Thread: How much gear do you have and carry?

If I took "everything" I own, Crappie fishing related, on every trip ... my 16' ProCraft would be full and I'd have to have another boat in tow to carry the rest (and that's just the stuff I've collected over the last 45 years or so ... I've also inherited stuff from my Grandfather, Mom, & Step-dad)

But, of course, I don't carry everything ... 3-7 rods/reels (depending on "where" I'm going), my tackle case, and whatever "accessories" I'll need for the trip, and I'm good to go.

... cp

Originally Posted by INTIMIDATOR

I fish bank and boat...I have lengths marked in permanent silver on my poles, so I don't have to carry a tape/etc...on my poles I have 9.5" (legal crappie is 9") , 12.5" (legal Bass is 12"), 15.5" (legal Walleye is 15), and 18" (my biggest Crappie), 23" (my biggest Bass), 30" (my largest Walleye).
Everything else, stringers, multi-tool, etc, are in my cases....they both are in my car, with my 2 poles, and rain gear.
The clear case is for Crappie...that is all I ever use, nothing else.
The double sided blue case is for Walleye and Bass.
I only have one box in the basement with extra baits, hooks, and nibblets....and 3 spare pools and reels.
Once upon a time I had suitcase tackle boxes full, a whole room in my basement was full of fishing stuff, I had 20 some rods and reels ....now I have it narrowed down to what I really need....it's much easier to fish now!

One word........organized.

In the boat, one compartment and a small tray get it done for me. At home is another story. I have purged some in recent past of things I hadn't touched in years.

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

If I took "everything" I own, Crappie fishing related, on every trip ... my 16' ProCraft would be full and I'd have to have another boat in tow to carry the rest (and that's just the stuff I've collected over the last 45 years or so ... I've also inherited stuff from my Grandfather, Mom, & Step-dad)

But, of course, I don't carry everything ... 3-7 rods/reels (depending on "where" I'm going), my tackle case, and whatever "accessories" I'll need for the trip, and I'm good to go.

... cp

Just think how many kids you can help with all that "Hoarding"!lol

Our Local Springfield Parks and Recreation has a Program "Teach A Kid To Fish!"....You would not believe how many people that live in the City of Springfield (pop. 60,000) do not know we have a 2500 acre lake on the outskirts, a 100 acre lake just out of town, a creek that cuts the town in half, and a large river on the outskirts, plus downtown fishing ponds...that's not counting all the other gravel pits and ponds close by....then all the other lakes, rivers, etc, that are close.
The sad part is, that all you have to do is show a kid how to fish, and that kid will have a life skill and enjoyment that may keep him out of trouble for the rest of his/her life!
My son is 14, and I normally take him and 10 of his friends, fishing during the summer....only 2 of them have ever fished before...all of them now catch fish with swimbaits!

Probably a 1/4 ton of stuff. Most I bought and a bunch from my brothers late father in law. Not to mention the ice fishing gear.

i carry at least 2 rods everywhere I go ...they never leave the truck unless there is water nearby
somewhere in the thousands on jig bodies and around 200 heads ....not counting my handties ...
2 rolls of line and a want to rip a lip
day in day out ......when I hit the water with a boat
I carry 4 rods and around several thousand artificial baits
and I have crappie nibbles in every vehicle as well ....LOL
p.s. an lots of thill floats

I have enough tackle to start a tackle shop. I have about 60 rod and reel set ups and enough plastic to catch 10,000 crappie. Strangely I carry very little when I go fishing. If I bank fish I carry 1 or 2 rods, minnow bucket and a small backpack with my gear in it. All my plastics, jigheads, jigs etc. are stored in Plano organizers marked with a sharpie. Bluegill, crappie/white bass, catfish and bass stuff are stored in individual organizers. Tell me the species and method and I can be geared up in less than two minutes. Even the rods and reels are organized by action, length and type of line.

Reggie

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