So what do YOU use for your long distance hiking treks

[rizzo]

What works best for me is a soft sided cooler pack with a zipper top. You can fit up to 15 eels inside one, just make sure to have some some of ice to keep them cold and occassionally flip it over to drain out excess water or eel slime. I like to bring plugs with me and usually limit myself to 4 that i store in the front zipper pouch of the soft cooler bag. Plastic water bottles can help keep them seperated. I also attach a hook file to the cooler.

From here i wear a belt with pliers and a scale on it. Occassionally i'll bring water in a 500ml bottle attached to my belt. Leaders can be stored in a plactic bag in your dry top.

[Slingah]

eels, plugs, Marlboro's & gum

don't take your cell phone.....I almost lost mine tonite

catch fish.....have fun

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by Slingah

eels, plugs, Marlboro's & gum

don't take your cell phone.....I almost lost mine tonite

catch fish.....have fun

Good call on the cell phone or at least put it in a ziploc freezer bag

[keeperreaper]

1 rod and reel, plug bag with 10 plugs, leaders, pliers, and a drink. Pair of pliers and a small light. thats it. Don't need anything else.

[Roseneath]

I stopped carrying my cell phone this year... after I destroyed one last season.

Too many things can go wrong with the phone. Salt eating away at the components and charging connectors, sand in the cover (clam shell phone), wet hands on the key pad...

Plus every time it rings, I found myself digging it out just to find it wasn't worth answering the call anyway.

Leave it in the car... just make sure you have your keys secured somewhere on you before you lock the doors.

[BrianS]

Ive lost a cellphone in the rocks at the canal
Ive also bounced my blackberry off the rocks more times that I can count...
Thats one of the things I kept in my shoulderbag


So I picked up a backpack last night, went thru my gear, consolidated my needs and everything I want fits in one large and one small plano box. The rest of the stuff can sit in the trunk. Its pretty light too... It was nice.

Im a little wary of the eel solutions, but for right now I am very happy with the backpack, rod, and an eel bucket..

[FormerUser]

I ALWAYS carry my cell when fishing.I do turn it off though.It has its own secure waterproof pouch that goes right into the waterproof inside pocket of my waterproof jacket.

To many things can go wrong when fishing.

How're you going to get help if you're by yourself and hurt badly enough not to be able get back to your car or to someplace where you can get assistance?

Fishing with a buddy?What if he gets hurt?The time saved by calling for help could mean the differance between life and death.

In this day and age when we have the technology to save more lives than ever
and yes this includes the cell phone,why would you not carry it?

Its just as an important safety tool as your korkers.