Notaro - since I do a bit more bait fishing than some of the others....
First off, any terminal tackle I need is in pouches on a belt around my waist. I have a belt (which doubles as a wader safety belt) with 3 pouches.....one can handle all the chunking leaders and hooks I need, extra swivels, my pliers, a few teasers for any plugs I might decide to throw, and a tape measure. Another small pouch has jigs and a bottle of pork rinds. The third, bigger pouch can hold 5 or more plugs/metal/GS's rubber, (depending on what I bring and their size).
If I am bait fishing, aside from the belt around my waist, I bring the chunking rod, and the plugging rod, in case chunking is slow, or I see a blitz of fish that I want plugs for.
In a 5 gallon bucket, I have 2 sand spikes (one for each rod), a board to cut bait on, the chunk bait, a few sinkers I may need, a bait knife, and any refreshments I might bring along, stored in cozies.
If I am strictly plugging, the chunking rod and the bucket stay in the car.
And always (unless it's the middle of the day), a maglite on a string around my neck.
Even when chunking, if it can't be carried at least a 1/4 mile in two hands comfortably, it stays in the car...............
Also wear a vest that has enough pockets to hold the mini swiss army knife, my cigarette lighter and the cigarettes, and other small items I might bring along...... (No one saw those nips of Absolute in there, did they?....
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