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acadist
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What's in your Box?
I have always used a backpack for my tackle box, usually being the butt of jokes with my friends but, hey, it works. Have always had a few assorted
plano type boxes and assorted stuff in it. Well yesterday true to my personal form I bought not a tackle box but a what bass pro shops called a boat
bag that looks like a yellow rain jacket. It will fit a little more than my backpack, has besides a handle on top 2 handles at the ends and a shoulder
strap. It is waterproof which will be an upgrade for me, lol. As I prepare for my next trip in June I am wondering what may lurk in your tackle box
that I may be missing?
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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Howard
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If you are talking salt water, and I had only one lure, my standby is a cedar plug.
I don't get it on why it works, but it does!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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24baja
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We use Salas iron jigs in blue/white, green/yellow and brown/white. Good luck
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Skipjack Joe
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Rapalas and Mexican flag feathers.
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Pompano
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acadist...Does your new Boat Bag look like this one?
You will fill it up in no time at all...and of course will never have all that you will want on any given trip. Some locations will have 'what's
hitting NOW' items for sale...otherwise improvise.
Here's just a few suggestions on standard stuff to have in that bag:
- a first aid kit for your tackle box - sunscreen and sunburn lotion, Band-aids, zinc-oxide, gauze and wound-care materials. Tweezers & and good
set of dikes (cutters)
- watertight ziplock or envelope for id and fishing license/s.
- handheld gps (Garmin makes very good ones), optional handheld VHF radio can be a life-saver. (check batts)
- Terminal tackle - hooks, sinkers, weights, swivels, and split shots. Circle hooks rather than J's?..your choice.
- hook-disgorger, needle-nose pliers, line snipper, tape & scale
- an assortment of bait rigs (Sabikis), weights (drop & egg types, assorted up to 8 oz.)feathers, jigs, spoons, trolling lures (Mirrolure, Rapala,
etc)..you will be spending $$$ here..
- waterproof point 'n shoot camera ...and/or with good waterproof bag, extra charged battery.
- polarized sunglasses, wide brimed headgear
- fillet knife, hook & knife sharpener, small vial of reel lubricant
- fishing diary w/pen
...and the list goes on..and on.
I have used all these with great success in the SOC:
Have fun and Tight Lines!
[Edited on 4-22-2012 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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willardguy
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boxes of tackle to the ceiling, we grab a handfull of krockodiles, nothing else
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woody with a view
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xraps, ralapas, cedar, plastics, krocs, some hooks and weights for shore fishing. my USMC backpack weighs about 20 pounds......
edit: and irons.
[Edited on 4-22-2012 by woody with a view]
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Skipjack Joe
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I have these heavy chrome fish looking jigs that I use a lot. I can't remember what it's called. Catches everything on the bottom. Pinto bass can't
resist.
Regarding pompanos lure #3. I'm convinced that real feathers work better than plastic. They're more pliable in the water. Dorado will follow a feather
and just watch. Then something triggers an attack. Could be subtle move of feathers. If a dorado is following a slow stroke will get him. If not the
first then the second. Sometimes they take it as it goes back. A change in speed removes suspicion. It looks good but what fish swims at a constant
speed. Doesn't seem right. So they just follow.
[Edited on 4-22-2012 by Skipjack Joe]
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thebajarunner
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Be sure to take WD 40
Then, when you get to a really deep spot, wrap your heaviest weight around the can and drop it over the side.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=59541#pid7156...
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acadist
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Great suggestions all! Roger, That's the bag! A definite upgrade from my backpack. I have many of these things but always love more suggestions, only
thing better than buying tackle is buying reels
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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Cypress
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Don't use a tackle box. A plastic bucket works better for me. It's easy to fill with what you need for the day.
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yellowklr
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XRaps,Megabait Irons,6xJr's heavy,tady 45's and lots of Quality live bait hooks.....
Derek
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Ateo
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What's in your box? Isn't that a personal question?
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acadist
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depends on who you ask
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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Hook
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I'm still using a hard sided tackle box that I bought several years ago.
Fairly small footprint. My model has four large slide in tray in the front instead of the three shown here. I actually own eight of those trays so I
have a summer and winter setup. The Flambeau trays have very strong rails built into the sides of the trays so they slide in and out nicely in the
slots.
The area on top is about 4-5 inches deep and can accommodate spools of line or medium sized reels and lots of other things like sabikis and rock cod
rigs and tools.
Then the top has small trays for hooks, sliding sinkers and other terminal tackle. The sides have nice slots for multiple pliers (side cutters, needle
nose pliers and REALLY LONG needle nose pliers).
This thing is strong and can be used as a seat in a pinch with a throwable cushion on top of it.
The only real disadvantage is that it wont go on your shoulder. But my walks down the dock are pretty short these days. No more long ranging walks
from the parking lot to the landings.
Even with this, I still have to use three rollup pouches for the offshore surface lures for tuna and dorado. I almost never carry marlin lures on my
boat. I prefer to fish the smaller Pakulas and Zukers to avoid them.
My plugs of choice are the Xraps Magnums and the Yo-zuri Crystal Minnows.
My jigs of choice are the River2Sea knife jigs. I have tons of Salas, Ironman and Tady lures that I almost never use anymore for yellowtail. The knife
jigs just get down in the zone so much faster. I tend to use the 200g size mostly.
For surface casting, I still have many older Megabaits, crippled herrings, Krocs and Kasts.
My source?..........why, Charkbait, of course.
[Edited on 4-23-2012 by Hook]
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durrelllrobert
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be sure to add several shrimp fly set ups for bottom fishing
Bob Durrell
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acadist
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My source?..........why, Charkbait, of course.
[Edited on 4-23-2012 by Hook] |
Of course! I have even sent my reels to Mark from Colorado and picked them up on my way south
Dave
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4baja
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a 5 gallon bucket with the lid cut out and drilled for iron and trolling jigs. of cource i have built in tackle boxes x4
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 4baja
a 5 gallon bucket |
 Has everything I need for catching specs and reds. Things get a little
tangled and wet at times, but it's easy to dry out. Don't have a lot of unneccessary stuff.
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acadist
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
| Quote: | Originally posted by 4baja
a 5 gallon bucket |
Has everything I need for catching specs and reds. Things get a little
tangled and wet at times, but it's easy to dry out. Don't have a lot of unneccessary stuff. |
I think I know where to get one of those.....since I work for a paint company
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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