Have any of these happened to you?

> A short fish swallows your bait, you can't find your pliers and your partner is about to cast at the 5-pounder you know is right where you just cast

> You caught a good fish and another one's there, but you're down by the console and can't find your pliers to get your bait out of this fish's mouth

> You leave your pliers out and the next day you have a rust stain on your boat carpet

> You pull out your pliers from their sheath or holder and they're all rusty

> A smallmouth ruins your spinnerbait and you need to change it (they're schooling!), but you can't find the @^#%$% scissors

Oh yeah. We've all been there -- and some of us aren't going back. How do you avoid these and other annoying tool problems that waste valuable tournament time? The Pro Pocket Tool System.

Ted Norbits, owner of the company that manufactures the Pro Pocket system, is a tournament fisherman. Not only that, he's crazy-obsessed with getting all he can out of a tournament day. In fact, that's what led to his system: during one tournament, he couldn't find his pliers when he needed them, and he vowed it would never happen again.

Anybody could slap something on a boat that can hold a tool, but it probably wouldn't be optimal. Norbits shot for optimal and nailed it.

Here's the deal:

1) The Pro Pocket mount is so small and compact (just 1 1/2 by 2 inches -- nothing else on the market is that small) you can put it virtually anywhere in your boat, including the bow gunwale. And it will look cool: no big clunky pieces of plastic.

2) You have 3 mounting options: tape, seat post and screws, and you can also get belt mounts and lanyards.

3) This is great -- The tools are stored partially open so: a) the tool doesn't bounce out of the holder in rough water, yet you can just pull it right out -- easy one-hand access when you need it; and b) the mount doesn't hold water and the tools are open so they dry out, which means less rust. This mount has a U.S. patent.

Seems like the ultimate way to set-up a boat would be to have tool mounts in the bow and on the console, for when you're messing with a large keeper.

As far as where to put it in the bow, it depends on whether you use the butt seat or not. If you do, mount your tools on the pedestal (no tools required for mounting). If not, put your pliers and scissors right on the gunwale (also no tools needed). Either way, you'll never have to leave the front deck to get a fish off or change a lure.

For less than $20 per mount AND tool (pliers or scissors), you can't go wrong. Spend more time fishing, and less time hunting around your boat. To order the Pro Pocket Tool System, click here.