Gear For The Trip

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

Almost ready: A few more items to come   Tim

me too! let's show these folks what newbies can do...

[OldSchool]

Sounds like an awesome adventure, hopefully the boat will have room after all that gear on-board. Wow....whose bringing the kitchen sink.

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

....whose bringing the kitchen sink.

you're a very funny person...

[Ron Jones]

....whose bringing the kitchen sink.

I igure I got that.
Ron

[Keta]

. Wow....whose bringing the kitchen sink.

It's packed.  

I've been on several 10 and 15 day trips and every one has been different.  On the first one (a 10 day) I was prepared for YT and school YFT up to 60#.  It's a good thing Mark at Charkbait talked me into bringing a heavy rod and a 50 as we ended up fishing for cow YFT for most of the trip.  The next trip was a 15 day and I thought I had everything I needed to catch wahoo and cow YFT, I had the heavy gear but my 40# gear was outclassed by the grade of wahoo we were catching....well I was hooking them and went 22-0...I made up for this by landing 3 cows up to 258#.  The next 15 day trip I knew I was prepared, and had most of what I needed but not all.  That trip I only lost 2 wahoo and brought 10 to port, 8 made it home.

What I've learned is to bring a variety of gear but you will never have what it takes 100% of the time.  This will be my first short trip and I'm bringing mostly 30# and 40# gear (2 each), one 25#, a light rod for calico bass and a 60# rod in case we find large YT.  I will also have several torpedo weights in the 6-8 ounce range, swimbaits, a few trolling plugs and feathers, iron, a pile of hooks and lots of fluorocarbon in the 20-60 range.  I have some reels I want to test so I will have far too many reels.  And then there is my "vintage" 40# rod with a 349L on it that I really want to catch a large YT with.  Toss in the kitchen sink and I feel I'm almost covered.

[Big Tim]

Ok..Lee & Ron, looks like you guys are bringing the kitchen sinks, so I will not .

Tim

[Aiala]

Here are some of the things I've neglected to bring in the past:

Split ring/crimping pliers
Fish rags (with a shower curtain ring to clip on belt)
Vise grips
Screw driver
Hook file
Band-aids & Neosporin
Eyeglasses lanyard
Sunscreen
Shampoo
Cigarettes (if that's your vice)
Hand gaff for sorting fish at dock
Rubber gloves for same
and many more...

I have, however, always brought the kitchen sink.   

~A~

[Keta]

Non fishing items,
Shower kit, I get a tight hair cut so bar soap is used rather than shampoo.
Meds
Sunscreen
Low rubber shoes
Light rain jacket
First aid kit
Spare glasses
Shop towels
Camera
Favorite tea

Peripherals
Topshot jig and needles
Fishing gloves
Fishing pliers
Lighter
Hook file and stone
Spare kitchen sink

And a few more items.

[Porthos]

...Spare kitchen sink...

Dang it, knew I forgot something...

[OldSchool]

Yes, Yes...it is better to have and not want than to want and not have.

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

i'll take care of the "nail polish"...

[Big Tim]

i'll take care of the "nail polish"...

Thanks Mel, I was worried about that one 

[Aiala]

I'll take care of the "nail polish"...

Try OPI's "I'm Not Really A Waitress"... a vivacious chianti red. 

~A~

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

chianti red=loctite red, i prefer chianti blue if it exists...

[Big Tim]

I'll take care of the "nail polish"...

Try OPI's "I'm Not Really A Waitress"... a vivacious chianti red. 

~A~