The Budget Fisherman Series (Tackle Bag Episode)

[Squished]

Snagged this bag at a local store for $15. Plenty big enough to hold my boots, pants, gloves, and other misc stuff. size pockets can fit plano tackle boxes no problem. I definitely see myself retiring my Plano box soon.

[gman]

Gill makes great gear, I now own gill bibs and jackets

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Originally Posted by gman

Gill makes great gear, I now own gill bibs and jackets

I love my Gill stuff. Comfortable and lightweight. I feel like a rubber ducky in some of the other foul weather gear. What do you use for jacket? I'm in the market for that piece.

[gman]

I use the lightweight waterproof bibs commonly refered to by my friends as the snowsuit. I dont care though cause they are comfortable as hell when jigging or casting so they can make fun of me all day long.

I cant cast or jig with grundens on. Gill is available at Tackle Direct

[Squished]

Originally Posted by gman

I use the lightweight waterproof bibs commonly refered to by my friends as the snowsuit. I dont care though cause they are comfortable as hell when jigging or casting so they can make fun of me all day long.

I cant cast or jig with grundens on. Gill is available at Tackle Direct

Gotcha, that's what I figured you were talking about on the bib, mine is the same. I use the pants in the snow too when I'm cleaning the driveway, they work great. I thought you mighta had a different style bib so I went to the gill site and realized there wasn't another style(so I edited my post accordingly).

I'm digging that jacket though. Looks lightweight and comfortable enough to cast/fish with. We have a bunch of local stores that stock Gill products, I'm going to go try some stuff on.

[gman]

Originally Posted by Squished

Gotcha, that's what I figured you were talking about on the bib, mine is the same. I use the pants in the snow too when I'm cleaning the driveway, they work great. I thought you mighta had a different style bib so I went to the gill site and realized there wasn't another style(so I edited my post accordingly).

I'm digging that jacket though. Looks lightweight and comfortable enough to cast/fish with. We have a bunch of local stores that stock Gill products, I'm going to go try some stuff on.

the jacket is like wearing nothing but it doesnt have a hood unfortunately

[Squished]

Originally Posted by gman

the jacket is like wearing nothing but it doesnt have a hood unfortunately

Hmm. What about something like this?

Gill Marine Closeouts: Keelboat Racer Smock Red

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So today I found the bag I'll be using in 2010 for tackle and my food/drink cooler. It's an East Coast Fisherman Deluxe bag.

Here it is closed:



As you can see above, there is a large wide pocket on the front, as well as a matching one on the rear. There is the zippered portion and the mesh portion. The zippered pocket fits a Plano 3700 box with ease:



Each side of the bag also has two smaller pockets, with zippers and then flaps over them. I was able to fit FOUR plano 3200 boxes into each pocket:



Once the top flap velcro is peeled back, you can see there is a buckle system which helps seal the middle:



Once the middle is opened up, you can see that it is very thickly lined with cooler material. The website claims that ice will stay up to 3 days in this bag. I can easily fit a 30 pack of beer into this portion of the bag:



On the inside of the bag as well, there are two removable inner pockets, perfect for storing knives, etc:



There are numerous other small pockets on the bag that I did not take pictures of, but overall I'm quite happy with this. I ended up getting it off Craigslist for $50 and it appears to never have been used, it's spotless. I have no idea where you can purchase them. I went to the website on the top of the flap (East Coast Fisherman -- Welcome) and they sell them for $180 MSRP.

[BretABaker]

Originally Posted by gman

I use the lightweight waterproof bibs commonly refered to by my friends as the snowsuit. I dont care though cause they are comfortable as hell when jigging or casting so they can make fun of me all day long.

I cant cast or jig with grundens on. Gill is available at Tackle Direct

those gortex???

i generally dont wear my grundens jacket when fishing unless its raining or a ton of spray/very cold. i always wear my bibs unless its very hot.