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)
It won't go to waste. You'd rather be a few over than a few under. A couple rainy evenings spent in the cabin can put a quick dent in a couple of cases of beer. There's no harm in bringing a case back with us.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you, but I will be hard pressed to drink two cases of Coors Light and you ordered three, so you might drop down to two and help me out. I tend to drink alot of gin and pass on the beer at night, so just sayin.
ReplyDeleteYou'll probably hear alot of p*** water comments from the Miller Lite and Bud Lite bunch no matter what. Really I can't see the walleye helping us out much!
Coors Light- River water- same thing. I can drink it. Especially after Aaron sucks down all the gin.
ReplyDeleteIf Aaron sucks down all the gin he is doing you a favor.
ReplyDeleteTheron you must have made the mistake of going home from the meeting and telling your wife the amount of beer we were taking on the trip. Rookie mistake. Here is my advise. Lie to her. Lie lie lie. Set her mind at ease by saying you can't drink very much on order to keep a watchful eye on Connor. The truth of the mater is those boys do not want to fall in the river and will pretty much watch out for them selves. Second tell her that Connor will have his life jacket on from the time he walks out the cabin door until he returns, just like Andy does. That's what I tell my wife and it seems to give her comfort. The truth is, I don't own a life jacket for Andy. Besides, if there were a mishap and Andy did fall out of the boat, young boys float very well, and you have at least 30 seconds to scoop them back into the boat. As for the beer, 3 cases is not very much if you do the math. This is on average. You drink at least 12 beers at the hotel, 12 at the dock waiting for the plane, 12 going down the river. You will drink 12 heading back up the river at the end of the week, You will spill 12 in the bottom of the boat during the coarse of a week. That only leaves you a total of 12 beers to drink in 7 days of fishing. Connor will be in good hands. P.S. please destroy this after reading, we don't want to worry the girls for no reason.
ReplyDeleteThat funny..I don't care who you are...to quote Larry the Cable Guy!
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