duyz72

It's amazing to find that cars and boat dealers are quick to wash their hands of your problems once you take posession. You should be able to take the boat back within a certain time frame and just get a whole new one instead. But like cars, it's THAT particular vehicle you bought not the model or brand. But as with cars, a good dealer will always look after you.

Grass is always greener my friend.

I have a huge assortment of small to large clear see through tackle boxes at home. Each one is for a particular type of tackle. When I see them on special I buy a few more. Eg, I have terminal tackle types: a sinker box, a swivels box, hook types, lure types/sizes boxes, jig heads box, crimping box etc (you get the idea) Everything stays inside the box/packet it was bought in, don't go opening your lovely re-sealable packets and tipping all your hooks together it's just madness. I also have fishing types boxes, eg luderick, whiting, shark etc When I want to go out I just make a selection for what I need on that day, no more. Any chemically sharpened hooks, swivels etc I use get thrown out and what I keep, eg lures, jig heads, floats etc all get cleaned and stored separately from the brand new ones so all my tackle is in top condition at home, not in the boat. When I go fishing with mates, all I have is a shoulder bag, bucket plus rods and gaff or net. I usually only take 1 box to land based trips and only ever have (at the most) 2 or 3 travel tackle boxes with me on a boat (each about 1/2 the size of an A4 piece of paper). They can carry everything I need for that trip and store easily on board. No need to take everything with me, although I have seen plenty of blokes to take every bit of tackle they own with them on every trip (just in case) in monster suitcase sized boxes.

Just make sure you look at what currency they are trading in also, you can get caught out especially if it's in $US or UK Pounds! And make sure they will deliver to Australia too! But about $30AU is reasonable for postage from US to here for something like a sounder, reel size and weight.