Shoreline Fishermen, Storing your baits?

[BassFishingMachine]

I don't own a boat so I have to fish from the shoreline . I just want to know how the rest of you shoreline fishermen carry all your baits with you when your fishing. I have a vest that I use to store most of my softbaits, but my vest isn't going to hold everything this year , my lures/softbaits are adding up now that I been working ;D. I have no idea where im going to put my buzzbaits/spinnerbaits. Or my hollow bodied frogs. Maybe wearing a backpack over the vest? I think I have it covered for the softbaits, a small tackle bag will do the job most likely. But my buzzbaits/spinners/hollowfrogs are what im most concerned about, where do you shoreline fishermen store em? Also my hardbaits will be taken care of , a Plano box is easy to store in the back pocket of my vest.

[doghuntering]

It all depends on where I'm fishing.  If I'm at a nice mowed shoreline I'll take a large box. If I'm in a gravel pit, I'll stuff some baits in my pocket!!

[victory23]

I bought this tackle bag from bps it can be carried on your back like a back pack and holds a ton of baits. Best 50 bucks you can spend if you are shore bound

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=74352&hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=11&hvarSubCode=10&hvarTarget=browse

sorry I dont know how to make it into a hot link but if that doesnt work go to bps site and type in xps stalker tackle bag

[bassboy1]

Back in my shoreline fishing days(they ended a couple weeks ago) I had a box that had 3 trays and a large compartment up top.  This worked well for short hops, but I found I was taking 2 of the trays and bags of plastics in my backpack.  I would really recommend the BPS tackle bag.  

[Crabcakes]

Browning makes a backpack especially suited for fishing. I have one and am very pleased. The price is pretty reasonable too. They have them at Bass Pro shops.

[Captain Cali]

I use a fanny pack for most of my soft plastics, all of my hooks, some hardbaits with hook protectors, and a camera. The fanny pack gives me extra storage right at my fingertips. I keep my everything else in a backpack and usually set it down while fishing. I use various plano boxes for swimbaits, hardbaits, jigs, terminal tackle and some soft plastics. It all gets stuff into the backpack.

[eastkybass]

I have a large takle bag and a flip sider box from plano.  When I am moving around alot I will take the boxes out of these and throw in a backpack but when I am staying in one place I have the baxes fairly close by.

[Chris at Tech]

Backpack.

Plenty of room for baits, tools, drinks, cameras, rain gear, etc.

[N.Jack]

Its heavy, I know, but the Cabelas Super Magnum Denny Brauer tackle bag. Mine wieghs 38 lb full. That and 2 rods will wear yer butt out. I have a smaller backpack from cabelas, the advanced anglers series, that i will be putting a few confidence baits in and going that way. The Denny Brauer bag is my boat bag.

[vaparrothead]

I have a small Plano softsider with 4 boxes inside; easy to carry and lightweight.  

[Marty]

I use a shoulder bag. As far as spinnerbaits, I use a little Flambeau box which holds six of them. As to buzzbaits, I just carry two and they go in one compartment of a 3600 utility box which is otherwise used for soft plastics.

[Grug]

Plano makes a great fanny pack that can hold all the stuff a shoreline angler like myself needs. Has a large front compartment you can store 2 plano boxes plus 2 side compartments for 2 more boxes. Just snaps on and off you go. If you have to carry a box around your taking too much stuff for bank fishing. Concentrate on some key lures and master them instead of constantly changing lures and wasting time....

All I do is shoreline fish, never felt the need for a boat...

Tight Lines

[G_Money_FL]

Plano makes a great fanny pack that can hold all the stuff a shoreline angler like myself needs. Has a large front compartment you can store 2 plano boxes plus 2 side compartments for 2 more boxes. Just snaps on and off you go. If you have to carry a box around your taking too much stuff for bank fishing. Concentrate on some key lures and master them instead of constantly changing lures and wasting time....

Ditto...

[huskertko]

All my tackle is in a Falcon or 3700 box, and when I bank fish, I just use an old backpack from college.  It will hold 2-3 boxes, some plastics, etc.  I try not to take too much tackle with me, mainly because it gets heavy, but also it forces me to fish a certain way instead of switching baits every 5 minutes.

[ww2farmer]

I keep all my tackle in my jeep, rear seat folded down....it quite impressive, like a tackle store on wheels. When I don't have time for the boat, or just feel like shore fishing I put every thing I perceive I will need in an old WW2 army GP bag, it holds a ton of stuff, and is quite durable.........after all it is 60+ years old and still going strong. Was made for carrying rifle grenades so a few crankbaits won't hurt it. 3500 series plano boxs fit perfectly into it.

[VAbass_slayer]

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ive been using this bag for three years as i fish many private ponds and lakes in my area and i dont think i could have spent my $50 any better, i absolutely love this bag, it comes with four boxes and depending on what i am fishing i have 8 of these boxes that i have packed with baits that fit specific situations and i just change the boxes out depending on the situation i fish.

[Redlinerobert]

Sometimes I hike up to lakes that have no other access.  Shoulder bags are your best bet.  I keep my tackle limited so that I dont end up lugging half my tackle with me.  

[boondocks]

When I do a little shore fishing, I have a small tackle box that I fill for that particular outing. I never take all four of my oversized tackle boxes, That just wouldn't make much sense.

Most of the time I just bring a single clear plastic tray with a lid. I usually end up only using a couple lures through out the day anyway.

[Grug]

Since I take my bank/wade bass fishing too seriously (and have too much time on my hands waiting for the ice to melt  :-/) I like to have handy any lures easily and quickly. The Plano hip pack pictured below is great and carries all a bank/wader needs. Use lures that cover the water colume and don't bring more than you need. Not being in a boat means you have a narrower water colume to fish and don't need to bring the kitchen sink. Focus on presentation and covering the water, find the mood of the fish and dont kill your back lugging more than necessary. You will definately catch more fish...

[bassrogue]

Here's a pic of my bank beater set-up. The utility boxes are homemade. I made them out of Data cassette cases.

I've made 7-8 of them. I keep all my boxes and tools in a large butt pack. My scale, water bottle and rod holder

clip on the outside. Works pretty good for me.