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A rod and reel storage system for a fishing boat. In one embodiment, trays are mounted in the gunwale walls and provided with guide tubes through which stored fishing rods extend into the gunwale cavity. The trays have separate compartments which receive and hold the reels. Hinged hatches on the gun

A rod and reel storage system for a fishing boat. In one embodiment, trays are mounted in the gunwale walls and provided with guide tubes through which stored fishing rods extend into the gunwale cavity. The trays have separate compartments which receive and hold the reels. Hinged hatches on the gunwales cover gunwale hatchways that provide access to stored rods and reels. In another embodiment, a reel storage compartment is located to one side of the control console of the boat, and tubes extend forwardly beneath the bow fishing deck to hold the rods. A hinged door opens and closes the storage compartment and may be locked closed.

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In a fishing boat having a gunwale and an enclosed cavity beneath the gunwale bounded by inner and outer walls, the improvement comprising: a hatchway in said gunwale providing access therethrough to said cavity; a reel storage chamber presented in said cavity at a location underlying said hatchway,

In a fishing boat having a gunwale and an enclosed cavity beneath the gunwale bounded by inner and outer walls, the improvement comprising: a hatchway in said gunwale providing access therethrough to said cavity; a reel storage chamber presented in said cavity at a location underlying said hatchway, said storage chamber being accessible through said hatchway and having means for receiving and holding a plurality of fishing reels; and a plurality of openings adjacent said storage chamber each having a size to receive a fishing rod in extension therethrough, said openings being located and arranged to permit fishing rods to extend therethrough while reels mounted on the rods are received and held by said receiving and holding means.