Gadgets

[Wannabe...]

Yeah Out4, I stole your thread title, but what are you gonna do about it? Pffft.

OK, I can feel the pace of Maj's spending, therefore:

What gadgets do you keep on the boat to make life easier or that you've found you can't live without?

I've got 3 in order of importance to me:

1) 8" Stanless needle nose. I have 3 pair mounted to my boat. 1 on each seat up front and 1 at the console by the gear shifter. Makes life easier when dealing with cranks, gar, catfish or a loose nut or any combination therein.

2) Clippers and eye buster. Mounted on a key ring on a retractable lanyard and attached to my rod holder. Dang things get used at least once every trip and sometimes dozens. Doubles as a fingernail clipper when I'm not catching anything. I have well groomed nails.

3) Seat Caddy: Just dang handy to have a spot to set whatever you can't hold on to for a minute - Diet coke, crankbait, weight whatever. Kind of a pain as when I rotate the seat I often bump something like my thigh or the TM when it's stowed but worth the occasional aggrivation.

4) Yeah, I said 3 and now I'm on 4. So what, I paid good money for this thread and I'll do as I please with it. A 5 gallon bucket - Carries my anchor and doubles as a brake when I'm trolling cranks with the wind. Also make a heck of a good trash can and emergency potty. Been told it'd double as a cooler or minner bucket, but after the potty thing, I think I'll stick with the igloo.



So, what you got and can't live without?

Wannabe...

[feelay]

got a leatherman tool, and cup/can holders on my racks. 'bout it really, I'm not much of a gadget guy.

[duckkiller]

my leatherman, use it daily the past two summers on my internships, and use it all the time in my boat.

[Trout]

Well, for those folks that catch fish, a good stringer is handy. Course, WB don't need one of those.

I've got a fishing vest with all kinds of pockets (camera, binocs, sunscreen, jigs), retractible zingers with forceps, clips and it even has a water bladder on the back- its pretty neat-o. Works well for wading or fishing from the old canoe. For some reason, it makes people laugh, too.

[feelay]

Well, for those folks that catch fish, a good stringer is handy. Course, WB don't need one of those.

I've got a fishing vest with all kinds of pockets (camera, binocs, sunscreen, jigs), retractible zingers with forceps, clips and it even has a water bladder on the back- its pretty neat-o. Works well for wading or fishing from the old canoe. For some reason, it makes people laugh, too.

I would be one of those laughing at you!:D You got a porkpie hat with lures hanging off of it too?:D

[crappieman101]

I got to get me one of those...can't catch any fish lately so I might as well look like I can't fish..sorta like somebody we know...might have started this post.

[yikess]

9/16" wrench and a wingnut wrench to tighten the Driftmasters and a urinal.

["G"]

Coffee can for urinal, 8 inch needlenose pliers at each seat plus hemostats, hook removers, fish counter, jig eye cleaner,line clippers, etc.

[majflyboy]

9/16" wrench and a wingnut wrench to tighten the Driftmasters and a urinal.

OK yikess, you brought it up first so let's explore this situation concerning the urinal. In the past, I've just stood up at the side of my boat and let it go. Am I being crude, is there a better way??

[Release to the Grease...]

OK yikess, you brought it up first so let's explore this situation concerning the urinal. In the past, I've just stood up at the side of my boat and let it go. Am I being crude, is there a better way??

+1, I tend to label the entire area outside of the boat as the urinal