TheBigGuy
Well-Known Member
What are some useful all round helpful tips you use to improve your fishing, camping, boating experience. What ever you feel is helpful feel free to post it up.
My kids busted up almost all my coolers and replacing a bunch gets expensive. Here's what I did instead. Busted off lost drain plugs. Cdn tire replacement plugs that you push down and expand like a boat drain plug. Broken hinges - bought a wide cheap white leather woman's belt on sale for a few bucks. Cut into Strips the size of the hinges. Drilled holes for screws and replaced all my cooler hinges. Added 3 sets of leather hinges on most coolers. Made 300 lb mono leashes mounted on the insides of coolers and lids to hold lid open and prevent over extension.
All around most useful thing for multiple uses. 300 lb mono with a crimper and appropriate size crimps.
Some of the things I've used 300lb mono for.
Cooler repair
Add a leash and scotty Downrigger clip onto fishing net for better solo landings.
Make leashes for long boom Downrigger clip extensions.
Making Halibut rigs.
6 foot Downrigger shock cord added to spectra Downrigger mainline before a snubber and rigger weight.
Any misc tips - feel free to add
My kids busted up almost all my coolers and replacing a bunch gets expensive. Here's what I did instead. Busted off lost drain plugs. Cdn tire replacement plugs that you push down and expand like a boat drain plug. Broken hinges - bought a wide cheap white leather woman's belt on sale for a few bucks. Cut into Strips the size of the hinges. Drilled holes for screws and replaced all my cooler hinges. Added 3 sets of leather hinges on most coolers. Made 300 lb mono leashes mounted on the insides of coolers and lids to hold lid open and prevent over extension.
All around most useful thing for multiple uses. 300 lb mono with a crimper and appropriate size crimps.
Some of the things I've used 300lb mono for.
Cooler repair
Add a leash and scotty Downrigger clip onto fishing net for better solo landings.
Make leashes for long boom Downrigger clip extensions.
Making Halibut rigs.
6 foot Downrigger shock cord added to spectra Downrigger mainline before a snubber and rigger weight.
Any misc tips - feel free to add