Still tryin' to figure out the way the Dawg rolls........
i am a bait guy first and foremost, live/riggies eeeeeeeels and
fresh chunks.
i am completely guilty of carrrying waaaay too much stuff, but i'd rather have
everything than have to trek (usually a mile or so, and often some serious rock hopping when on the NSHore) back to the vehicle for something that i forgot. i like the idea of narrowing down a bit, and becoming more SPOT specific with the load as many have said and Nebe relates so succinctly. The Gansaaaay allows one to do that, eh Glassman?
currently, i carry on my back a Timberland book bag that holds ~in the front pocket~ these "essentials": camera, leader wallet, disposable latex gloves, pliers, scales, tha COW rope, line and leader material, clippers, tape and cloth measures, eel potion, back-up hooks, hook sharpener, car keys, bug juice, power bars, sealed baby wipes, trash bags, and first aid...........the back compartment holds three pro-line planos and two filet knifes ~~one for cutting bait and the other for cleaning the belly-fillers. the planos are loaded with tins, sluggos, storms, sum blues missives, heavy conditions plugs, light conditions plugs, and the chunking back-up gear of weights, snaps, and fish finders.........the two side compartments hold bottled H2O. my Korkers get attached to the top loop of the bag, to free the hands, until i get to goat country. excessive? yes, but when i get to my perch(es) within a tide or two, i am want for
nothing!!!
over one shoulder i throw a ten tube Precision Large surf bag whose residents vary according to the sitch, but almost always contain AH spooks and needles, coupla HABS needles, various Danny's by Tattoo and Gibbs, bombers, darters, sum pencils, Surf Asylums slo pokes, jigs with curly tails, and at least one or two BM Cowboy/Salty's Sherriff/The Mayor's Gotwood? Large/Big Ed Scrazy's Large layed flat on top. i can always add or subtract using the planos stash in the Timberland based on what the water says once i'm there, and then i carry only the surfbag to the offerings zones. the two best features of the Precision bag are the tins pockets behind the tubes and the space for a thin tackle box in front of the tubes that i throw my Surfhogs, Storms, and Sluggos into.
over the other shoulder i carry me eeeeeels in a Wally World soft cooler packed on ice/water, although i am seriously considering going with the ASkinz eel bag. this cooler has a zippered pocket in front for my eel rags, which is very convenient.
in the trunk of the fishing mobile i have a giganto bag filled with 5 or 6 tackle boxes full of my back-up to the back-ups, the very large CRAZY Gotwood?/et al Lahhhge lures, and booofeesh throwaways when they show up thick and toothy, or for when i target them at sum particular haunts around NPT.............in the front, on the passenger's floorboard, are my big supply of eeeeeels for the night (a dozen or two ~more if i have company or the whole weekend to fish), since i only take 3-5 to the surf depending on how long my spot window is. two black plastic buckets, one inside the other ~~with the top one having a drilled holes bottom to allow the slime to oooooze away from the snakes with a bag of ice on top to keep them chillaxed...............in the back seat, on the passenger's floorboard, i have my old lunch box from work filled with fresh pogies, wrapped in newspaper, on ice ~*and that's only because i haven't figured out how to rig a live well for my vehicle* but i AM working on it. then it would be live lining from the shore TIME ~~and there are several spots where i'd love to give that a shot!!
you know, DJ, sum "quick to get to" spots ~*still waiting for Plano to make the adult pogies flo-thru bait bucket, aka the Hummer of all bait buckets*. it shore would be nice to be able to refresh them in the surf and fish them LIVE from the rocks/shore/beach................
wasn't this thread about plug bags???
sorry DJ, went a LITTLE tangential on ya. man, i really need to carry less and believe in my focus more ~bait vs plugs; however my dilemma is this, i like to use bait in the dark of the night and switch to plugs thru the changing of the lights ~hence the full spectrum of BOTH. of course if i was wetsuitin' it, then i'd be forced to narrow my scope. still trying to figure out if less is more, or more is less???
