Plano Guide Series 7771-01 Premium Tackle System

After over 50 years of fishing I bought the Plano 7771 tackle box , and I think it is one of the best ever tackle boxes I’ve ever owned. BTW- I fish mostly Salt Water on Canada’s west coast
It has space for everything including lures, spoons, flashers, line, extra reel, swivels, scissors , knives or whatever your needs are.
When you do receive it, look it up and study it as the latches open in different ways in the various compartments. I made a foolish blunder and broke a latch , but Plano sent me another promptly with no charge. (great Customer Service)
I can easily recommend this tackle box and I’d buy another without hesitation.

This is alot bigger than i was expecting, i didnt even look at measurements when buying, just the features.

Very Awesome box, the front plastic doors may seem flimsy but its polycarbonate, very tough plastic.
ive got 4 reels, 3 spools of line taking up the side compartments and they fit nicely. I havent filled the main tackle boxes but there is alot of room and alot of included dividers for you to get modular with it.

I’ll be setting this thing up for weeks to come. the 4 tackle sleeve boxes are great quality. very secure 2 clasps. lots of rows for tackle and lures.

i feel like i could run a tackle shop out of this thing. its definitely be a van stored unit.

MUY BONITA. MATERIAL MUY RESISTENTE, MUCHOS COMPARTIMENTOS.
LA COMPRE PARA MI HIJA PARA SU MATERIAL DE ODONTOLOGIA, VIENE MÁS GRANDE DE LO QUE PENSÉ y ME DIÓ MUCHA PENA TENER QUE DEVOLVERLA.

Prior to purchasing this, I stored my electronic parts in two large tackle boxes – the old Plano’s that had six fold-out trays with about twelve sections in each tray. I liked the old Plano style but the fold-out trays took up a lot of workspace and made the tackle box somewhat unstable. I also own one of the huge Plano FTO Elite Ultimate Angler System tackle boxes which includes several utility boxes – three large utility boxes and four smaller ones. I love the Ultimate Angler box for my fishing tackle but figured it didn’t quite fit the bill for storage of electronic parts. The Plano 7771 Guide Series, with 4 large boxes and room for additional smaller utility boxes, allowed me to consolidate all my parts into a single container.

In the attached photos, you can see the four 2-3701 (23701) utility boxes are easily configurable for electronic parts. The long dividers are fixed in the box. If you look carefully, the long dividers are molded onto a slight ridge. When you insert the smaller dividers into the slots, insert the slightly rounded edge downward. This curvature fits the molded ridge on the bottom of the tray producing a seamless divider that won’t allow smaller electronic parts to slip under.

The slots that the dividers fit into are spaced a bit too narrow to hold a resistor without bending the wires. I had to insert slots into every-other channel to produce a section wide enough to hold resistors. This gave me a total of 15 bins in the 23701 utility box in which I divided resistors ranges for organization. I was able to fit 2,600 resistors with room to spare.

I also purchased four Plano 2-3500 (23500) utility boxes (Plano 2-3500 Prolatch Stowaway Utility Box (4-Pack)). As you can see in the photo, three of these fit in the bottom-right space (slide them in long-ways on their edge). The 23500 boxes have 9 sections (also configurable with dividers) giving you 27 more usable sections in the bottom right of the 7771.

I also found the four 23500 boxes will fit into the top large space in the 7771 with room to spare. As you can see in the photo, there’s a large amount of space still left and indeed, six 23500’s almost fit but the hinges didn’t quite clear. You could possibly force them in but I didn’t want to chance it. With the 23500 utility boxes stacked on top of each other in this top section, the lid closes fine. I plan on purchasing four more to place in the top of the 7771.

The top right space on the 7771 is accessible by unlatching and raising the large tackle box lid or by popping upon the little door on top. Four of the common 4” x 7” segmented electronic component boxes fit in there (stacked on top of each other) without extending above the ridge of the tackle box (see photos). A fifth box could be stacked on top if you wanted and the lid will still close. The 4” x 7” boxes are easy to pull out of the popup lid hole too (i.e. you don’t have to open the large lid to get to them).

Finally, the top lid has a clear door that pops up giving access to five more rows of storage (two large sections and three smaller sections). These also have divider slots that could be used to create fourteen more sections. I left the dividers out and use this top section for wire and components I want to grab quickly.

Given that it’s a Plano box, the quality if of course, great. I have several Plano tackle boxes that I’ve owned since I was a kid and are now over 30 years old. They last forever. Was a great buy and worked perfectly for my electronic component storage.