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Do you have a too many fishing rods and need an easy way to store them? Don’t have a lot of space in the garage, or any place else? Can’t seem to find the hooks when you are ready to go fishing? Nobody says they have to be stored beautifully, or necessarily in the garage, just carefully.
One idea is to buy an actual fishing rod storage rack at a local hardware or fishing supply store. But if you don’t have a lot of money to spend on fancy storage fixtures, try one of these tips that I have listed below.
I have 5 rods and a very small garage. I store them inside the house, after I have carefully prepared them for storage. First, I make sure there is a limited amount of tension on the line and then secure the hook, still attached, with a Styrofoam shipping peanut. This keeps the hook from puncturing your fingers when you are ready to retrieve your fishing rod.
Once you have secured your line and hook, take large cup hooks and space them about 4 feet apart. I secured mine to the ceiling of my laundry room. They are secure, out of children’s reach, and easily located every time I want to go fishing.
One of my male friends, who is handy with a drill, told me how he stores his fishing poles in the garage. He takes a sheet of 4x8 plywood and puts clipped cup hooks about four feet apart. He even went one step further and stenciled some fish outlines onto the side that faces outward. He then secures the plywood to his garage wall with standard wood screws and molly bolts. Next, he secures his hooks, still attached to his rod and line, with the clean, unused filter of a cigarette. Finally, he inserts his fishing poles into the clipped cup hooks and stores them vertically. It makes a nice, organized presentation; keeps the lines from running afoul of each other, and the hooks don’t prick his fingers when he is retrieving his fishing rod when he is ready to use it.
Another option is using ladder hooks in your garage. This takes a bit of coordination, but does work fairly well. Insert two rubber-coated four- or five-inch ladder hooks about four feet apart and secure them to the wall. Secure your line and hook, or you can remove the hooks if you don’t have Styrofoam peanut shells or cigarette filters. Alternate the reel ends so that one fishing rod top is opposite another and just set them side-by-side. It is not the most efficient, but if you are trying to use the storage methods available to you, it is still out of the way and safe.
Fishing rod storage is not rocket science. It can be fun, inexpensive, and easy to do in an hour or less. It just depends on whether you want to buy a rack, make a rack, or install a few cup hooks. The most important thing to remember is to make it sturdy and safe. Any way you store them, be certain that you secure the line and the fish hooks.
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