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)
The only part of that equation that makes any since to me is the $96 per man. The rest is over my head. Maybe you can make up a Power Point presentation to present at the meeting.
ReplyDelete1700 Miles divided by an average of 15 miles per gallon times three vehicles times 4.00 a gallon minus 400 dollars already in the camp directors possession divided by 10 drivers = 96 dollars a man.
ReplyDeleteI may put together a project plan to disseminate to each camper. Complete with a risk assessment and probability x impact register. For example, if we identified a risk such as "Trent may not catch a fish all week" We would identify the probability as "High" or 5 out of 5. The impact however would probably be "Low" or 0 out of 5 because of the fishing skills of the rest of the group (including the kids). We would assign this a score of 0 (prob x impact) and write it off as "expected but not effect".
we have three people who are not in the gas pot, they owe 55.00 a peice this makes a little difference in the cost per person.
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Sweet Pete....The camp director is getting a little stingy in his retirement. Are there any individuals not going on this years trip that were on last years trip? I will just take their share. I am going to remember that when I start getting free trips for starting this blog and it starts generating all kinds of business for Gosenda Lodge. I will pay my 55.00. I paid my share of the fine when the camp director failed to instruct the rest of the camp on proper packaging procedures for transporting fish! I might just stay at the Pines this year. PS...I have had a few so if this comes up that the Canada meeting I will probably deny it.
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