Tackle storage for bank fishing

[NorCoMike]

Whats everyone using for staying organized and mobile while fishing from the bank? I usually carry a backpack with two boxes filled with stuff and just curious how others do it?

[1nutinthewater]

Fishpond vest. plenty of pockets for enough gear for the day without having to stop and dig through a backpack.

Easily enough space for- 25 pretied leaders, 10 spinners and spoons, glasses, thermometer, scissors, file, gloves, glasses, small terminal gear box, car keys, 1 oz jar of scent, pocket knife, carabiner, bag of nitrile gloves.
And still plenty of room to spare!

[Wpeart7]

Backpack with digital scale, pliers and forceps in top compartment and one Plano 3600 size tackle organizer inside the main compartment. All you need.

[accodn2ryan]

I also just bring a backpack and just carry one 3600 size tackle box that has some hardbaits, jigs, and terminal tackle. For soft plastics, I use a ziplock bag and bring about 5-6 packs of different variations. I always have a pair of braid cutters, pliers, a scale, small first aid bag, and water. I could fit more, but I usually just leave space just in case I need to pack a jacket depending on the weather.

[Houndfish]

I use a fly-fishing sling pack. I have a Fishpond Summit Sling, but there are a few great looking ones out there. Mine is very small, it will hold a single 3600 box or a pair of 3500 boxes, plus a few hardbaits or bags of plastics. The pocket layout is great and I can keep a good bit of emergency/comfort items in it as well as the aforementioned tackle and not have it feel over full. Biggest downside is a poor water-bottle holder and no good fast way to stash a jacket. I do like it a lot though.

However, I am starting to notice that my back is loving the sling less and less as time goes by. I also think switching from mostly finesse to mostly power-fishing last season maybe doubled the weight in tackle I lug around. This season I am going to try to use a small hiking pack, an Osprey Talon 11, in place of the sling when I am going more then a mile from my car. It's a great pack, comfortable up to 15 pounds and tolerable up to 20lbs. With it I can fit one 3600 and two 3500 boxes with ease or two 3600's snugly. This is on top of the same emergency/comfort items but with the ability to carry more water and stash a jacket. The huge downside is it will be vastly less continent to access any of my gear. I am not sure I will like it enough and might try to go to a larger lumbar bag or something like that that takes the weight off my back.

I also want to encourage everyone to try hanging a rock climbing chalk bag on their belt as a "dump pouch" while bank fishing. They are amazingly useful for both "staging" lures you think you will be switching too often and as a "drying room" for lures that you have just un-rigged but are too wet to put back into a box. They have a fleecy fabric on the inside and the few I have used are all oddly resistant to snagging larger jig and spinnerbait hooks, but it's super easy just to carry a few wine-corks in there to stick your hooks into.

[slipperybob]

When I used to not carry so much stuff, a fly vest with it's multiple pockets was enough to throw a few boxes of assortments.

[earthworm77]

I bought a mid sized back pack from Ozark Trail that has room for 3 3600 boxes, plenty of side pouches for tools and the top is a lined cooler that can hold a few cans or bottles or bags of plastics. It think it was around 25 bucks. It is great for bank fishing or taking excursions in my plastic pontoon. I find myself using it a lot when fishing brackish water, I can just add in a small box of inshore baits and freshwater stuff.

[Dalleinf]

Throughout the years I have purchased several backpacks and vests made specifically for fishing - but I rarely use them. If I do, I bring one small backpack with a few small items, eg spare reel.

To me, the most important thing when bank fishing is mobility, and I generally carry as little as possible.
At most 2*Plano 3500s but usually just 1-2 smaller boxes, which I can fit in my jacket (chest pockets) along with 1 scissor forceps.
1 rod and 1 reel and 1 wading net fitted to my back behind a wading belt so I don’t have to put things down (net) when casting.
This way I can cover miles of water in a few hours...