Wetsuiting - belt pouches, leader wallets??

[Krispy]

What do you use on your belt? Where/how do you keep stuff, like leader spool, hooks, swivels, riggies, keys etc. Having trouble with bad designed products and failures. Im not wearing nor adding an over shoulder bag.

[Back Beach]

I think we were talking about this last week. I don't like having anything hanging off me either, so I'm giong to bring my suit to a shop and have a big velcro or zipper pouch added to the front for hooks,leaders, etc. We're not talking a kangaroo sized puch or anything, just something the size of my SIMMS(the best) dry top pouch. The only thing on my belt is the eel bucket and a couple carabiners.

Hey, we have almost the same number of posts...

[bassballer]

Check out the aquaskins medium pouch. Could be what your looking for.

[Krispy]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I think we were talking about this last week. I don't like having anything hanging off me either, so I'm giong to bring my suit to a shop and have a big velcro or zipper pouch added to the front for hooks,leaders, etc. We're not talking a kangaroo sized puch or anything, just something the size of my SIMMS(the best) dry top pouch. The only thing on my belt is the eel bucket and a couple carabiners.

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Knife, pliers?

Right now I have those and a front d-ring to drop the rod into when on a perch. I also have a few carabiners, I like like to carry a small water bottle on one.

[DJ Muller]

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I think I have finally worked out a good system. I posted a pict. Just washed belt and bags after last trip so all bags are empty but when going with artificials, I use a divers belt ($12 at any diver shop), pliers in a sheath w/ a lanyard attached to a seperate D-ring, then another D-ring, on this I carry my Korkers w/ a carbiner, (for longer walks over rocks, saves the Korkers). Then I use two AS Hunter Elite double barrel bags. One has the double barrel and the other has triple square. The double round takes all my bigger stuff, pencils, big needles, big M-L's, the triple takes the smaller, red fins, smaller needles and smaller size plugs. I also have another small D-ring with a (cheap) watch.
In the picture, there is another pouch (Elite Hunter), that I use for bucktails and pork rind jars (just back from Montauk), it is also good for tins.
I sometimes put my Boga on also attached with a lanyard via D-Ring.
I can carry a good number of plugs this ways without the killer "swinging bag!" (Any wetsuiters knows of what I speak.) This system keeps all the weight on my hips...no problem.

On my wetsuit I also glued a piece of neoprene onto my bicep/tripcep/deltiod area. Here I can carry my camera or any smaller items that I may need (hooks, leader material). The system seems pretty good at this point but I am always looking to better my systems in any way. Hope this helps.

[tynan19]

I have a wenoka squeeze lock dive knife with the holder screwed through the belt. 2 D rings for resting the rod like Krispy said and clipping my scotchbrite pad too on a little laynard, plus a stringer. I have vs pliers and a AS Tall Small Bag on the belt. . Put my leader wallet in the back of the bag. Still put my eels in a small soft container though. Found that when two on a rock just work out of each others eel bag as it is easier than trying to spin yours close.

[BasicPatrick]

Big difference between the system I use in the water swimming a bit to distant rocks and actual skishing vs just deep wading to rocks

Skishing/Swimming to rocks I would never load up the belt as some do.
Dive knife is strapped to the calf...if caught up, messing with a belt of accessories is not what I want...quick knife access on the calf.
Belt has 1 D ring to stabilize rod during fish release and other situations that require additional leverage.
Belt does not have pliers, I use an old fashioned hook out on a divers retractable lanyard...sometimes on the belt and sometimes off a small dring on the top I am wearing...no sheath to mess with...the hook out is a qulaity one made of stainess and is WAAAYYYYYYY better in the water than the pliers...reaching into a big blue at eye level with pliers is not a good idea...also it is much easier to deal with a deep or even gut hooked eel hook in a S-B with the hook outs.
Two soft pouches...one has the leader spool and retrieval rope. The other is interchangeable with an eel bag but in each case i place the eels in plastic baggies ahead of time...easy to grab the baggie and hook right through the eel...no lanyard or scotch pad needed....I do not skish with plugs but in when just swmming to the rock i would choose a select couple and throw in the pouch.

Deep wading is way mor open ad variable ...I change set up all the time

[Clogston29]

i haven't found a good belt pouch yet but am looking. the AS pouches ripped really quick on me and i won't by another. the AS hunter bucktail pouch looks better made, but doesn't close tight enough to be used for anything but bucktails. i actually have an Over Board Waterproof Waist Pack on order now that looks like it might fit the bill for riggies, hooks ,leaders, etc. i'll report back when i get it and try it out.

i've actually found that I prefer a shoulder bag to any of the belt bags i've tried. the belt bags get knocked around too much for me in rough surf. a light shoulder bag, like the VS, with the strap length fairly short seams to stay where i want it more.

[Krispy]

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[ProfessorM]

buy a boat, plenty of storage

[hyefisherman2]

good suggestions here...for me i just keep my pliers and sheath with lanyard on my belt as well as my dive knife....the rest goes in my single row VS bag which is around my shoulder and attatched to my belt. sometimes ill carry the AS pouch on my belt on long treks from the truck.

hope this helps a little.

like the rest i am still trying to come up with something brilliant.