This is what I mean.

 

We all have our rods, reels, baits and boating equipment that is designed for bass fishing.

 

But what do you take with you on your boat or when bank fishing that was not invented for, not intended for, or not designed for bass fishing?

 

As examples, I have the following on my boat:

Needle Nose Pliers

.38 Special

First Aid Kit

Tree Trimmer Shears

Flares

Tool Kit

Glue

Powerful 2000 Lumens Flashlight

Binoculars

Knitting Needles

 

So what do you have that you use that was not designed for bass fishing?

 

 

My wife always has a book, and during the warm weather we'll have swim suits and towels. We'll toss the anchor and go for a swim. Other than that we always have first aid, tool kit etc. on board.

sun screen , paper towels , a rag , a noodle for swimming . If the wateris warm enough , I'm jumping in .

Food, water and spare cloths. 

Tom

i’m kinda partial towards country ham biscuits 

The wife

My gun

Sunscreen

Bug Spray

Drinks

Snacks

Cell Phone

Music

Extra Clothes

Tools

First Aid Kit

and probably a few other things...lol

 

and thanks to Sam I will be adding a tree trimmer....

Nothing lol

 

everything in my boat besides toilet paper has to do with bass fishing and the TP is for crappin when I'm bass fishing

Toilet paper and a jug of water.

Music Roll  ?

 

 

1 hour ago, Sam said:

This is what I mean.

 

We all have our rods, reels, baits and boating equipment that is designed for bass fishing.

 

But what do you take with you on your boat or when bank fishing that was not invented for, not intended for, or not designed for bass fishing?

 

As examples, I have the following on my boat:

 

Tree Trimmer Shears

 

Knitting Needles

 

 

 

 

Tree Trimmer Shears, are you a landscaper cause I got a backyard that needs some work.

Knitting Needles??? Knitting Needles??? My mind is reeling with thoughts of you knitting a tiny sweater for a bass. 

I always bring a pee cup with me in the kayak (usually the empty paper coffee cup I drank on the paddle out.)

My dog

6 hours ago, Gundog said:

Tree Trimmer Shears, are you a landscaper cause I got a backyard that needs some work.

Knitting Needles??? Knitting Needles??? My mind is reeling with thoughts of you knitting a tiny sweater for a bass. 

Easier to cut the tree branches to retrieve a bait then to try to get the bait out of the trees or bushes, especially on rivers with their current.

 

Knitting needles are for getting those horrible backlashes out of your baitcasters.

 

Both old pro's secrets.

Usually just the .45, luckily I haven’t had to use it for bass fishing yet cause I think it might be overkill...

9 hours ago, Gundog said:

 

Knitting Needles??? Knitting Needles??? My mind is reeling with thoughts of you knitting a tiny sweater for a bass. 

 

Me too!

I use them for taking out backlashes. 

It seems  @Sam and I are old school. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

My bad. I didn't realize anything goes in the boat that isn't required safety or bass related. 

16 hours ago, Sam said:

This is what I mean.

 

We all have our rods, reels, baits and boating equipment that is designed for bass fishing.

 

But what do you take with you on your boat or when bank fishing that was not invented for, not intended for, or not designed for bass fishing?

 

As examples, I have the following on my boat:

Needle Nose Pliers

.38 Special

First Aid Kit

Tree Trimmer Shears

Flares

Tool Kit

Glue

Powerful 2000 Lumens Flashlight

Binoculars

Knitting Needles

 

So what do you have that you use that was not designed for bass fishing?

 

 

Are Binoculars the new smallie spotters?

5 hours ago, Montanaro said:

Bet he catches more bass than you!

Bottled water, toilet paper, waterproof New Testament, knife, first aide, cheapo old style flip phone that I'm not afraid to get wet and ruin in case of emergencies, beef jerky, disposable camera.

I keep "evil spirit" bell on my kayak, to ward off the bad Ju-Ju. Same kind of bell, you will often times find on motorcycles.

Le wife . . . .

Dog 

gun

first aid kit

towel

cell phone 

extra truck key

On 5/5/2018 at 7:16 PM, Sam said:

As examples, I have the following on my boat:

Needle Nose Pliers

.38 Special

First Aid Kit

Tree Trimmer Shears

Flares

Tool Kit

Glue

Powerful 2000 Lumens Flashlight

Binoculars

Knitting Needles

 

So what do you have that you use that was not designed for bass fishing?

 

 

 

Those are totally related to bass fishing and fishing in general! I don't remove most trebles without a good pair of needle nosers. For example, I had a little bass hit a crankbait on top water the other day (first bass crank catch, whoooo!), but the little guy was so small that the front hook got him in the corner of the mouth, and when I set it, the lure looped over and hooked him in the back right through the dorsal. I wasn't about to mess with that without pliers!

 

Back on topic: I carry a gun at least in my car, if not on me, most a lot of others on here do. But I also carry a pickup magnet attached to about 100' of paracord. Why? To magnet fish of course! Never knot what you may find! I'm yet to find anything amazing, but I have pulled lots of old, rusted hooks, sinkers, and corroded nasty lures out of the water with one. I see it as cleaning the environment and saving fish.

Green laser pointer - scares annoying geese away

 

Picaridin bug repellent

 

.380 Walther PPK

 

 

Cigars.  Not sure I even know how to fish without them anymore :)