The best seatbox accessories

The easy-to-fit Preston Innovations Venta-Lite Hoodie Side Tray will keep your bait in tip-top condition for the duration of the session. Held in place by a solid clamp, it’s super-simple to take down when not needed, and four handwheels make removal easy for those trips when you feel it is not required. The hood will keep all your bait perfectly dry whilst still allowing it to be as accessible as it would be with a normal tray, a must have feature if you're fishing all year, no matter the conditions.

The perforated tray also allows water to drain through really easily and in conjunction with the hood it will help keep bait cool in the summer, ideal if you're using live baits like maggots or soft baits like meat than can be affected by heat. The tray is available in two sizes, small and large to cover every eventuality.

The Matrix 3D-R Extending Tool Bar Pro is an essential piece of kit for any match angler visiting venues that require multiple keepnets. The bar provides a neat solution to securely position large amounts of keepnets in an easy to reach location. When every second counts during a match, the last thing you need to be doing is staking nets out or having them poorly positioned, this tool bar eliminates all of that and if you leave knuckles on your nets they can be locked into place in next to no time, allowing quick and efficient swapping of nets. You have the option of adding XL arms to the bar to hold even more nets if required.

Thanks to the specially designed inserts the toolbar can be attached to 25mm, 30mm and 36mm legs, so it doesn't matter who manufactures your current seatbox, if it has those diameter legs, you can use this bar. Extra knuckles can be bought separately to attach other accessories.

The Maver Signature Double-Braced Umbrella Arm is the best way of securely fixing your brolly when the ground is impossible to get a spike into. The double braced arms add extra stability to the brolly when its positioned, so even if the weather is a bit windy, it will remain stationary. The brolly spike is slid into the hollow tube and fixed via a screw, doesn't get much more simple than that. The arm is made to fit legs of 25mm, 30mm and 36mm in diameter so most boxes on the market can accommodate it.

The length of the arm means your brolly pole can be positioned far enough from the box so that it doesn’t get in the way, yet close enough that you don’t get wet. Be careful your box doesn’t take off in windy weather, mind!

Feeder arms come in a host of sizes and strengths, and the Nufish Feeder Arm is a great example at a superb price. This model will fit almost any box, and is fully adjustable thanks to the knuckle located at its base. It allows you to fish the rod low to the water when on big reservoirs or have the rod positioned towards the sky when fishing fast flowing rivers, it is the only arm you need if you visit a variety of venues.

The arm is also telescopic, to give you extra length options should you need them. Whether that's for extra stability on longer rods or to make sure you can keep as much line out of the water as possible on a river.

When spending thousands of pounds on a pole you need to keep it safe and secure, and the Preston Pole Safe Combo is a simple and cheap accessory that will make sure that expensive carbon investment stays out of harm's way. It has the best of both worlds in terms of a soft sock to hold larger sections as well as a tulip-style grip to safely lock number 4 sections in to prevent them moving when the rest of the pole is on the roller behind.

They remove so much worry and doubt when pole fishing its little wonder they are seen attached to so many anglers seatboxes since their release. Thanks to the quick attachment fitting, they can be attached to any existing Offbox knuckle, so you can choose to have them on a short or long arm depending on your preference. They can be left on the box or removed quickly at the end of a session. There is also a threaded section to allow you to screw it into a bank stick or knuckle if you wish.

When fishing at range, balling in or fishing on rivers the MAP Reversible Pole Support can really help take the strain of your pole away from you. The foam bar is reversible, so you can choose to use the side with the grooves in for ultimate accuracy or when it's windy for extra stability. The smooth side is ideal when fishing at speed or following a float downstream on a river. The arm also benefits from raised ends to prevent the pole blowing off the end in particularly windy conditions, a great addition to stop damage occurring.

The bar is extremely stable when it is attached to the seatbox and is designed to fit 30mm and 36mm legs.

When you have multiple top kits setup, you can secure them safely in the Matrix 3D-R Extending 8 Kit Tulip Roost. The tulip grips have just enough tension to grip the top kits or a no4 section without causing any damage to them, this will prevent them blowing into the lake if it is windy or them sliding just out of reach causing you to have to get up to retrieve them.

Once attached to the box, the two fixing points make it super stable and the rest will accommodate upto 8 top kits. The slightly extended arms are great, as they push the kits just out from your box so that the landing net handle, which many have positioned between the box and leg, will not damage them when netting fish.

The bar is also extendable to allow it to fit any length of box and it will fit legs of 25mm, 30mm and 36mm, so most seatboxes can accommodate one.

Very popular amongst feeder anglers, the Nufish Aqualock Side Tray is the ultimate side tray for keeping your bait out of whatever the elements can throw at it. Constructed from high quality PVC with reinforced seams, it is 100% waterproof, and thanks to the lid, with its piston arms, the bait can be shut away and accessed really easily. The arms ensure the lid won't collapse, it has to be physically pushed down to close. The whole tray is recessed into a solid aluminium frame to ensure it remains stable and lasts. Clamps ensure it will fit on boxes from 25mm, 30mm and 36mm round as well as 19mm and 23mm square legs boxes.

The tray is large and will accommodate upto 6 x 3 pint bait tubs with no issue, with room for other items like stop watches and drinks too. There is a clever little pouch attached to the underside of the lid for storing hooklength spools, discorgers or whatever you like, a really well thought out feature.

The plastic material allows the tray to be collapsed down for transporting to and from the bank. If you do a lot of fishing, especially in all weathers, this side tray is worth a second look, as it provides superior protection to anything you store inside it.

The innovative Preston Offbox Triple Clicker Counter is a really useful item for match fishing, especially on venues that have strict keepnet limits. The counters help you keep a tally of what weight you have in each keepnet, ensuring you don't go over, which could cost you dearly if you get disqualified.

This attachment comes with three colour coordinated clickers that can be kept within reach, so you can have three nets monitored at the same time, ideal if you have a seperate silvers nets or need to start a new one. The clickers are really robust, and the oversized gripped buttons are easy to click, even in the cold, or with really wet hands.

This item is so incredibly useful it's hard to imagine fishing without it. Clickers have been around for ages in match fishing but they were handheld, generally cheap and prone to breaking or being dropped in the water. This negates all those problems and is a must have accessory if you fish matches. Fits 23mm, 30mm or 36mm legs and all inserts come supplied with the unit.

In terms or versatility in seatbox accessories there aren't many that offer as much as a Preston Offbox Double Ripple Bar. There is a reason they are attached to 90% of the seatboxes on the bank and it is because you can do so much with them.

The soft foam outer is great for resting larger pole sections against when not in use, you can use them to rest landing nets on, or even buckets of groundbait when you are sat in the water.

Whilst it may seem a simple product, the best generally are. The ripple bar also has two screw threads in the upright sections to allow you to add butt grips, pole socks, tulips, clickers and rod rests, in reality it will take anything with a screw thread you feel necessary to attach into it. The attachment will fit 25mm, 30mm and 36mm legs and is available in a short and long version.