looking for holiday bow storage

[badbowtie]

I have a 74 starcraft holiday 18' that I have gone thru and converted everything to use it as a fishing boat. I am looking for ideas on what to use under the bowl to store jig boxs and misc fishing stuff in. Any other things or ideas anybody have done under the bow for storage I am really thinking plastic rubber maid tubs is best choice so far.

 

[Watermann]

Those totes would work but Flambeau makes some that are just for tackle and pretty easy on the pocket book as well. There's a bunch more ideas on the website.

Flambeau 4150FB Terminal Tackle File with Zerust

 

[Grandad]

Ya, it seems a shame not to use that space. I added flotation forward of the "floor" into the nosecone which looked like a poor storage area anyway, then added a roll-out bin (a heavy duty milk crate) for my anchor line, but could have used a double long crate that might be more useful to you. I also added a drawer between the glove compartment and the aluminum step for charts that I suppose could be used for some tackle. Again, my drawer is short of what you could build in that space. - Grandad
See link here - http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat...ay-reno-and-hull-repair?p=5820714#post5820714

 

[badbowtie]

I really like the milk crate drawer that looks really good. But I ended up making a battery compartment there that holds both of my 29 series batteries for my 24v trolling motor. I have never seen them totes that hold tackle bins I am going to take some measurements and see what will fit.

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

Ya, it seems a shame not to use that space. I added flotation forward of the "floor" into the nosecone which looked like a poor storage area anyway, then added a roll-out bin (a heavy duty milk crate) for my anchor line, but could have used a double long crate that might be more useful to you. I also added a drawer between the glove compartment and the aluminum step for charts that I suppose could be used for some tackle. Again, my drawer is short of what you could build in that space. - Grandad
See link here - http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat-...14#post5820714

Nice to see your post. Hope you're enjoying life well and health outlook is good too.
Was looking up your thread since I got a box of rivets from The Brown Truck yesterday and wanted to think about the "end result" for a minute and not all the work! The roll outs are a great unobtrusive use of otherwise inconvenient space. Thanks again for that great thread.

As far as fishing storage, I'm going to incorporate light plywood 'drawers' into mine on full extension slides. This gives a lot of horizontal storage that's easily accessible without closing off the whole area or bothering the floor. Plano 3600 boxes on their back edge are only about 5 inches and a RV push button latch can keep the drawer shut on the road and on the water.

The anchor rolling milk crate idea is brilliant, too!

Hope that gets some ideas going for you.