WHAT TO BRING
Fishing
Rods
Reels
Tackle Box
Net (1 per boat)
Depth Finder (1 per boat)
Minnow Bucket (1 per boat)
Worm Container (optional, Dinty Moore Beef Stew Cans work nice)
Stringer (Sometimes nice to have two per boat)
Needle Nosed Pliers, Clippers, Knife (Tether for your pliers, you know who you are)
Clothes
Couple pair of pants
Few pair of shorts
Underwear (one of the most frequently forgotten Items)
Socks (another frequently forgotten item)
A couple of towels
Two pair of shoes
Flip Flops or slippers for the Cabin
Fitted sheet for mattress (optional, and by optional, I mean Trent is the only person who does this)
Hat (At least one that has the ability to cover your ears)
Rain Suit (This is not optional and make it the last thing you put in your duffle bag)
Miscellaneous
Sunblock (In 2009 we were 10 feet from the sun for about 4 days)
Bug Spray (It better have deet or you are wasting your money)
Fillet Knife
Sunglasses (May want to consider an extra pair as well)
Clear safety glasses (great for the driver of the boat in the evenings, keeps the bugs out of your eyes)
Stick a golf or small towel in your tackle box.
Krazy glue – Great for patching up small cuts
Flashlight and batteries – The walk from one cabin to the other gets a lot longer in the dark.
Camera – Disposable or Digital – If digital, don’t forget the batteries
Any tobacco products you might use – Sweet lord, you don’t want to buy it up there.
Tips:
Line your duffel bag with a big trash bag before you put your clothes in it (It will rain on the way up or down the river) and put an extra one in there for on the way back if need be.
Wash your hands before taking your contacts out. (I found this out the hard way, not only does in burn like heck but bug spray is impossible to get off your contacts)
Bring some type of waterproof bag to keep your raingear in the boat (Also handy when you start peeling off layers)
Seeing Andy catch his first 20 inch walleye on his first trip. He said he didn't understand why some people had such a hard time doing that os why they would wait so long.
ReplyDeleteWith out a doubt it would be watching Troy and Tom helplessly swimming after their boat after they decided to go for a swim.
ReplyDeleteOh, my favorite non-fishing related memory is turning around and not seeing Troy in my boat anymore at the lower landing. Next thing I know, here he comes up out of the water with the oar in the air, hat and sunglasses still on. I still don't know what happened.
ReplyDelete- fishing memories: seeing both of my boys catch ther first big walleyes- Ryan at the moose stand and Aaron at Hemp
ReplyDelete- non fishing- Aaron's look of relief when he finally popped that hook out of his impaled thumb nail.
- having Carl Fivecoats' undivided attention with my jig in his cheek. I can still here him saying " Don't reel me in you little #%$^er" as I was pulling line out thru my drag.
Another one of my favorites is the rainy trip back from the chutes the year we stayed at Hemp's. Trent had been into the pint of BV pretty good and I was a little concerned for his well being.
ReplyDeleteMe: Trent, you ok?
Trent (Had on backwards and crooked): Oh YEAH!
Me: Do you know where you are going?
Trent: (Very Magellan-like) Yep. (Pointing to the front of the boat)...I'm goin' stir-ate.
Also, Dad waving Andy Riechman's pink striped pajamas on the oar to signal a rest stop on the way to the chutes. Good times.
I might change mine to the time I sold a 15 inch walleye for a cold can of beer.
ReplyDeleteFishing - Winning half the fish pots out of the Chutes the year of the high water and watching Jerry with Rick and Trent, "Jesus Christ, every time I try to light a cigarette or drink a beer, I got a damn fish on my line."
ReplyDeleteNon Fishing - Killing that moust in pitch black conditions and Troy's reaction when Tom came clean about "fishgate".