Do you take too much tackle to the bank?

[Fishplate 42]

I am sure that the more gear I take, the less fun I have. This week I went fishing with a van load of gear and a plan to try several different things. The full story is HERE. I did have a good day in the end, but the most fun was had with the cheapest bit of kit!

This time I also had a two rod ticket. I caught nothing on the sleeper rod as I was not really paying it any attention and it just sat there for hours with no movement at all. Next time I intend to go light with just a float rod, maybe two, and a tube of wagglers. Keep bait down to a minimum, just maggots and a few slices of bread. It should be fun.

Do you end up taking far more than you need to the bank?

Ralph

[Peter Waller]

Ralph, indeed we do. As for 'sleeper' rods, especially for pike, an abominable practice that has, I'm convinced, caused the deaths of countless fish due to a callous lack of attention and appalling bite indication.

[Phone]

Fishplate,

 

There is a direct correlation (maybe one "r"?) between age, frequency, skill, etc. At my age I'm down to a few bits in my pocket and one rod and reel.

I'm either very good or very old - you guess.

 

Phone

[Fishplate 42]

Ralph, indeed we do. As for 'sleeper' rods, especially for pike, an abominable practice that has, I'm convinced, caused the deaths of countless fish due to a callous lack of attention and appalling bite indication.

 

Peter,

 

No danger of missing a bite, my sleeper rod was right next to my chair and the bait gets checked every couple of hours. On Thursday I was not even getting line bites and the single boilie was perfect at the end of the session. I don't think a fish even smelt it!

 

Ralph

[ayjay]

Do you end up taking far more than you need to the bank?

 

Ralph

 

I used to: for still-water fishing now I mostly prefer short sessions with a few bits & bobs carried in my pockets, although leaving the reel at home is a bit too minimalist - I've only done that twice!

[Bobj]

Interesting thread; in the New England Ranges of NSW, I used to take a small rucksack and chucked in a bottle of water and a plastic can of celtas and sps for redfin, trout, or murray cod. Going in the Northern Territory, I take a light rucksack with a bottle of water and a couple of hard body lures and a couple of sps for the barramundi.

Nothing heavy as I tend to walk a few kms chucking lures along the way.

 

And always take a decent knife.

 

Cheers, Bobj.

[Rusty]

I used to but not now. If I take much more than this it's because I can park the car right next to where I'm fishing...which isn't very often.

 

Edited July 16, 2016 by Rusty

[chesters1]

Nowadays its a single rod and bag of assorted tackle and a landing net and mandatory unhooking mat i can sit on ,as i walk to the pond about a mile away its the best i can do .

My fishing is restricted to a couple of hours at a time a couple of times a week due to the mrs and her problems but only in the summer once the leaves drop the detector comes out but under the same conditions

If my daughter comes over on her moped i grab the opportunity to do the couple of hundred yards of river i have permission on ,my mrs can phone me when the girls going and i walk up the hundred yards or so home to wave goodbye

Edited July 16, 2016 by chesters1

[Vagabond]

Have been to both extremes

 

Marlin fishing with 40' charter boat, skipper plus crew of 3 wiremen, with 12 rods out trolling, and the 3 wiremen to wind in the other 11 if one rod got a strike.

 

at t'other extreme, a spool of 2 lb nylon and a packet of #24 hooks in my pocket in case of opportunity. A "whip" obtained from the nearest tree

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/2497649-a-largespring-gambusia/?hl=%2Blargespring+%2Bgambusia

 

Enjoyed both adventures.

 

But yes, most anglers carry far too much tackle,

 

In fact the much trumpeted "right" to fish three rods is arguably the worst thing to happen to angling. True angling is in holding and working a single rod

 

Multiple rods (and yes I have fished that way in the past, but now do it less and less) is merely sitting (or not!) beside set lines, however much some may pretend otherwise. Some do it with greater attention than others, but as Peter Waller says, at the worst end of the spectrum a number of deep-hooked fish will have lost their lives.

[Andy_1984]

Used to take too much but over the years ive managed to wittle my gear down a good bit.

 

If i fancy a no fuss session for roach or perch on the canal i can get away with most of my terminal tackle into 2 glasses cases. It limits float selection (length) but i manage alright, insert wagglers are good for it even better is using a whip.

 

My pike fishing used to be realy bad so I got a rod holdall for 3 made up rods which has helped quite considerably with regards to the weight hanging off my back (reels were a nightmare, needing a much bigger bag) the stove also stays behind and was replaced by a flask so no more big bottles of water, teabags, milk, spoon, gas bottles.

 

Tacklebox tools and some munchies all go in a small rucksack handmedown (or is that up?) school bag from my nephew. Feels far better than my huge wychwood rucksack.