Trying something new - removed over half the tackle

[Finnz922]

If I don't use it, it's gone. I try to not carry things I don't have confidence in. One of the benefits of this is I can always justify trying new things especially if I am going to a new lake.

[twitch]

You wouldn't believe the amount of tackle in my boat, it is zero . I carry tools raingear,lifejackets and small box of things like zip ties, tape wire connectors and fuses and relays for trim motor and other things like that. My tackle is in a bag that consist of 5 boxes 1 for Senko's and drop shot stuff 1 for cranks 1 for toprwaters which include jerkbaits 1 for bottom baits like jigs and worms and ned rigs and carolina stuff and 1 for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and chatters that is it . reload it after the trip with the desires soft plastics and never run out of stuff usually . That bag goes with me when I fish in my partners boat also I carry 8 rods tops in my boat and 4 to 5 in my partners depending on where we are going...and time of year might change a few things in different boxes has worked for me the last 10 yrs so why change

[spinningreel]

I can fish my style with 3 or 4 small 3500 size boxes of tackle & a few packs of plastics. 3-4 rod/reel combos tops .

Anymore I don’t focus on quantity of tackle but I do buy more high end quality when I shop.

[clayshooter]

I think I would have to enter a 12 step program to be able to do that.

+1 ^^^ I’m not good with that yet. I carry enough to supply 4 boats for some reason.!

[Bartman]

I did that last spring. By fall everything was back in my boat.

[born 2 fish]

I tried that and wouldn’t you know I wanted to use something I took out of the boat I filled it back up.

[smitto]

I probably got 50 pounds of soft plastics That I don't need or only use a fraction of.

[SoonerFan]

I probably got 50 pounds of soft plastics That I don't need or only use a fraction of.

But there's always that one time when deep down you know you have that perfect worm or crankbait you can dig out IF you can remember which Plano box it's in.

[Bill2e]

You wouldn't believe the amount of tackle in my boat, it is zero . I carry tools raingear,lifejackets and small box of things like zip ties, tape wire connectors and fuses and relays for trim motor and other things like that. My tackle is in a bag that consist of 5 boxes 1 for Senko's and drop shot stuff 1 for cranks 1 for toprwaters which include jerkbaits 1 for bottom baits like jigs and worms and ned rigs and carolina stuff and 1 for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and chatters that is it . reload it after the trip with the desires soft plastics and never run out of stuff usually . That bag goes with me when I fish in my partners boat also I carry 8 rods tops in my boat and 4 to 5 in my partners depending on where we are going...and time of year might change a few things in different boxes has worked for me the last 10 yrs so why change

That is a good system. I am just hauling weight I don’t need because of money I shouldn’t have spent.

[rboren]

I am under the opinion that unless it sinks the boat I don’t have too much tackle evidently!

[Richard Perez]

I recently took my boat to have some work done on her and 50% of the stuff did not make it back in the boat! My boat now runs 10 MPH faster especially with all those Senko's out of there! It's crazy how many rods I would have in the boat at all times and never really used half of them!

[Rider99XX]

I've been told that you'll spontaneously erupt into flames if you don't carry 100+ pounds of useless crap in your boat. Better put it all back in before you turn crispy.

[Highcentered]

That is a good system. I am just hauling weight I don’t need because of money I shouldn’t have spent.

I just tell myself my boat is slow anyway and fishes better heavy. Will hit 50 on a good day but normally 48-49.

[printman71]

I did that last spring. By fall everything was back in my boat.

Exactly the way I start out, and end up, every year.

[Bobby Gray]

I start off every season like this.. only 1/2 my crap in the boat.. By the time I get through 3-4 fishing trips. I'm back loaded to the gunnels again.

[Iowabass3826]

I’ll suspect you catch just as many fish post purge!

[CastingCall]

You guys should try packing light as a co-angler in someone else's boat on a musky fishing outing...

[Bassin Dude 365]

I feel like I am trending the opposite way. Each year I try to stuff my boat with more and more. And do I use half of it? Of course not.

[ProVle]

I may start the day Bass fishing then switch to Stripers with boards, and Down Rods to Down rigging. May check out the Crappie bite for awhile then do some Walleye trolling and maybe check the Catfish bite if it looks good. At any one time I'll have the tackle for the job at the time. The Lund has a place for all of it with no problem, it's a "fishing boat".

[TAKFishing]

Just reading this thread is giving me anxiety. I just sold my last boat early March so I had pulled everything out and went through a culling process to whittle down all baits, both hard and soft. At the end of that process I felt like I still had way too much. My new boat is larger than last with more storage and when I loaded everything into the new boat, it feels like I'm using only about 1/3rd of the available capacity. My fisherman's brain is funny insofar that I know how unlikely it is to need everything I have in the boat, but it brings a level of irrational comfort knowing its all in the boat. When I consider taking something out, immediately my thoughts go to...."what if xyz situation arises and I find myself needing something...."