When its all over

[Barnacle Bill]

Ok, the fishing trip is over and you are putting up your gear. How do you store all your crappie poles so the won't get damaged? I have some overhead racks I made but have ran out of room. When I was using the collapsible type poles with no reels on them, it was no problem. Now I have some of these new super whatevers and have to be careful so they don't get banged around. What do you do with yours? I'm looking for some new ideas.

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

I have to put my long poles up in the rafters of my garage to keep them away from my kids and my rowdy dogs.

[Tim The Lippa Rippa Mon]

The inside cardboard tubes to a carpet rolls is what I use. I don't have to break most of my poles down(up to 12' long). I then just lay these next to a wall that is out of the way.

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[duane]

I use PVC pipe and leave them in my locked rod box. I have cut a grove so the reels slide down into and have caps on both ends.

[Darryl Morris]

Unfortunately, I have to break mine down, even though the rodbox is extra long. I do this - reel up to slip float and split shot, break down in the two pieces and fold in half. Wrap the tag end of the line around the rod handle and the tip together and fasten hook into handle. Then half way up, grab the line in the small half and wrap around the big half and over an eye to hold the whole mess together. Hope this made sense. Sounds complicated but it not really. Makes it all shorter for storage plus protects the tips from being broken.

[fishin3]

I use to put my rods in the rod locker of my boat till a Mouse decide to use the cork on the handle as a meal. I saw where you can put Bounce fresh scent in the storage areas and the mice don't like the smell of it. You might want to try it. It might save your handles one day and if nothing else it makes the boat smell "fresh" hahaha. :D

[Clay95]

I break down mine, put them back in the shipping tubes they came in. My wife doesn't check these tubes, she KNOWS they have my salmon rods in them. The salmon rods are in the boat, Richard's rods are in the tubes. If Richard quits selling rods that break down I'll have to find a new supplier. LOL
This way I just set the tubes in the corner in plain sight. Good Luck

[Cane Pole]

I built my own holders and hand them from the rafters in the garage. Built from scrap wood. Easy to do. Will get pics and show u if u interested. Works pretty good. Up out of the way of everything. I use mine year round.

[Barnacle Bill]

I built my own holders and hand them from the rafters in the garage. Built from scrap wood. Easy to do. Will get pics and show u if u interested. Works pretty good. Up out of the way of everything. I use mine year round.

That is what I use now. I have 3 racks on the overhead and I've ran out of room. Maybe I need to find another place for my saltwater poles as they rarely get used anymore.