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Spring checklist--audience participation time
Some of you, like me, have already started the new season (and like me, likely left home without something you missed later on :o ). The rest, you'll be heading out on the maiden voyage in a couple of weeks. Let's see if we can put together a checklist for the first trip of the season. It goes without saying that you've serviced all your reels and re-spooled with fresh line, sharpened hooks, and done all of the major things. I'm talking about the little details you tend to overlook in the flush of excitement about FINALLY beating the shack-nasties ;)
I'll start: -Fresh batteries for the flashlights. -Check hook file to make sure it's not a sheet of rust (and replace if needed). -Check spool of leader material and add another to the bag if needed. -Locate box of snaps, swivels, and other terminal gear and put it in plug bag. -Check 4x4 gear to make sure you have all of it, including your tire guage. -Pliers -Spare reel spool for the reel you'll be using now, not the one you used last November that's still in your bag. -Ever leave without your waders on the first trip? I have :o -That bag of small rubber you bought at the show, the ones that said "I'm perfect for those early spring outings"? What can you add to the list? |
1) Waders
2) Wader belt 3) Foul weather top 4) Korkers and replacement studs and duct tape 5) Sweatpants, sweatshirt (I prefer fleece tops and bottoms), tube socks 6) Hat & Gloves 7) Beverages and snacks 8) Pliers & sheath 9) Belt gaff 10) Sand spike 11) Waterproof flashlight and spare batteries 12) Length of thick rope to string up your catch. 13) Boga-grip or similar type of weighing scale 14) Tide charts 15) Weather report 16) Rods (including backups) 17) Reels 18) Spare spools 19) Hooks 20) Swivels 21) Snaps 22) Leader 23) Lead sinkers - bank, pyramid, or storm, various sizes 24) Lures - tins 25) Lures - bucktail jigs and trailers (pork rinds, plastic rubs) 26) Lures - Scandinavian-style swimmers (single body, jointed) 27) Plugs - poppers (polaris and pencil types), and spooks 28) Plugs - metal lipped swimmers (e.g., dannies) 29) Plugs - darters 30) Plugs - bottle swimmers 31) Plugs - needlefish 32) Lures - rubber minnows, paddletail type swimmers, jerk baits 33) Plug bag(s) and tackle bag(s) 34) Coolers 35) Ice 36) Filet knife 37) Tape measure/ruler 38) Recent copy of updated fishing regs 39) Bait cutting board 40) Bait knife 41) Tire pressure gauge 42) 12 inch x 12 inch plywood jack boards 43) Tow cables 44) Porta-potties and TP for your bungholes 45) Shovel suitable for moving sand 46) Jack 47) 4WD Beach Permit 48) First aid kit 49) Fire extinguisher 50) Spare air hose and nozzles 51) Your prescription meds 52) Fully-charged cell phone 53) Fishing buddy Extra Gear for Newport, Jamestown, and The Avenues - ASIAN FISH POACHERS * Lots of non-biodegradable litter (like beer cans, fishing line, bait wrappers and soiled baby diapers). Don't be stingy, spread it around. :rollem: * A swaggering I-don't-give-a-fukk disregard for sportsman-like conduct and marine recreational fishing regulations. :hang: Extra Gear for Newport, Jamestown, and The Avenues - GOOD Weather 54) SOS inflatable vest and replacement CO2 cartridges 55) Wetsuit instead of waders and foul weather top 56) Waterproof marine band VHF in case you need to call for help 57) Change of underwear in case you have a close call with a wave 58) Several hundred hours of swimming at the local Y under your belt. Extra Gear for Newport, Jamestown, and The Avenues - BAD Weather 59) Your ID tattoed on your forehead 60) Your next-of-kin phone contact in a waterproof ziploc bag 61) Your signed organ donation card 62) Updated Last Will & Testament 63) Proof of most recent premium paid for your life insurance policy Extra Gear for Breachways - WEEKDAYS 64) Duct tape to cover your mouth up to mask uncontrollable giggling Extra Gear for Breachways - WEEKENDS 65) Taser or cattle prod Extra Gear for Breachways - HOLIDAY WEEKENDS 66) Threat Level III A Kevlar ballistic vest (riot helmet optional) 67) Glock pistol, 9mm - .357 Sig - .40 S&W - .45 ACP - 10 mm (n.b. you can fire a Glock underwater if you need to). 68) Four spare loaded mags for the Glock 69) Zip-loc bags for Glock 70) Rhode Island carry permit http://www.riag.state.ri.us/criminal/bci.php 71) Name and # of good criminal attorney to bail you out. Extra Gear for Quonnie East - Anytime 72) Spud gun to launch tubers or rotten chum at the RIMS guys on the other side. :hihi: 73) Big metal pot or bucket to bang on at 2 a.m. on the way out to the rocks so you can announce to the locals that you are poaching scup. :whackin: |
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wallet extra clothes and if you use them: teasers bait gloves |
Looks like this thread is done. Thanks Weewee ;)
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I'd like to add extra fuses for your vehicle, and or possibly a hi lift jack, 1 gallon zip locks come in handy in case you decide to bring fillets home and you can just toss 'em under your seat, extra tire guages even if they're the buck a piece ones come in handy in case someone else needs one, ya dont feel so bad when ya let someone borrow a tire guage in the lot and they dont return it and it was only a buck... One pack of storm shads to be kept on ones person at all times (learned this the hard way thanks peter) and all the other stuff thats been mentioned, oh sunscreen and also repellent I hate the no see ums....
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The idea was to let some of the other kids play too, Ben ;) |
Ben I hope you don't take anything out. :rtfm: or you will have to double check. My first outing last week I was pleasantly surprised I had everything.
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extra cigs and extra lighter .
extra skins ! |
WeeWee any room for yourself in your truck? :hihi:
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It's all in a trailer. He just hitches it up to his truck and goes :D
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Korkers, Ive left home w/o them a few times
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Dont forget a leash if you're wading and need to tie a fish off to your waist...
Duct Tape (For patching holes in your waders on the fly Black tape (for everything else.. Extra flashlight/neck light |
GEEz whata @#$%^& surprize / I never really stopped fishin ,except when the ice forced a stoppage ///
never cleaned any gear of any kind never did anything with the boat because it stayed in all winter /& I fished out of it inJanuary & february//// what I did due was :: replace hubs & bearing of the trailer //because I actually blew them out // replaced the cable on the trailer because it was ready to go// got the lights to work on the tin boat ,because when it got dark I had no lights // put my waders on last week & went fishin //they leaked -threw them away // put batteries in a head lamp /because when I went to use it //they were dead..// changed line on a reel yesterday// finally got sick of last years loops no changed hooks leaders, reels ,line or anything else that would make good sense.... sooooooooooooo I have no @#$%#$%$% excuse when all my gear breaks down /or fish keep snapping my line /// the adventure continues ///// :huh: :jump1: |
Some fuel- monster , redbull
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I'm a 100% ready.
I try to keep it simple.Only about a dozen or so things on MY list. |
check waders for leaks
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Eels and hooks.
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RAG"S!! I always forget rags!!!! for them slimy eels and wiping the crap off!!
Trash bags to pick up your trash!! |
I'm a cross between Ben an clamma...totes for everything and everything in the totes..plus some..extra's of most things.....one thing I can't stress enough is having an UP TO DATE first aid kit[2] one under the seat of your car or truck and one on the boat...clean packing if you or someone else decides to slice half a hand off or get spiked by a dog fish in your artery on your wrist 15 miles offshore...chitt happens anywhere.
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Singles for the stop at Zachary's on the way home. :humpty:
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stuff and water
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Steve, you might as well put some Krazy glue in the first aid kit, in case you get cut good and are miles offshore, it's a good way to close a wound. Was used in the field during VietNam. I have had to use it myself. Just don't close completely so you don't seal in any infection. Just remember "You'd be Krazy to use Super glue ....
Ben, what's this about a belt gaff? Oh yeah, the phone # for the local EPO and other authorities for when I see non legal fish being killed. :peessed: I am gonna do something when I see that this year...... |
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Nightfighter, I find this belt gaff very helpful on jetties and breachway rockpiles if I know I want to keep a fish, or if there is a fish stuck in the rocks and the only way to get it out to release it is to lip gaff it. Eben - when are we going fishing? :hihi: |
-leader wallet
-need new vest like FWW's -eel rigs -plug rigs -chunk rigs -korker -breathable wader -wading boots -flashlight -knife -gloves -rope -rod n reel -plug bag w/ assorted lures -water -bug repellent -eel bucket -cooler |
now this is the what did WeeWee forget list
portable weather radio
30 Gallon Keep Alive tank with aerotor system AmmoLok Baitsaver Kosher Salt small rod sabiki rigs cast net Long Handled Square face Dip Net Canal Basket Canal Bike bike rack cooler rack Kosher salt (you can never have enuf) 2 100-150' gill nets gillnet pick recreational inshore gill net permit long handled dip net belly boat MikeP...this would have been a geeod threat...send Int angler to get weewee |
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Pair of good wire cutters
In case someone gets hooked in the head you can snip the hook so the person does not have to fish all night with a hook buried in his head some anti biotic to put on wounds after :wiggle:
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wouldn't leave home without
a bunch of "got stripers" plastic baits :kewl:
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One thing I have added to my surf arsenal is a roll of TP. You just never know when nature will call, and a few sections rolled up in a zip-loc tucked away in your surf bag can be a life saver! Goose taught me that one last year out on Cutty... :(
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