Organizing tackle?

Mike, if you ever want to do organizational consulting, I'm pretty sure you'd have plenty of clients!

I like the thought of organizing my tackle! But then i won't be able to find anything Haha.

Both.  Just buy all the tackle, always, never tell your wife how much you spend, and organize it in such a way that you need to go buy more tackle.

Seems to work for me.

When my wife throws a shit fit I take her to the grocery store and show her the price of farmed salmon, un-identifiable rockfish fillets, and whole dead frozen "fresh" dungeness. 60% of the time, it works every time.

I keep a big pile of backstock in the closet, then organize to-go packs by target species in ziplock bags.

The advantage is I just put a little of what I need to actually go fish for a particular species, and I can always change out an old bag.

I use the Plano 3600 softsider on the boat. It holds 3 of the tackle organizer boxes. I have 9 of them 3 for salmon, 3 for ocean fishing, 3 for lake fishing. All 3 sets have fuses for FF battery. Now for my main storage I have 3 large Plano’s and 3 dedicated cubbirds as well as 2 drawers.

I like this.  Currently I use my kids old and discarded backpacks to carry my tackle boxes 

Mr. Tote...that, my friend, is exactly what I needed to see.  I will commence in this style of mental excercise and action.  It is a fishing library.  If I ever open one I'll need a curator.  Thanks for the links, 9 years ago and going strong?

I have downsized my tackle arsenal quite a bit. Would rather see someone get use out of some things than have them just sitting around.
It's still organized, and I still use the same containers, just a lot fewer of them so I son't need the catalog to find stuff.
I did most of that while recovering from my 2nd or 3rd shoulder surgery, I forget which one it was. It was quite therapeutic.

I like the thought of organizing my tackle! But then i won't be able to find anything Haha.

 

Organizing by species has been good for me. Although that leaves me buying a lot of duplicate gear

I like the thought of organizing my tackle! But then i won't be able to find anything Haha.

There is a strange truth to that.

Organizing by species has been good for me. Although that leaves me buying a lot of duplicate gear

+1 This is my problem. I organized tackle based on water/species, but I do end up buying more. Now, I just pick out what I think I'm going to use and put it a Plano box.

Just 2 tackle boxes for me:  1 for salt water & 1 for fresh water.  But fishing rods, reeks, lures, etc...are everywhere in my car garage!

recently, i purchased another hobie shoe box that drops in my rectangular hatch. now i have one for salt and the other for fresh. i no longer bring plano box with rod holders in the back. everything i need goes in the shoe box. only downside is i forget my FF sometimes cuz it's in the other box, LOL.