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A storage system for incorporation in a boat or other vessel. The storage system includes an integrated fish landing net storage compartment which is readily accessible to a fisherman standing on a casting deck of a boat. The dedicated storage compartment keeps a dirty and/or wet landing net away fr

A storage system for incorporation in a boat or other vessel. The storage system includes an integrated fish landing net storage compartment which is readily accessible to a fisherman standing on a casting deck of a boat. The dedicated storage compartment keeps a dirty and/or wet landing net away from other stowed items. The storage compartment is accessible via a dual-lid access hatch with latch built into the casting deck. The storage compartment preferably comprises a polyethylene storage box which is self-draining to the bilge, allowing the storage box to be cleaned easily. The storage compartment further has a snag-free design which whereby the storage box has no protruding hardware, Therefore, the landing net will not get caught during retrieval or stowage. In addition, universal and adjustable mounting brackets are used which allow for adaptation to many different boat models, as well as providing the ability to retrofit pre-existing boat models.

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1. A boat incorporating a storage system comprising:a first compartment having a first opening and a first interior space communicating with said opening; a first lid pivotably mounted relative to said first compartment and having a second opening, said first lid being pivotable between first and se

1. A boat incorporating a storage system comprising:a first compartment having a first opening and a first interior space communicating with said opening; a first lid pivotably mounted relative to said first compartment and having a second opening, said first lid being pivotable between first and second positions, said first lid covering said first opening of said first compartment when said first lid is in said first position and said first opening in said first compartment being open when said first lid is in said second position; a frame attached to a periphery of the second opening, said frame having a third opening aligned with said second opening; a second compartment arranged in said first interior space of said first compartment, said second compartment having a fourth opening and a second interior space communicating with said fourth opening, said fourth opening being aligned with said third opening when said first lid is in said second position, wherein said second compartment comprises first and second mutually opposing and mutually non-parallel side walls, first and second planar bottom walls that meet at a junction at a lowest point of said second compartment, said first and second planar bottom walls forming an angle slightly less than 180 degrees, each of said first and second bottom walls being joined to said first and second side walls, a drainage opening at said lowest point, a substantially vertical first end wall joined to said first and second side walls and to said first bottom wall, a second end wall opposing said first end wall and joined to said first and second side walls and to said second bottom wall, said second end wall being inclined at a first angle relative to said first end wall, and a third end wall opposing said first end wall and joined to said first and second side walls and to said second end wall, said second end wall being inclined at a second angle relative to said first end wall, said second angle being greater than said first angle, wherein the width of said second compartment increases linearly from bottom to top, and the length of said second compartment increases linearly from the bottom of said second end wall to the top of said second end wall at a first rate and increases linearly from the bottom of said third end wall to the top of said third end wall at a second rate greater than said first rate; and a second lid pivotably mounted to said frame, said second lid being pivotable between third and fourth positions, said second lid covering said second opening of said first lid when said second lid is in said third position, said second opening in said first lid being open when said second lid is in said fourth position, whereby said fourth opening in said second compartment is open when said first lid is in said first position and said second lid is in said fourth position, and said fourth opening in said second compartment is closed by said second lid when said first lid is in said first position and said second lid is in said third position.