Q: where to get quality 1/2 totes for a decent price. Also which is better flat bottom or fork lift legs?
I'm getting to the last items we need to purchase to get our fishing team set up for the summer and many more to come. Right now I have to plan the fish storage on 'Surprise'. My first choice is always built, insulated fishbox under deck and out of the way. Every square foot matters when you have a limited dance floor. This setup keeps the center of gravity low and the fish do well in the pit of doom.
'Surprise' has no accessible underdeck space since this is all chambered flotation. SO we went to on deck storage. I have some fishbags already and they are nice. I'm thinking they will work fine for most days ... rockfish, a few salmon or other things caught near shore. We will just fill one with ice and pack the other one with ice and fish as we go. For crustaceans we have a livewell design and I will be building one for this boat pretty soon. Basically this is a white 55 gal food grade barrel cut in half and made into a live tank. We did this for years on Kismet and the crabs love it right up to their hot tub encounter. Shrimp purge quickly in that tank and you can actually watch the water turn brown and then clear up as they clean themselves out. Same tank works reasonably well with an 1100gpm bait pump to keep a few scoops of chovies going.
So now i am thinking about the fishing safari days. Long trips out for pelagic fish or even overnight on the spot. We also like Vancouver island and those can turn into multiple day trips if you have fuel to do that. I think that will be a 1/2 tote on deck. We have 4500# reserve bouyancy and so weight will not be a limit. We have a grey full tote made by 'Bonar'. I store ice machine output in that for tuna when we load up at the house.
I have seen the green 1/2 totes on many boats but have no idea where to get one. Not even sure who makes them. 'Surprise' will have some recessed 'X' cargo tie down points welded into the deck. I need a 1/2 tote to properly locate them forward of the house and on the dance floor. Not sure how many we will actually take out. I'm told this boat will run two, one forward of the house and one on deck.
Anyone have any info on totes>?
I'm getting to the last items we need to purchase to get our fishing team set up for the summer and many more to come. Right now I have to plan the fish storage on 'Surprise'. My first choice is always built, insulated fishbox under deck and out of the way. Every square foot matters when you have a limited dance floor. This setup keeps the center of gravity low and the fish do well in the pit of doom.
'Surprise' has no accessible underdeck space since this is all chambered flotation. SO we went to on deck storage. I have some fishbags already and they are nice. I'm thinking they will work fine for most days ... rockfish, a few salmon or other things caught near shore. We will just fill one with ice and pack the other one with ice and fish as we go. For crustaceans we have a livewell design and I will be building one for this boat pretty soon. Basically this is a white 55 gal food grade barrel cut in half and made into a live tank. We did this for years on Kismet and the crabs love it right up to their hot tub encounter. Shrimp purge quickly in that tank and you can actually watch the water turn brown and then clear up as they clean themselves out. Same tank works reasonably well with an 1100gpm bait pump to keep a few scoops of chovies going.
So now i am thinking about the fishing safari days. Long trips out for pelagic fish or even overnight on the spot. We also like Vancouver island and those can turn into multiple day trips if you have fuel to do that. I think that will be a 1/2 tote on deck. We have 4500# reserve bouyancy and so weight will not be a limit. We have a grey full tote made by 'Bonar'. I store ice machine output in that for tuna when we load up at the house.
I have seen the green 1/2 totes on many boats but have no idea where to get one. Not even sure who makes them. 'Surprise' will have some recessed 'X' cargo tie down points welded into the deck. I need a 1/2 tote to properly locate them forward of the house and on the dance floor. Not sure how many we will actually take out. I'm told this boat will run two, one forward of the house and one on deck.
Anyone have any info on totes>?
