Floating Tackle Box

[Brett's_daddy]

Does anyone know who makes a floating tackle box in a 3700 size? I'm going to be new to kayak fishing this season and while I do plan on stabilizing it with some kayak stabilizers I still would like to be prepared in case i do overturn and everything spills out...want to make as many things as possible float so i don't have to worry about losing my stuff to Davy Jones Locker .

[MN Fisher]

Any model of the Plano Waterproof Stowaways - they seal so you'll 'trap air' in them - so they float.

[K1500]

When I flipped my kayak a few years ago, the tackle bag floated like a cork. I would always tie it in with a piece of paracord, just in case. The rod sunk like a rock. 

[Dens228]

What kind of kayak are you looking at.  Most fishing kayaks are plenty stable without adding stabilizers.   I laugh when I think back a few years to when I first started in a kayak.  I got in and out of the thing like I was walking a tightrope over Niagra Falls.   Now I just stand up and walk off the front like I'm walking down the street.   I stand up to fish, stretch, pee........I don't even give it a second thought.   No stabilizers. 

[Brett's_daddy]

4 hours ago, Dens228 said:

What kind of kayak are you looking at.  Most fishing kayaks are plenty stable without adding stabilizers.   I laugh when I think back a few years to when I first started in a kayak.  I got in and out of the thing like I was walking a tightrope over Niagra Falls.   Now I just stand up and walk off the front like I'm walking down the street.   I stand up to fish, stretch, pee........I don't even give it a second thought.   No stabilizers. 

I just bought a cheap Walmart special last Fall, a 10ft. Lifetime Tamarack angler sit-on-top. I'm a big guy at almost 260lbs. and that boat has a weight limit of 275lbs. I plan on losing weight before fishing season begins so I don't weigh it down as much and can fit more tackle with me. I'm not exactly known for my coordination or agility so I want that boat as stable as possible which is why I want to make some DIY stabilizers...especially for the hookset. I'll use them until get comfortable kayaking, I don't plan on making them a permanent part of the boat.

[CountryboyinDC]

As several others have stated, if the box will seal, likely it will float.  My advice would be to tie down everything you don't want lost.  For me, I use this crate I made, and it keeps a bunch of 3600 boxes, 4 fishing rods, and 4 bottles of water secure and is easy to get into.  Haven't paddled that one, but it looks to be about like a 10' Tarpon, capacity-wise.  You're kind of pushing the limits on that one at the weight you're bringing between your own and whatever you bring with.  The kayak probably will be a little squirrelly.  You definitely shouldn't bring it in difficult water (Class II or greater whitewater or chop of any magnitude), and please keep your PFD on.  But at least you aren't strapping a outboard to a truck cap.

[Dens228]

8 hours ago, Brett's_daddy said:

I just bought a cheap Walmart special last Fall, a 10ft. Lifetime Tamarack angler sit-on-top. I'm a big guy at almost 260lbs. and that boat has a weight limit of 275lbs. I plan on losing weight before fishing season begins so I don't weigh it down as much and can fit more tackle with me. I'm not exactly known for my coordination or agility so I want that boat as stable as possible which is why I want to make some DIY stabilizers...especially for the hookset. I'll use them until get comfortable kayaking, I don't plan on making them a permanent part of the boat.

Got it.  I'm 245 but in a Bonafide SS127.

[fishwizzard]

Get a sheet of closed cell foam and use it to add buoyancy where needed. 

[GTN-NY]

The crate I made has a lid and latch that I always hookup just in case. 

[Brett's_daddy]

On 1/9/2021 at 6:50 AM, CountryboyinDC said:

You're kind of pushing the limits on that one at the weight you're bringing between your own and whatever you bring with.  The kayak probably will be a little squirrelly.  You definitely shouldn't bring it in difficult water (Class II or greater whitewater or chop of any magnitude), and please keep your PFD on.  But at least you aren't strapping a outboard to a truck cap.

Oh I know I'm pushing the limits which is why I plan on losing about 30lbs. before the Spring. I will only be going in lakes/ponds where motorized boats are not allowed. I don't plan on any river kayaking yet and when/if I do it will be a lazy river, not one with white water rapids. As for the boat being squirrelly...that's why I want to add stabilizers of some sort.