Setting Up

The Espri has a rather large rear well for the size kayak it is. I don't think the designer thought about what a full on fishing kayak it could be but with a well like that the scope for carrying "stuff" in the rear was huge.

 
One problem "how to keep everything in place and well organised". You dont want it all slopping around the back and over the sides.
The answer is a crate. Many use a square plastic milk crate, i had that for a while but found it was to high and really didn't give easy access. Everything was too cluttered together. That partly could have been because of the lack of experience at that time but it was annoying.
Then one day while at work i saw two plastic crates that hold frozen chickens, they were low and long, I grabbed them as I thought they would be perfect.

As you can see the rectangular shape will no fit the rear well , so it had to be modified. This was done by cutting the shape out in paper, tipping the crate over, marking it and cutting it out.

Cut out and and almost done. Its joined by cable ties and the small bit of plastic you see bridging the gap has been melted together with a soldering iron, got to be careful not to burn your fingers though

 

The tube across the crate is for strength. once it was done it was time to put it in the kayak and trial how things were to be setup. There is no right or wrong way to do this , it's basically what suits you.

Rod holder tubes made from 4omm pvc pipe, heated and flared on the ends for the rods. The tube at the rea is for the anchor and other tubes to hold a knife, grippers and smaller ones were added later as lure tube to hold hard body lures for trolling. I also laced bungee cord criss cossed over the well that the crate went under to hold it in there.

This picture also has the battery and navigation/anchor light in it as well. So youre able to keep the crate in , but what holds everything else onto the kayak?