Fishing line for a survival kit

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...

I carry regular monofiliment line, assorted fish hooks, and a few lures. I'll fish with a 6' to 8' willow switch or something similar. A sinker is rarely needed, and a bobber can be a small piece of dry wood. Fits neatly in a Sucrets tin.



When the chips are down,
the buffalo is empty.

[dinosaur]

Pathfinder has the right idea. Monofilament is great line as long as you switch it out every season. If not, try the newer hi-tech lines. They don't have a memory and aren't affected by heat, cold, or sunlight.

[Theosus]

Originally Posted by Pathfinder1

Hi...

I carry regular monofiliment line, assorted fish hooks, and a few lures. I'll fish with a 6' to 8' willow switch or something similar. A sinker is rarely needed, and a bobber can be a small piece of dry wood. Fits neatly in a Sucrets tin.



When the chips are down,
the buffalo is empty.

What kind of lures if I may ask? I'm bad enough at fishing that a whole tackle box of lures rarely catches me anything. If I'm in a survival situation and find myself digging for worms to fish with, it might make more sense for me just to eat the worms.

[dinosaur]

Originally Posted by Theosus

What kind of lures if I may ask?

Carry small lures. They fit easily into a small box and even a large fish will hit a small lure. You;ll want at least four. Two of them should be floating lures. These will work well on trout, bass, and bluegill. The other two should be diving lures. Catfish will hit surface lures but you stand a better chance with something that will move along the bottom. These are also best for crappie, perch and walleye. Live bait is still best however. Dig some worms, put them on a hook, toss your line out, tie it to a tree and let it sit. Something will find it.

[Pathfinder1]

Theosis...around here it's a few spinning lures and a small Rapela and Johnson Silver Minnow.

A little survival tip: carry some chewing gum. Chewed gum in tan or red (or similar) makes fairly good imitation worms, especially in smaller trout streams, and for bass in rivers. In rivers hook the "worm" in the middle...!!



Yikes, I think I se a hand grenade rolling downhill at me...!!

[Theo]

Originally Posted by Theosus

What kind of lures if I may ask? I'm bad enough at fishing that a whole tackle box of lures rarely catches me anything. If I'm in a survival situation and find myself digging for worms to fish with, it might make more sense for me just to eat the worms.

I'm with you on that. My Dad could throw a line in a mud puddle on the side of the road and catch fish. Me? I have trouble catching fish in a Long John Silvers.

[oldsarge]

Funny thing about lures...not that I'm an expert or anything, I hardly fish at all. But when I was stationed in Panama I went out and bought all kinds of stuff people told me I needed to catch fish. The first time out with one of my buddy's, I pulled out one of those high speed low drag lures I was instructed to buy. My buddy looks at me and say "man you got a lot of those" ( I bought spares cause I knew I'd be loosing some), I asked "what are you using?". He pulled out a handful of plastic drinking straws, then proceeded to cut them in 1" pieces. The damn guy was catching fish all morning long. Probably 4 to my 1. He say's "It's all I ever use out here". What a kick in the nuts!

[Newanderthal]

Sarge, my little brother does that to me all the time. He catches fish on the tabs from coke cans, gummy worms, gum wrappers... I just want to strangle that kid sometimes.

[Grandpa]

Caught a trout with a piece of red cloth wrapped around the hook once but never with the stuff you guys mentioned.

[Pathfinder1]

I usually don't trek very far,
when all around black bears are.



Hi...

Lest we forget one of the most important items in our BOBs...550 paracord...!! It contains seven much smaller lines on the inside...which will make an emergency fishing line.




Hark...!! Is that a hand grenade I hear exploding? Ow! Ow! Ow!