Fishin' Convienence
 

Ok, like I described (somewhat vaguely) in the tips and tricks thread that crashed and burned a while back, I have a nifty little system for us poor folks who have to fish from shore all the time. It involves a 5 gallon bucket, some PVC piping, some bolts, and caulk. Nothing fancy but sure makes life easy when fishing from the shore. So here are the pics. Most of themdont need any explainations, but if ya want I can tell ya what I know.

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Here is another, with a bunch more to follow. (if someone can tell me how to post multiple pics at once that would be helpful!)

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another...

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here is one of our bell system. Its just a small cowbell, a downrigger clip, some wire and a springy strip of metal soldered (maybe welded)unto a screw of some kind

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that my friend is sometrue redneck enginuity!!!!! All you need noware some can holders for your beer...

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I'm workin on that one for my next bucket!!:DI have a new one that has one of those cushioned seats that swivels. I have this bucket pimped out to the max! I have a battery powered aerator on it already, the rod holders are in the works and I'm still trying to figure out where I want the can holder. I'll have to post pics of that one as I finish it up.

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if the swivel seat is from a gander mountain you are going to regret it. I bought one of their seats and can't sit on it for more than 10 minutes without my butt feeling like it was drug through broken glass!

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I have no idea where it came from - it was a gift, but thanks for the warning!It doesn't seem too bad anyway. I'm not much for sittin down while fishin, so the seat is mainly for the girlfriend when she comes with me. I have several projects goin on at home right now, I have no idea when I will be able to finish this one. New fishing buckets and bells for Salmon-A-Rama, new speaker box/whole new car stereo setup, help redo front porch, help Dad with some new doors and trim.....just keeps gettin longer everytime I get back home it seems.

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Now thats a nifty lookin thing you got goin on there. Just better make sure you have some weight in that bucket in case the wind is blowin or a monster hits your line:DMy buddy has something like yours and he had just set up and forgot his lil sand bag he puts in it back at the truck so as he is goin to get it a big pike hammered his line and his bucket went over and that rod torpedoed right into the waterI dont think ive ever laughed as hard in my life.

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better make sure it is real comfortable then because fishing trips end when the lady is uncomfortable! :D

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Ya I forgot to mention that. We usually have the buckets filled with water or a couple of rocks. Also, in thefirst picture, the bail is closed on the reel - this is not a good thing! You're supposed to have the bail open so the fish can run with the line after the strike.

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She's pretty tough. She has spent quite a bit of time with me outdoors and is starting to be able to take some abuse from mother nature finally. She spent a week with me fishing on a pier on Lake Michigan for a tourney, we had some pretty serious weather come through and she stayed with me after I gave her a chance to leave. And just for the record, the bucket was originally for me, but after she saw it, it was claimed for her use only :D.

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I always took a piece of PVC pipe about three feet long and pounded it into the ground to hold my striper rod. I would then hook a bell to the rod tip. what you have there should work about the same way I would think.

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Yep, same idea in principle, a rod holder and a bell to detect/indicate strikes.The nice thing about this is that you can't fish even in places where you can pound a rod holder into the ground. Places like rocky shorelines and piers are easy to fish now, and you can hold your bait in the bucket. So changing over bait after catchin a fish is real quick and you can get your rod back into the water fast.

And if anyone is interested in the little bell setup, lemme know and I might be able to get you a couple.