Reducing cleanup and setup time

Hey all, just curious what tricks you have that helps reduce the cleanup time after a trip in saltwater.

I know gear depends highly on the targeted species, but I'm spending over an hour spraying all the things off when I get home - seems like there has to be a better way.

I know some folks use portable pressure washers to wash stuff on site before loading up, but I don't think that would save me any time, since so much stuff needs to get washed. Plus, that is just one more thing to remember to charge and bring with me.

I'm thinking of getting a large dry bag or box to put stuff I don't use often in, so that maybe I just spray the outside and check the contents once in a while.

Thanks for any ideas!

Take less stuff?

Takes me 20 minutes to wash down boat, trailer, gear, and flush engine, so maybe you are going overboard?

Reels and rods really just need a quick hose down. Lures and such toss in a bucket and fill. I always did my clothing and drysuit at home,, but again, boots in bucket, suit gets hosed off

Less stuff for sure - yesterday I had crab hoops, bait bucket, and halibut gear to wash down. Definitely quicker if I'm only targeting one species.

Bucket is a great idea - I've done that with a tub and terminal tackle, but not with boots and wetsuit and other small / soft stuff.

I usually bring along a 5gal bucket filled with soapy water to soak my wetsuit and booties in and then just spray them down with the hose once home. Another bucket with soapy water holds the tackle. Other than that I try to bring as little as possible on my salt outings.

When loading up I always rinse my rods and FF, but dont worry about anything else.  When I get home I unload all the kayaking gear, plus the wet/drysuit, booties, seat, paddles,  mirage drive, etc just out and on the pavement and then hit all of it with a stiff spray from the garden hose.  If it's summer, i'll let it dry there and then load it back up when its dry ready to go again

the better you stay on top of it ,the faster it goes  IMO ,but I dont Kayak fish anymore so wtfdik

When loading up I always rinse my rods and FF, but dont worry about anything else.  When I get home I unload all the kayaking gear, plus the wet/drysuit, booties, seat, paddles,  mirage drive, etc just out and on the pavement and then hit all of it with a stiff spray from the garden hose.  If it's summer, i'll let it dry there and then load it back up when its dry ready to go again

This is kinda what I do now - lay everything out on the driveway and spray with hose.  I just ordered some more dry bags - I think if I can keep more infrequently used items in a dry bag, then at the end of the day, if I didn't open the bag, I just spray the outside and call it a day.

the better you stay on top of it ,the faster it goes  IMO ,but I dont Kayak fish anymore so wtfdik

Ha!  True story though, making a conscious effort to make it easier makes a difference.

I carry a tote with flip lock handles strapped to the trailer , when I de rig everything goes in there, at home put the hose in it while getting gear off the trailer so it gets the loose gear on the bottom covered in water, spray boat, trailer, then gear gets hit and hung on the trailer to dry ….. still takes me about an hour but I’m washing pops gear usually as well, he’s a double amputee so I give him a break.

Definitely a fan of the big Sterilite bin or two. Off the water, everything (PFD, wetsuit, gloves, booties, fish gripper, etc.) all go into a plastic bin or two to head home. Only rinse the rods/reels at the shore.

Then a big rinse off and dry at home, usually in one big bin with some neoprene/wetsuit "shampoo" and one big rinse bin. Hang up to dry. Much more fun in July in the backyard sun than it is in rainy December when you have to dry everything on a clothes drying rack over the bathtub with a fan blowing on it.