I take what will fit in a fanny pack, 3 mid size plano boxes, a small bag of bobbers, some misc soft plastics shoved in the pack in their original ziplocks, a jar of crappie nibbles, and a couple of stringers. That's it. Keep me, or me and the wife fishing for a weekend if need be.

One plano box of hard tackle loaded with weights, different size hooks and jig hooks, bober stops, bobbers, etc.

One box of hand tied jigs.

One plano box with a variety of plastics, bobby garland and tube jigs mostly that are in colors I have faith in. And the misc ziplocks of what I have recently bought to see if they make the cut to go in the plano for full time duty.

To start I either try a dark jig or a light jig (switch to opposite if no interest), then try a different size jig smaller or larger, and then decide if the fish are biting worth my effort. If they aren't biting good enough to get caught on any of that, then it's time to go weed the garden, LOL.