12 Harbor Freight Fishing Hacks ( Save money)

[@FishinNStuff]

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[@jeremybahm2163]

I would but don't do Facebook

[@FishinNStuff]

@jeremybahm2163 it's ok im thinking I might start a KZbin shorts channel to put em on

[@FishinNStuff]

Ill put them on the shorts channel as well​ youtube.com/@FishinNStuff2shorts?si=zybX_9KaTxSPJwfq

[@OldJoe212]

Ultrasonic tip. Only use clean water in your cleaner. You can put your part in a plastic bag with a solvent in the water. The vibrations will travel through the bag. This way, you can use the cleaner for other stuff that you don't want in a harsh solvent, i.e. dentures. KZbinr, Steve's Small Engine Saloon taught me this.

[@FishinNStuff]

That's a good idea

[@tuckerpmt]

Glass jars is what I've always been told, but plastic bags are way more convenient. Have you ever had one break in the cleaner?

[@johnkimberl4222]

Bought a pair of the Quinn scissors a few months ago. Cut everything from fishing line to sheet aluminum still sharp. Keep em comming!

[@dougbadenhop]

Great video ! Instead of buying an ultrasonic cleaner, I got to thinking and used an old foot bath to do the same thing ! Works great ! I put the dirty parts in a separate container with the cleaning solution, for easy clean up !

[@vinnietatick]

I fill the ultrasonic machine with distlled water and fill a plastic peanut butter jar with Spray Nine and dunk the jar in the water. Works exactly the same. When the detergent gets nasty I'm only replacing a few ounces of detergent. Y'know what I'm sayin'? You know what I'm sayin'.😉

[@dougbadenhop]

​@@vinnietatickI do the same thing. I didn't explain as well as you did . Thanks !

[@dorothyyoung8231]

I just gave a short talk at my quilt guild about Harbor Freight stuff I use for sewing!

[@nsargeant84]

Awesome video as always. Just to let anyone know, this model ultrasonic cleaner you have to push the button to turn the heater off as well. The timer will not shut it off. If you do nothing it will evaporate your chemical and then melt your plastic tray.... learned the hard way lol

[@johnbaker4847]

😱🙀🤯

[@johnbaker4847]

not in the book?

[@nsargeant84]

@@johnbaker4847 Don't recall reading that lol

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

Those baseball clips Get me every time. Great video.

[@jamesy1979]

I’m a powder coat paint technician and that is a really inventive and cheap way to powder coat something. A lot easier than buying a powder coat gun, hopper and oven Also, you don’t need that much cleaner in an ultrasonic cleaner. Just a cap full is all you need, the rest is water (we use those too to clean off impact fusion from our equipment)

[@FishinNStuff]

I appreciate that , I've not use them too much lol

[@CuriousDisquiet]

Glad we got someone showing that you don't need expensive fancy gear to catch fish. Earlier this week I went to the creek behind my house with my homemade cane pole and a hotdog soaked in coolaid, caught 3 little flathead catfish and 2 mid size dollar sunfish! I'm currently making a cast net from a dollar store mesh laundry bag and a bag of fishing weights I've had for years but never used. hopefully it works!

[@Anna-tc6rz]

I like using those mesh bags for a live well so i dont have to mess with taking the cooler out of the car.

[@MakeItLookEasy202]

ONCE AGAIN MY GUY!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY!👏🏾👏🏾

[@johnbaker4847]

Gotta love Harbor Freight and Gotta Love You... Always looking forward to your next video. 👍😊❤️🎣🇺🇲🙏

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you John

[@kentcostello5286]

OMG about time. Me and my grandsons thought you fell off the face of the earth. We love your videos and channel because full of good information and hacks.

[@outdoorsforachange]

There are only so many hacks, I imagine.

[@FishinNStuff]

I posted a video 11 days ago I think 🤔 . KZbin is esky beef about not notifying some people , sometimes . 😒 8 days is the fastest I can make a video normally . 4 days to film it and 4 to edit it . I'd love to do it faster but I don't think they would be as entertaining.

[@reedy1116]

11 day turn around is amazing .... just sayin, you know what i'm sayin!

[@jrice80sf49]

No kidding I was wondering where these went.!! So stick around!

[@larryblackmon2341]

I think this is my favorite of yours yet! My family has been using the Harbor Freight chairs while camping and we love them. I bought the Doyle nut setter to screw pvc pipe to a metal locker and add a shelf but have it modular. Thank you for the added optimism that it might work! Either way, as my grandfather would say, it will either work or we'll learn something from it! Both bring improvements to our life!

[@JohnSmith-ih9rh]

You always do great videos. Love to watch them. Thanks!!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@RollinRollinReelin]

Hello again Keith! Man you really need to make more videos and post them more often. I always look forward to getting your videos! You always teach me something new and you always make me smile and laugh. Ive had more than six surgeries in the last two years so I need that mental and spiritual stimulation to give me something positive to redirect my mind on and you always give me that encouragement. Thank you brother! God bless you! I hope that I meet you in person one day and I get to fish with you or at least shake your hand and thank you in person. Im 60 years old and Im in a wheelchair due to being born with a spinal defect called spina bifida mylomeningocele. At heart i have a similar sense of humor as yours, but somedays its hard to see the humor in things. Thanks brother! God bless!

[@FishinNStuff]

Well I got my last 2 with in 11 days apart , I thought I was doing good lol . It takes like 3 to 4 days to film ( sometimes ) give or take . And the same amount of time to edit one . I try to do 1 a week . But it gets hard ..... I'll try to do better

[@RollinRollinReelin]

@@FishinNStuff Hi Keith! Man I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you feel bad ! I just love your channel. You do a great job of finding fishing related solutions and deals brother. Like I told you I'm disabled and on a fixed income of only about $1589.00 a month. I'm also on Medii-cal. That money goes fast. Like now. It's the 23rd and I have like $15.00 left in the account. And I have a savings account but at one point I had maybe $200.00 saved in my savings account. The government agency social security called me to tell me I had to use it within 30 days or they would cut off my monthly checks and force me to live on it until it was gone. They say you can own a house as long as you live in it but then they make sure you have no way of making or saving the money to buy a house. I did work at one job in customer service sales and credit management for 9 years but got carple tunnel and had to quit. Then I went back to college and worked hard for 5 years and was commuting on Access Services which is a transportation service for the disabled. I commuted 50 miles each way four days each werk to a college in Woodland Hills and finally graduated and found a job as an RVT for another 2 years until I had to quit to have a series of surgeries. I've had 6 surgeries in the last 2 years and I'm having another at the end of may just after my 61st birthday. I hope to go back to work as a Registered Veterinary Technician which is like a registered nurse but I work with animals. When I have worked they let me keep the first $65.00 I made but then they take HALF of everything I earn out of my disability checks. And many people think disabled people like me are lazy and don't want to work but the reality is people like me want to work but we can't afford to lose our Medi-cal. And they will cut you off of your medi-cal if you make a certain amount of money. The laws that apply to people like me were put in place in the 60s and have not changed much since then. Also I have a beautiful fiancee who is not disabled and is also am RVT but we found out if we marry they'll count our money together and I could not only lose my disability checks but also will lose my Medi-cal. Which I cannot do. So we've been together for almost 20 years but can't afford to get married because we'd get penalized. We even have the rings! It's crazy! Then if I were to die before her the government will come after her and force her to pay them back every penny I got in disability and every Penney they gave me in Medi-cal. With all the like over 20 total surgeries I've had in my lifetime the money they would force her to pay back would be millions! Anyway forgive me brother for the rant. I tell as many people about my situation as I can in the hopes that people will vote for laws that will change all this someday. And even with all ive told you here its only part of the story and challenges that I face in my reality. Maybe President Trump will change things. I can only pray! Thanks for all you do and for reading my rant. Take care Keith!

[@FishinNStuff]

@RollinRollinReelin no no I get it . All I was saying is I wish I could turn em out faster . But I would rather then be more enjoyable to watch . I rush I could make 2 a week . That would be awesome

[@RollinRollinReelin]

@@FishinNStuff they are all awsome! I never miss one of your videos and I can't think of one that I didn't enjoy or learn something from. I only wish I could see one of your videos every week sir. You even have me thinking about making videos for you tube. I'm a disabled 60 year old man with Spina bifida and in a wheelchair. I love to fish and I love to tie flies as well eventhough I'm not good at it yet because I've only been at it less than a year. I'd like to make videos that do two things. 1. Make videos showing other disabled people how to modify some aspects of fishing and things they can do and use to make it more enjoyable for them. And 2. Show non-disabled people that we are all the same nomater if we walk to the peir or roll to it. Keep em coming brother!

[@rea8755]

You got me laughing on the Abu Garcia reel😂. Blessings to the Harbor Freight men, Emanuel and Marcus!

[@joesharp5602]

Still one of the very best KZbin channels for clever and well thought out Fishin Stuff and hacks that exists. I look forward to every video. I however like so many of us "older" gentlemen and ladies of course, retired and always nearly broke, have had to wean ourselves away from the now much higher priced Harbor Freight, and have had to look elsewhere to stretch an otherwise small dollar amount leftover at the end of each month. This situation which involves a growing number of Americans monthly (boomers retiring) makes this channel even more important, and allows us to keep the gear part of fishing fun and innovative. I appreciate the channel more than you know just for this, let alone the sheer entertainment value of each episode. Thanks for this... I lived in Asia for many years with my work in commercial Nuclear, and know well the current wholesale price of goods coming out of China of all qualities, and I can say there is no cost from China reason for Harbor Freight prices to have doubled for many things over the last five years. Crazy shipping costs (bulk container shipping) that started during Covid, and should have been temporary, have long been reversed by now, an are somewhat close to pre Covid pricing. Yet HF prices did not drop accordingly. Changing a good and very affordable product brand under the guise of creating a more quality commercial use product with a new fancy name, and phasing out the products that we all liked and could afford, is like putting lipstick on a pig, and has affected many of us Boomers and low income folks that cannot now afford many products at Harbor Freight. It is what it is and HF can do what they want, I just can't count on running over to HF expecting to afford a tool or consumable anymore. I hear this in the HF aisles from so many others as well. Too bad for many of us. I now rarely ever go to HF, and used to go there almost weekly if not more often, I never gave it a second thought, always was the best price there, you could count on it... not anymore.. Keep the great content coming, and thanks for suggesting other cheaper sources to allow your clever hacks to be made more inexpensively, it means a lot to many of us, perhaps more than you realize. With great respect.... Joe

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Sir , I try and find cheaper alternatives, and when I do I have a link in the description box that they'll be in

[@markriederer8896]

Great video, love the threaded inserts

[@brianlykins6663]

Another good one, Keith. Did not know there was marine heat shrink. That's pretty cool. Some pretty good hacks. Aught to something in there for everybody. Nice to see cranky still hanging around. God bless ya'll and stay safe on your trips to Harbor Freight.

[@kaboom4679]

You should see the stuff I work with . It's 2 1/2" diameter before you shrink it and makes a pretty good armour for axe and shovel handles .

[@Jimmyfisher121]

Marine heat shrink I laughed so hard I almost did myself an injury, you do realise it is just hot glue inside the heat shrink, if you have hot glue just put some along the wire you are going to use so it still fits let it cool insert into heat shrink and do as normal, the glue melts at the same temp as the heat shrink, job done you will see the melted glue come out and it is sealed, good for any outdoor wiring.

[@dpcmore20]

Heat shrink is the best item I’ve ever used for wacky rigging! Just slide it over the worm and run your hook through it. Catches a bunch of fish on one worm

[@TraciManning-p2c]

I miss your videos. I was so happy when you popped back up in my search. You are my favorite fishing hacker. You Rock.

[@larryabrams3559]

That's pretty awesome. Love the kids.

[@MrTarHeelUNC]

Wooooo weeeeee totally awesome! Be Blessed and fish on.

[@johnyhawgleg]

In the ultrasonic cleaner we use at work, we use Mr. Clean to clean our nozzles and electrodes for our powder coats guns. Usually only take 1-2 cycles to get them completely cleaned, then we just rinse them in tap water and dry them with compressed air.

[@gethookedondeefishin9247]

Awesome video as always! Great picture of Fields to Water!!!!!

[@FishinNStuff]

😂 I'm sorry Dee lol

[@marionmcvey9703]

All good, especially the clamps.

[@Jimaria1]

I have that same chair. I went to Wal-Mart and they have a do it yourself cup holder. I just cut a hole in the side table the appropriate size and used some silicone and instant cup holder!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Thanks brother nice 👍🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@Mike-gw9yt]

The Danny de Vito clip! That was great!..... Id like to add the "sonic cleaner", you can do practically the same thing with a vibratory sander. Sticky back a jar to the pad and prop it up upside down. Works great.

[@josephdunivan9432]

Thanks so glad to have new videos

[@ericcole2699]

Cutting a hole in the table of the chair makes great rod holder

[@joebuck66]

Great ideas Keith. Thanks!

[@Shadowledgends]

My brother loves watching u this is the only channel that he is interested in we love fishing once I used one of ur hook hacks with the ziptie and loop for necklaces my brother rly loves ur channel I just wanted to tell you

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you very much and tell your brother I said thank you for watching too

[@Shadowledgends]

Ok I will

[@Shadowledgends]

He said that u are the best diy person on yt

[@Shadowledgends]

My brother said please make a diy gaf video

[@StevenJarrett1961]

Your editing is next level. Love your videos

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@ralphrickett5482]

Love your videos especially when cranky is in them.

[@TheWeekendAngler]

Awesome hacks, Keith! Thanks for the shout out, too!!

[@FishinNStuff]

Yes Sir thanks for the idea

[@ElTeerino]

That threaded rivet hack was awesome. Picked up the kit today.

[@roykilo9642]

thank you for the laughs and incites...

[@angryannie7916]

So glad I found your channel today!!!! Can't stop watching thanks for the hacks

[@FishinNStuff]

I'm glad you found it too and thanks for the support

[@peterhipwell4632]

Great video those scissors are awesome Bless yah keep ‘Em coming

[@JoeMartinezVer2.0]

Man I'm hooked 😁 Love your videos brother. So many great ideas.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@danieldougan8550]

The video is great and the fish Cranky makes it that much funnier

[@timholsworth316]

Always entertaining and interesting!! Thanks!

[@roberttolley5055]

Always a pleasure to watch you sir!! 😊

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you very much

[@conrailfan6277]

Great video Keith, hey Menards carries big jugs of mean green, I buy it for spray bottles, it does a bang up job of cleaning the bugs off my windshield in my Semi in the summer months!!!

[@drunkwoodswyllia4885]

I don’t fish much at all anymore, but this video makes me want to go really bad!! Awesome video sir and very well executed!

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you very much

[@GarrettGreen-o5z]

Great content. Keep it up. I learned of a few new products that I will keep an eye out for....

[@ryanr6656]

Wrench Rings for stringer my favorite. Best out there

[@mikegentile13]

This was amazing! Threaded rivets!!!! What's that blue thing you dropped the rivet into to measure the hole size?

[@KastkingAngler]

OMG... my dad taught me to fish with that exact same Abu Garcia reel in the early 70s. Though I spent more time clearing backlashes than fishing. Dad forgot to tell me about the tension knob adjustment. :)

[@FishinNStuff]

Lol . I was given one in the 80s with no brake caps at all . I didn't know you could buy parts for those reels back then . After 2000 backlashes I learned to cast them . After that I could cast anything lol

[@fishin-impossible2992]

Who wooda thunk that Harbor freight was a fishing supply store, Man there were some great ideas in this video. I have made the camera mounts with the Clamps and they work out great. Awesome video Brother, keep pumping out the Great Content.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you Sir

[@kaboom4679]

Get a mesh tea infuser to put small parts in the ultrasonic cleaner .

[@s0cketman247]

Just stumbled across this video. Great stuff brother! Im going to harbor freight Right Now! Subscribed.

[@shaunmorris2722]

That's right yes Sir. Put the drill n da drill. Just a hunker hunker hunka love

[@patcolston2901]

Thanks Keith Enjoy every video. Sharky is always funny. Thanks for the info.

[@FishinNStuff]

I like Sharky . I call him Cranky cause he's ummmm Cranky haha 😄

[@brianhoyt2469]

Great video and so glad to see new content up it feels like it’s been a while. Love the channel and I’m always checking to see if I got notifications of a new video. 👍🏻

[@FishinNStuff]

I posted 11 days ago I think

[@freesteez3]

Love your videos, love fishing, and love some harbor freight

[@cg6348]

I don't fish and not planning to, but you've got some good ideas and information and I always learn something new. Plus, you're really funny and not just another handsome face. I'm just sayin. And dat is pretty cool.

[@tammyraley144]

You are awesome. Including children is awesome too! Cranky keeps me laughing!

[@beerdrinker6452]

Great video. Thank you. I use an ultrasonic cleaner for my glasses.

[@jparks5662]

Never saw this guy before. Great stuff and hilarious. Thanks

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@mariobatista9028]

Keep them coming, those hacks!! Greetz from 🇧🇪👍

[@GTOFERN]

Man i love your videos! And i don't even like fishing, but i really enjoy your content. Entertaining and informative. From a city slicker in Queens NYC.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you . I appreciate that . I try to do things that are practical for many applications . I appreciate you watching

[@JettBlast]

Hey buddy new subscriber, love your humor and style of making content. you deserve the awards and atta boys you have gotten for your channel. your hacks as you call them are very smart and are a Eurika moment for me going that is a great idea and helps me see if your ideas can apply to other gear and tools I am working with. I wish for you long life and much success great health and happiness while I enjoy your corny humor and dad jokes. I am looking forward to more money saving ideas and neat projects in the future...

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you very much . It is very appreciated

[@JettBlast]

@@FishinNStuff It ok if I borrow a few jokes? You are a real character...

[@JettBlast]

@@FishinNStuff I would love to buy a Hat and Tee shirt with "Cranky" on it with "Fishin-N-Stuff" over him and your catch phrase " Just Saying" under him in your font that you use on your channel.

[@lorieakins2843]

Those fishing chairs are worth every penny. We are on our second set. Im going to redo the seats on the old ones.

[@OutdoorWickedAdventures]

Awesome bro! Definitely going to check out them scissors.

[@stingray4540]

Fish N Stuff is Alpha and he’s blastin!

[@greyscout01]

First time I've seen you. Fun stuff and some good ideas. Just subbed. Thanks.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@bitumenjunkie2435]

G'day mate haven't checked ya show out for ages, still a great stich up 😂 keep up the great work 👍🏼

[@lesliemaness999]

Cool video. How hot does that part cleaner get? Bet it would be good with mineral spirits and small springs, metal pins, and steel pipes 😊

[@earthatationzebra]

Great job on your video ! humor appreciated !

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you for watching

[@wendellgamstead4933]

Got some of those scissors, great for cutting up squid and cigar minnows as well as braid and heavy mono.

[@sk8trcm1]

Those Harbor Freight portable shelters are pretty handy but it is not a quick put up and take down shelter, they take a pretty good chunk of time to set up and can be pretty heavy. I used to keep my boat in the longer one and it held up pretty good for the money. but only lasted about a year and half.

[@kylesmith3211]

Thata the same clamp i was gonna use as an anchor clamp for my kayak.. i fish a pond with a lot of cattails and im thinking i can use that to anchor along them or a low tree

[@dirtybuzzard5977]

👍👍👍Yea Sir Another Awesome Hack Video .. Ol Cranky 😆😂 . Stay safe Sir and Keep them Hacks and DIYs coming.. 👍👍👍👍

[@victortuten4399]

You always do a good job and I appreciate the effort you put into your work. Thanks for the effort and the great videos! I just got 2 spinning reels that must be 40 years old or older. Heading to Harbor Freight for a cleaner!

[@sheepdogtanker4651]

That's allot of great info, thank you.

[@jbylin]

Thanks. Your videos are always very thoughtful. My kid is a fisher kid. I’m more of a watch the fisher kid in a chair with a beverage. We both like to make stuff.. These two HF fisher hacks videos have some neat ideas that we can use. It may even make him more tolerant of my trips to HF. :-)

[@FishinNStuff]

If that's the case - you better get your wife watching as well lol . I appreciate you watching brother

[@Gale_Force_Raceway]

CAMERA MOUNT is brilliant!!!!!!!!!! Thank you! Hey, why not add an ANGLE bracket and be able to move the mount 90 degrees! 2 in 1 that way!

[@Counselor77]

I got two of those fishin chairs and I went to walmart and got two chrome fishin rod holders that go on boat railing for $25 each and I mounted those on the arm of each chair and they work awesome.

[@gallagher68]

Bonus tip #1 Use "blind" Rivnuts with a touch of silicone around the lip, they have a bottom so that you are not creating a path for water through your deck.

[@thestonesaver6345]

The best harbor freight fishing hack is their 40x48 trailers. They used to be $199 but now I believe they’re $399. Just extend the tongue, add a few mods and you can make an awesome kayak trailer.

[@davidwestmoreland9490]

Great video, the reel about caused me to spit my biscuit out laughing.

[@FishinNStuff]

Lmbo

[@damenwalker66]

I wouldn’t use those canopy sheds because they can be a pain in the ass to set up. I bought one those D ring boxes because the clips are always good for something but I turned the box into a tackle box for my fiancé she loved it I got the idea from you thanks for the videos

[@FishinNStuff]

I've never set up one , they just reminded me of those bivvys , but your probably right lol

[@thomasgarrison3949]

Thanks for the info. I need to gat some marine grade heat shrink, I have most everything else.

[@showme....6043]

You might not be sponsored by Harbor Freight but you should be. I went and bought the chair and rivet set after watching this. I forgot the scissors but I am going back tomorrow for them. Great video. "Ya know what I'm sayin"!

[@FishinNStuff]

I know what sayin lol . I wish they would sponsor me lol . I'd love to have an Icon toolbox haha 😄 . I just try and save people money and I know alot of people love Harbor Freight

[@CatfishWeekly]

Another great video Keith!!!!!!!!!!

[@danieltate384]

Love the show! You can make an el cheapo ultrasonic cleaner with a bucket and a palm sander mounted to some scrap plywood if you're in a pinch.

[@FishinNStuff]

That's a good idea 💡

[@TideAndSeekFishing]

Awesome man. Keep up the good work :)

[@danielnowak7628]

Did you try cutting small braid with the Qunn scissors? Like 10 to 40 pound braid? Love your videos!

[@FishinNStuff]

I did not . I personally don't use braided line alot . But they really do cut well

[@russhayes4882]

That there was awesome !

[@dawnengel3431]

Love it!! Was awesome meeting you at catcon

[@FishinNStuff]

Awesome meeting you too 😊

[@neverfalter6702]

Thanks for pronouncing crappie the right way!

[@FishinNStuff]

Lol

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

Been a hot minute since I've been fishing (15-20 yrs) just picked up a rod from Walmart in a little while ago, looks like I'm going to have to hit up harbor freight when I go to work Monday thankfully it's right across the road 😂

[@alanmccooker7829]

Dang your awesome brudda. Thank ya so much!

[@concretepoets2158]

Here in WA we carry our Salmon out on the large $4 Carabiner. Holds a limit for those long hikes.

[@bartstewart1807]

I love my chair. I put some rubber cane tips on it because they won’t last very long just so it wouldn’t get a bunch ofmud in it and I love your videos because ain’t too much on here that’s funnier and I kind of talk like you so I can identify.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you

[@rustyshackleford928]

This is awesome. Thanks

[@robertsisson-ei3ls]

Love all the videos and great ideas. You need to come up with a power Pole. D. I. Y. Just saying.😂

[@martyhiers9343]

Cool video as always!

[@pawpawspiddle805]

Love the channel. You know what I’m saying!! Hey they also have marine heat shrink tubing kit at Wal Mart. Ran across it tonight.

[@FishinNStuff]

Thank you