Thread: How much gear do you have and carry?

I have hundreds (maybe thousands?) of pounds of tackle and hundreds of rods and reels. I carry 3 or 4 rods and enough tackle to maybe fill up a 2 gallon bucket. It's a shame, but it's truth. As for the vertical jigging question, I'd say 98% percent of my time is straight up and down.

It used to be that I took way too much stuff whenever I went fishing and more power to the ones that still take everything but the kitchen sink. My experience however was: I started to become a better fisherman when I decided what few tactical approaches I would use and make myself stick to them throughout the day... but I could only do this if I left everything else at home.

Originally Posted by INTIMIDATOR

ZERO....I'll bottom bounce, stop and go, or let it die & twitch it through the water column, but I'm always casting and retrieving...If needed, I can rig weedless for heavy cover...and with the braid, it goes right through! Or I just pull free and straighten the sickle hooks.

That's how I fish also. The only time I vertical jig is when the brush pile is too thick to cast.

I don't have much stuff, if I was 25 people. I am an idiot when it comes to buying fishing stuff. I feel it is almost as much fun for me as fishing. I don't even know how much stuff I have. I do give away a lot. I also have grandson's coming into the right age to start "borrowing" some of it. I certainly help the fishing economy.

My boat is a tackle shop, 8 trolling poles, 3 casting rods, 4 spinning rigs, thousands of jig bodies and heads, plus anything you can think of. I forgot 2 large tackle sacks with 10 trays. It is not doing you any good at home. I also keep 10 catfish noodles in the boat. I still have plenty of room. I have a 17.5' Aluma Craft Competitor.

I have a tackle shop volume of tackle but only carry 3 jig poles and a water proof box in my boat. The box contains a few small clear boxes with tubes , leadheads , hand tied jigs , gps , extra batteries, knife and pliers . I always say if your changing baits your not catching fish . Most guys I fish with bring more tackle than I do even going with me in my boat . Funny thing is more often than not even if they start off with something different, they change to what I'm catching fish on .