I generally take a waist pack with eels and/or a backpack with plugs/rubber/jigs, extra leaders, swivels & hooks in a photo wallet, tape measure, leatherman, camera and phone in a ziplock, extra spool and extra batteries. I also take a plastic grocery bag to pack out trash. A couple paper towels in a ziplock bag can be a help (not for the glasses though).

Around my neck is a lanyard w a little mag light, nail clippers and a key.

Whatever I can't get in a backpack or waist pack generally stays in the jeep.

In the jeep is an extra rod(s), tacklebox(s), trashbags, liquid soap, papertowels, gallon jugs of water and dry clothes. I also use a plastic snow sled in the back to keep fish slime and wet waders off the upolstery. It's also useful to drag chit across the sand rather than carry.

fishin pole, waders ,and alot of plugs--oh yea some smokes and lighter in ziplock,every thing else is a bonus:D

Hooked - Liquid soap and paper towels is a great idea my hands always stink after fishing and then I get that smell all over the steering wheel. I also like the plastic sled idea because my truck still has a damp feel and smell to it. Good ideas, I think I will use this coming season!!!

I posted this last year and got a couple "Daddy, my sled smells funny" jokes.

I bought new sleds for the kids this year.

Hooked, where is the ice?

I usually don't get the ice until the ride home.

I gotta tell ya this is a great thread...A lot of info here that you won't find anyplace else.....Just stuff you never think about until you need it

Hooked--your photo reminded me of something I always forget. Water.
Can't say how many times I've gotten back in the truck dehydrated as all hell. I should keep a gallon in the back.

I always try to give guidance too. I've given bait and tackle out nearly every time I've gotten to the surf this past season.

As to the religous Icon along the Pike, I always say a prayer also. As a matter of fact, I didn't go that way to Plugfeast 04, but made sure I went past on my way home. Weird, cuz I haven't attended church in years. :eek:

FACT: Prayer works!

I try and keep it simple. Small hip pack for plugs, plastics etc. Have, one larger gear bag that feeds into the hip pack usually in back seat or car or trunk. In turn have monster gear bag in my utility room at home that feeds the pack in car. I lose stuff etc... I need to tie leaders I go from the larger bag in the car. If that is running low I pull from the utility room, stock the car:D I always try to keep a couple leaders etc in the change drawer in my car just in case. I usually have some in my hip pack but you never know if someone will need some etc. I keep an extra spool loaded. Two back up rods, 9' & 10' boat rod just as well. No truck here so my civic looks like a tackle shop come the middle of august. Still have half a beach worth of sand in the car.

I'm not sure if you guys use them but when you buy batteries they have those little plastic boxes to store your batteries. I kept one of these as a back up to the back up in the gloe box and it saved my arse on a couple of trips.

This IS a great thread and my post above was a bit of a jackass satement...
This is what I do on my missions into the unknown.....
Firstly, what I said in my above qoute is what I carry on me. hardly anything.. I dont like a lot of gear hanging off of me. In my waders I carry a power bar or 2, an extra bail spring, and a tiny tool kit for my reel incase I do snap a spring(only happened once and I was into fish).
In my plugbag I carry all the bells and wistles I will need, plugs, tins, a full spool of flourocarbon leader,etc, and an extra spool for the reel.
If I'm going far from my truck I'll bring a backpack with some other stuff like food (granola bars, water, a couple apples) an extra reel, , waterproof windbreaker, extra batteries...and any other extras

In the bassmobile I usually keep a small toolbox, reel lube, a scale for the big one, binoculars for spotting distant blitzes, a weather radio, extra rod/reel, a plethera of plugs, cooler..A.k.A the cow coffin, sunscreen, a bunch of bottles of water, more granola bars and apples, and sometimes a digital camera.
I actually dont live in narragansett, I live in Kingston so it is about a 15 minute drive to get down to the water, so I d try to be prepared...
I also bring a book with me incase I find myself waiting for the tides to be in my favor...

Eben, If I'm ever hungry in the surf I know who to look for! Power bars and granola!
My routine is to get the coffee ready the night before, I turn the pot on when I get up around 1:30am, get dressed (leave a pile of clothes in front of the door) make coffee in a to go cup and split. All the clubbers are going home when I race through Providence one my way South. I usually eat a power bar on the way down. I keep a few cans of soda in the car for the ride back.
One thing many of us have in common is zip lock bags. I store everything in those. I ruined a few disposable cameras, not sure why, the water seeped through. I always get pretty wet, one wave always finds its way into my waders.

Here's a tip, fish Carpenters bar on a night when a good band is playing at the Ocean Mist. You get to hear tunes and fish!!!

I can't believe nobody had mentioned bug spray!
I also kept my gear in the back of the truck all year, and must admit a 6' tackle box is nice. :D

You sly dog you... I'm gonna do that all the time from now on...
wearing my new aqua skinz:happy:

I got a smoker there in the spring on a big squid. Rasta band playing Bob song after Bob song. Then a group of fans comes down on the beach and smokie the ganja.
I packed up my stuff and fled the scene; didn't want to get mixed in with the wrong crowd.

Alright, RJimmy, when I began my first striper fishing, I usally carry my grandpa's grocery cart, a red screened one, and it was rigged with strings around, two rod holders tied in the front (corners), three or four plastic shoeboxes filled with assecories, terminal tackles, leaders, and WD40. Plus, I included a bendable pier net and rope, and a small bucket with ice for my baits. I placed three or four heft plastic bags on the bottom of the cart if I happened to manage a keeper.

As for now, I carry a bucket and a lot of gears and you can name it. From now on, I am going to try to minimalize it to what I need to bring. One thing, don't buy a plano surf bag. If you have a large plug and a big hook, it can go under the bottom of it and get stuck. Plus it rattles when you walk. It isn't mobile. However, it's far cheaper you can go. Not far cheapest, though.

Like Vic just said (Hi, Vic), try to keep things simple. If you are a bait fisherman and have a car (keep your monster-loaded gear bag in the truck). Carry a bucket, a couple of sandspike, a surf bag for your two or three rods, a box with properly balanced terminal tackles, a few of rigs, a spool of leader of your preference, baits and ices, a bug spray or a cigar (I can't concentrate on smoking to ward the bugs off and fish at the same time), a hat, and a few basic assortments of plugs.

I do what Notaro does

the grocery cart, krispy? i didnt get a girl, but a cute girl waved to me when i was fishing at rockport...:D :heybaby:

got mine from Stop n' Shop. Fits most of my stuff, but sucks dragging it onto the breachways

:laughs: your bad

I'm like a lot of the guys who've posted they keep most of the junk in the trunk for the season, and re-supply the trunk from the stockpile in the basement or the tackle store.

I find it best to keep everything in the SAME spots within the car, so that when you get ready to go, you know exactly where it is and if its missing its obvious.

Just kidding, I know some of those Jersey guys use carts with over-sized tires on the beaches. :)

yeah, jersey guys. :smash: what did RI charge you for your sand sled permit this year.......

Too Funny
 

Hey Krispy,


Funny.... I had heard you were only mean....nice suprise.


Happy New Year Man! :D