Give me your run-down. Where do you keep all your tackle/rods/etc. both in the canoe and while portaging?

You really don’t need a lot of tackle. I bring one Plano box of tackle. It fits in the pack on portages. My rods get tied onto the canoe with Bungee Dealee Bobs. Reels go on the rods.

True.

I bring way too much though as I go from SM, LM, walleye, lakers, pike...all on one trip. I’ve been taking two large, but thin, Plano boxes and a soft plastics case. It all goes in my CCS Bushcrafter. Rods are BDB’ed on portages.

Just trying to get ideas to tweak everything ...

On travel days in and out to our basecamp, rods are tied to canoe thwarts with tips tucked under back endcaps for protection. I use Nite Eyez rubber "twist ties". Reels and tackle tray (and a small bag of plastics) in our small individual backpacks. Rods get setup once at camp, as we don't fish on the way in. On the way out, if we are fishing, we carry the rod/reel setups on the portages. This is probably the time that someone will accidentally break a rod, but it hasn't happened up to this point.

Tackle box is a backpack style with two plano waterproof boxes. One is cranks, spinnerbaits, spoons, and misc larger baits, the other one is terminal tackle, weights, jigs, lindy rigs, etc. Other pockets stuffed with flouro spools, plastics, spare reel, and random day pack stuff. Goes on my back when portaging. Stays on floor in front of me when fishing with the map on top of it. Two rods gear tied to twarts on portages and when fishing but not using it. Fish finder is velcroed to thwart in a plastic utility box and it just rotates when portaging.

Savage Voyageur: "You really don’t need a lot of tackle. I bring one Plano box of tackle. It fits in the pack on portages. My rods get tied onto the canoe with BDBs. Reels go on the rods. "

Same for me... ok, maybe two small tackle boxes.

We have a rod sleeve that holds 6-10 rods without reels. One guy carries the rods and it stows nicely behind the seat while paddling. (We don't fish until we get to camp.
For tackle I've started securing the treble hooks of my crankbaits with rubber bands (the kind you use for braces) and storing them in peanut butter jars. Jar fits nicely in one of the sleeves of my Bushcrafter pack.

I take 1 plano case and it stays under my seat throughout the trip. My rods usually stay in front of me laying on top of the thwarts and packs ready to fish. My rods are the only loose items I have during portages and they are portaged handles forward..

I've done the 2.5 plano cases in the past. This trip I'm narrowing that to 2. I mainly only bring the half size one for the small gear like hooks, swivels and weights that can sometimes fit through the cracks separating compartments in the larger boxes. If I can eliminate the second large box this year, I'd be happy. I store them in a cheap and light backpack I got just for using as a day pack. It goes on my front with my pioneer on my back.

I managed to fit all of my lures in a single Plano 3600 box, but I have a separate Gamakatsu box, a little less than half the size, for terminal tackle (hooks, weights, O-rings, etc). These both go in my backpack which is about 25L of capacity. The 3600 slides nicely into a back pocket down the length of the bag and the Gama box fits in a side pocket (inside). My backpack has MOLLE webbing so I got some pouches and I stuff all of my plastics into them along with spare fishing line and tools/misc like pliers, split ring pliers, leaders, etc. My full daypack loadout including a liter of water in my canteen is around 25lbs, with all fishing gear, all survival gear, mirrorless camera with hefty zoom lens, GoPro stuff, everything. Yeah it's heavy but I don't have a problem carrying it and it fits everything I need. Even with 22 portages on last year's 8 day trip I didn't find any problem with it.

This is what I have: Hidden Woodsmen Day Ruck

Rods usually hang out in the stern of the canoe, with tips pointed back over the water, but I do want to get a hard holder. Since I don't have a canoe it's hard to know what will fit until I've tried a couple different ones from outfitters and then devise a solution specifically for a given canoe (for length of the tube, how to secure it, etc). We just carry them on portages even with handles (after day 1, we don't fish til we get to camp) and so far we haven't broken one yet. Fingers crossed we don't break any this year!

I run a Cabelas soft case that has clear envelopes inside for tackle. Everything I have ever needed and then some fits in here. That goes in my day pack, and my rods are 2 piece that I strap to the thwarts with the reusable wire ties. I have never broken a rod, and they can't be forgotten.