What to Put in a Fishing Tackle Box

Also check the battery's in the flash light , I heard anchovies are great bait

I fish in salt water for striped bass and blue fish , flounders. Any tricks on which bait is best . Besides bunker, clams

I keep hemostats in my box. They are great for removing the hook from the fish and for sqeezing those small sinkers onto your line.

For saltwater fishing...
The best way to limit out is using a sail line. 36 hooks at a time bets 1 or 2 hooks
any day of the week...Ha...Ha...Ha...

Bring a towel to wipe you hands after you handle a fish, your hands get greasy and smelly.
Also an extra shirt so when you get in yiur car u dont smell up the whole car, and water to was your hand because you dont want to rub yoj r hands in your car.

I would also make sure that you don't forget your string or bucket and if you bow fish don't forget your arrows.

My husband keeps fingernail clippers in his box for cutting line, and pinching weights closed.

I am taking my daughter on her very first fishing trip in california. we used to live in southeast texas and could fish out of our back yard. but this is going to be a new thing for both of us considering now we have to make sure you pack up everything. the posts on here have been greatly helpful! thank you!

1/2 pint of brandy to put on insect bites also a little sip now and then is good for your health.

Take an extra reel--if the fish are biting and you get your line snarled, it is quicker and easier to switch reels than the headache of trying to untangle your line.

Also dont forget a glove if you are one of the more squeemish or scared of touching a big greasy scaly fish!

Dont forget 20 dollars, if you get skunked you go to the local fish store, buy a lunker. When you get home note how well you cleaned that fish

It never hurts to have a few night-crawlers along, just go outside after dark when the dew hits the grass. Take a flashlight and you can catch enough for a good day of fishing, 'cause everything eats night-crawlers....kind of like crack for fish...

Sardines in soy oil work wonders either in summer or ice fishing. Marinate your shrimp bait in the sardines over night. Brookies love it, as do Rainbows, and no self respecting catfish can swim away from a sardine smalling bait. Try it, they'll like it, and if they don't, you can eat the sardines

Don't forget the crappie jigs black and chartreuse red chartreuse, white chartreuse. These colors will catch
salb crappie

Definitely need a net. There have been a few times when I finish wrestlin a monster fish (largemouth bass usually) just to have it fall off the hook when I grab the line.

And dont forget a net to help land that prize fish.

don't forget your fishing pole like i did i drove 20 miles almost to the lake with my boat and rememberd my fishing pole

I have found that the same clear aloe vera gel I put in my hair, is good for a bug repellant on the skin when fishing. Clear, unscented kind.

A cut skip jack makes amazing cat fish bait.

i take a can opener with me and one of those multy-tool things

Easiest way to grab a big cat is right thru the gill. Hook your index finger thru the fish's gill and hold on tight. My grandfather tought me this at a young age and I've never been stuck by the spiny fins using this method,...just don't reach in nervous ;-)

I would recommend a 16penny nail for skinnin' cats, if you do it while you're camping. Also, a couple of cut t-shirt rags for handling them. They bring the bottom of the pond/lake with them when you pull them out and this makes handling them by the tail end a lot easier.

And no fishing trip is complete without paying homage to age old tradition of fishin' cats... Two Girls...One Cup

Electrical tape to secure your piece fishing rod and duct tape for minor fixes.

dont forget tolit paper for those long fishing trips an some beef jerky

I always have a fish glove to handle fish with as well.