough to live inside and look good. But this looks nice in a garage and keeps things tidy. Room for 21 combos at least. 7 Quote
Randy Price Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 I'm impressed with you guys! I just keep mine leaning in the corner of my garage. 3 1 Quote
OnthePotomac Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 Here is my fishing central with rods stored with reels...always and all covered. I built the light colored stand in the foreground and behind that is a rotating rack and behind that on the wall are spinning reels/rods. I also built the work bench and the stand the Planos are stacked on. Lures on top, plastics on the bottom. Reel boxes in the little white cupboard under the Redskins towel. TV on the right 1 Quote
Super User DitchPanda Posted March 31, 2020 Super User Posted March 31, 2020 I hang my combos horizontally on L brackets screwed to the wall..not fancy or sophisticated but it's worked well for me for years Quote
Steveo-1969 Posted March 31, 2020 Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Randy Price said: I'm impressed with you guys! I just keep mine leaning in the corner of my garage. That's what I was thinking! Mine are bunched up in a corner of my bedroom closet with the 3 combos I regularly use in the front to minimize the untangling when I need them. Quote
Super User Scott F Posted March 31, 2020 Super User Posted March 31, 2020 My Grandfather built this gun cabinet around 75 years ago. I inherited it and because I don’t have any guns, I added a few shelves and store my reels in it. The rod racks were purchased from BP or Cabela’s. 2 Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 1, 2020 Super User Posted April 1, 2020 Why store rods and reels with lure tied on longer then over night? You all realize the knot strength degrades radically after 24 hours. Tom Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 1, 2020 Super User Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, WRB said: Why store rods and reels with lure tied on longer then over night? You all realize the knot strength degrades radically after 24 hours. Tom Well, I do this between canoe trips - which can be a week apart. BUT Night before a trip, charger gets plugged in and the lures I'll start the morning with replace the ones still on from the last trip - so 8-10 hours on the 'new' knots before casting. More convenient to store them so I don't have to feed line again. Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 1, 2020 Super User Posted April 1, 2020 Leaving the line run through the guides is as simple as a slip knot placed over the rod butt. Keeping the line around the rod is a simple as spinning the rod. No need to be lazy about tieing fresh knots onto lures. Tom 1 Quote
CountryboyinDC Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 @WRB, I'm not sure I understand your point. I could either cut the lure I was fishing off, and tie a loop, then cut that off, then tie the new lure on the night before I go fishing. Or I could leave the lure on, cut it off the night before, and tie on the new lure (or retie). Either way, I've got a fresh knot, or in my case a lot of times, a fresh leader and couple of knots. 12 hours ago, Scott F said: because I don’t have any guns Folks from where I'm from would say you need a few guns. I love that you have kept the cabinet in the family. Your grandfather did a nice job on that one. Quote
CountryboyinDC Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 18 hours ago, gilkeybr said: A better craftsman than me could make one pretty enough to live inside and look good. I really like the finish you chose for that one, sort of reminds me of the color that they used for a lot of laminate gun stocks a few years back. That looks good enough to go indoors in my book. Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted April 1, 2020 Super User Posted April 1, 2020 9 hours ago, WRB said: Why store rods and reels with lure tied on longer then over night? You all realize the knot strength degrades radically after 24 hours. Tom No I did not realize that. I’ve never heard that one. What is it that would cause this to happen? Is this for all lines or certain types? Quote
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