Old fish box put to use
Submitted by grantarctic1 on Mon, 2011-03-14 21:30
6 month ago i was given an old fish box 160 lt. I wasn't sure what to do with it but ideas soon came to me and one sunday i made these rod holders.
They slip under the edje of the box and the weight of the esky holds them down.
I placed a tag to go under the handle to lock it all in place
Made one set for each side and hey presto, beach box with room for 8 rods.
Made sure it would fit to my trailer that i rebuilt for Steep point.
Finished product all set with some gear for the trip.
When i got back i added a bilge pump, battery and solar panel to keep live bait while beach fishing.
The only problem is every time i go to use it my mates have their rod's loaded in the racks. LOL
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Faulkner Family
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great idea. utilizing what
great idea. utilizing what space you have
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
nightfish
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Aussie Engineering
I love it, practical and can keep beer cold if neccessary!
grantarctic1
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Double pic's sorry
Sorry about the double pic's, not sure what i did wrong.
Faulkner family, it is a good use of space. On the way home from a trip i usualy put all the rubbish bags in there.
If not fingers crossed, it's full of fillets.LOL
alfred
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Nice work!
Nice work!
jus
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awesome idea :)
awesome idea :)
cuthbad
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very nice work! even the dog
very nice work! even the dog seems impressed
DhuBoi
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dude great job on the esky
dude great job on the esky you should patent that idea ha, easy access to all your gear and even better you dont have to struggle carrying 5 or 6 rods just pop em in the holders , awesome .
living is fishing
Tony Halliday
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dats a mighty fine dauug you
dats a mighty fine dauug you got in that trailer too!
and a nice fishing box set up tooo...
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grantarctic1
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Thats Cougar
Cheers guys, Coug's is a 2 year old Bullmastif x Rotty. He comes fishing with me all the time and looks after ever one.
He has finaly stopped growing and at 55kg he looks tough but is realy just a big baby.
Little_Richo
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Your an ideas man
Your an ideas man mate, simple as that. Great aussie ingenuity.