I need help (like that's a surprise)...

[McCarter]

Jeff,

I see no reason why you need to bring anything other than a can of corn, a 5 pack of Eagle Claw snell hooks, some split shots, and your trusty cane pole.  What more does a certified 'carp master' need?

McCarter himself

[Cheetam]

Jeff,

I see no reason why you need to bring anything other than a can of corn, a 5 pack of Eagle Claw snell hooks, some split shots, and your trusty cane pole.  What more does a certified 'carp master' need?

McCarter himself

Much like bass, if I TRY and catch carp, I won't...which means I might start to catch bass...interesting...

Is canned corn legal in a tournament?

[motocross269]

What size bag can you get away with, without peeing off your boater as a Co-Angler in BFL?  Right now I have a bag that will hold 5 3700s...There is a browning bag at BPS that will hold 6 3700s and has a little bit more pocket space..I just don't want to step over the edge and have my boater start chucking my stuff over the side of the boat....
This kind of reminds me of the new Privates in the army that do one of 2 things; they either show up with everything and the kitchen sink or else don't show up with anything but their Game boy...
I will be bringing a small boaters bag that will hold my wet weather gear, goggles, snack, etc.  I guess I could always throw some smaller x-tra stuff in with that. 
Curadokev Touched on this in his article..Maybe we could have him attach an example Packing list...Not specific lures, but how he keeps himself organized..

[blakstr1]

I will be bringing a small boaters bag that will hold my wet weather gear, goggles, snack, etc.  I guess I could always throw some smaller x-tra stuff in with that. 

Definitely need to ditch the goggles and talk to me about a new Fish Hedz mask! (shameless plug) 

[Skip Johnson]

Jose
nothing personel realy dont take it that way but I wouldnt want to co angle with you, when I fish another guys boat I bring 4 rods and and a browning bag with 6 planos in it and a small velcro box on top so it measures 15"L x 11" W x 2' 6" tall, thats what it takes for me to bring what I need or I would rather stay home, I could get into a bite on several different baits in heavy cover and burn through $50 worth of cranks or jigs easily, I would be freaking out every time I got hung up using another guys tackle it wouldnt be fun!

most of my 30 years of tournament fishing has been team tournaments, even though I have always owned boats I fished outa a partners boat alot probobly 50% of the time so I know full well what it is like to get on somebody elses boat.

It is VERY hard for me to do becouse I litteraly have a boat load of tackle but I ALWAYS keep an open full size box for my co angler, I do ask them not to bring more than 4 rods or a lunch box.

heres a few pics of my travel bag and the tackle in them its still a mess from last season but it will give you an idea jeff, you will notice I have at least 40 cranks, 15 jerkbaits, 20 spinnerbaits, 4 buzz baits, 10 topwater, 10 spoons, 30 jigs, 14 colors of tubes and about 10 of each color, 12 colors of plastic worms, a couple dozen swim baits in a few different colors then in my 6th plano I keep about 20 1/0 worm hooks, 20 2/0 worm hooks, 20 3/0 worm hooks, 20 4/0 worm hooks, 20 5/0 worm hooks then 20 of each size of bullet weights from 1/16 to 1/2 oz and a few 1 oz, 3 different sizes of spot remover jig heads for shaky heading about a dozen each size, a dozen 1/16 mono weed guard jig heads a dozen 1/8 mono weed guard jig heads for whacky worming and fishing darters, 3 different sizes of k&e jigheads for tubes about a dozen of each size, about 4 different sizes of dropshot weights a dozen of each size, 20 1/0 dropshot hooks and a dozen trailer hooks for spinnerbaits.

In the small bag that velcrows to the top of the big browning bag I keep about 50 bags of soft plastics including all my dropshot baits, sinkos, craws, creatures, lizards and trailers for jigs.

on each side of the browning bag is small pouches I put a liter of water on one side and a sub sandwich and a couple candy bars on the other.

I left out a few baits but that covers most of it jeff if the pics come out to small let me know I will e mail them to you bigger.

[Cheetam]

Jose
nothing personel realy dont take it that way but I wouldnt want to co angle with you, when I fish another guys boat I bring 4 rods and and a browning bag with 6 planos in it and a small velcro box on top so it measures 15"L x 11" W x 2' 6" tall, thats what it takes for me to bring what I need or I would rather stay home, I could get into a bite on several different baits in heavy cover and burn through $50 worth of cranks or jigs easily, I would be freaking out every time I got hung up using another guys tackle it wouldnt be fun!

most of my 30 years of tournament fishing has been team tournaments, even though I have always owned boats I fished outa a partners boat alot probobly 50% of the time so I know full well what it is like to get on somebody elses boat.

It is VERY hard for me to do becouse I litteraly have a boat load of tackle but I ALWAYS keep an open full size box for my co angler, I do ask them not to bring more than 4 rods or a lunch box.

heres a few pics of my travel bag and the tackle in them its still a mess from last season but it will give you an idea jeff, you will notice I have at least 40 cranks, 15 jerkbaits, 20 spinnerbaits, 4 buzz baits, 10 topwater, 10 spoons, 30 jigs, 14 colors of tubes and about 10 of each color, 12 colors of plastic worms, a couple dozen swim baits in a few different colors then in my 6th plano I keep about 20 1/0 worm hooks, 20 2/0 worm hooks, 20 3/0 worm hooks, 20 4/0 worm hooks, 20 5/0 worm hooks then 20 of each size of bullet weights from 1/16 to 1/2 oz and a few 1 oz, 3 different sizes of spot remover jig heads for shaky heading about a dozen each size, a dozen 1/16 mono weed guard jig heads a dozen 1/8 mono weed guard jig heads for whacky worming and fishing darters, 3 different sizes of k&e jigheads for tubes about a dozen of each size, about 4 different sizes of dropshot weights a dozen of each size, 20 1/0 dropshot hooks and a dozen trailer hooks for spinnerbaits.

In the small bag that velcrows to the top of the big browning bag I keep about 50 bags of soft plastics including all my dropshot baits, sinkos, craws, creatures, lizards and trailers for jigs.

on each side of the browning bag is small pouches I put a liter of water on one side and a sub sandwich and a couple candy bars on the other.

I left out a few baits but that covers most of it jeff if the pics come out to small let me know I will e mail them to you bigger.

What, no Rooster Tails? 

Thanks for the detail Skip...I definitely need to look at picking up a tackle box/bag that is a little more manageable than the one I have.  It's amazing to see that you fit all of that into 6 plano boxes!  I may have to take you up on the bigger photo thing...these eyes of mine aren't what they used to be...

[Skip Johnson]

yeah you just want to see my secret stuff.lol
its cool theyre all in the bags in the little box so you cant see them

gotta go to bps for them rooster tails soon, no joke Im gonna

pm me your e mail adress

[motocross269]

Cast and Blast.. or someone...where do I have to click to see your pictures..I haven't quite got that figured out yet..
Blake..PM me about those FishHedz..What kind of deal you can get me and all of that....See sometimes shameless plugs do work.
Brian

[huston]

One Okuma tackle bag which holds 5 or 6 plano 3700's, It has pouches  for the other junk. I just started putting my spinnerbaits in a  Cd wallet with clear inserts, 4 to 6 rods,  and rain gear is what I take on someone elses boat and what I don't have I use from them. On my boat I still have all that and all the more but it's in mounted trays and rods are in a locker that has an 11 rod holder. 5 baitcasters, and about 7 spinning reels. I never use all that when I'm out but  when you are fishing with a buddy on his boat, it helps to know what type of fishing you will be doing that day. Oh I forgot I do have a bag just for panfishing too!!!!

[Berkley]

Good Read...
http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/bassdozers-bag.shtml

[BASS FISHERMAN]

ween i goes out fishin i brings me 5 fishin poles an i has a bigs coffee can with the plastic lid on theer  in the coffee can i has me spinners bait!!all 150 of thems reedie fur actiun 
ifin it starts to rainin out i puts the lid on theer an no rains down in the can on me spinners bait 

RANGERS BOAT RULE 

not no bout SKEETORS BOAT 

[Skip Johnson]

BASS FISHERMAN
I got one for ya, at ABA nationals this year I drew a guy on day 3 called topwater charlie he showed up with 2 baitcasters each had a devils horse tied on, he had NO other tackle and refused to throw plastics even though I was catching fish and he was not.
why dont you just tie on 5 spinnerbaits and leave the coffee can at home if thats all your gonna fish with
oh and if you want to know anything about skeeters just ask Ive owned 5 and I think they rule, aint never been passed by a ranger.

skeeter boats rule 

[225XS4Garza200PXL]

To each his own I guess...

That's just my thing... someone can bring whatever they want... but if somehow what they have isn't working my box is always open...

I always keep my rear passenger side compartment open... bring whatever...

[smbassman]

MOTO - The best thing for the BFLs is to bring you gear in the one big bag, but also bring some smaller bags in case your big bag doesn't fit in the storage provided.  All boat storage compartments are different sizes and shapes, so being flexible makes it easier.  I have taken all my 370's out and stacked them loose in the storage and transfered my other gear to smaller bags stuffed around the 370's just to get them to fit.  It is not fun trying to keep a hold on your tackle bag while running 30+ miles across lake erie.

[BigSmallie]

It's actually very simple.  All you need is one bag that will carry 4 hard plastic containers.

1st plastic container) Tubs, jig heads & other soft plastics that are your confidence baits.

2nd container) Jig & Pig jigs with pork & plastic.

3rd container) Hard baits, crankbaits, jerkbaits & top water.

4th container) Lizards, worms, hooks & Texas rigged weights.

Use the pockets in the bag to carry other plastics (drop shot, etc..)

Then bring one down sized spinnerbait box.

Depending on the lake your fishing......you will know whether you're fishing for Largies or Smallies.....or both!   You should have a good idea of what extra plastics to fill the bag's pockets with.

Even though my boat is my tackle box  ........I never use 98% of the tackle I have on board.    You just need to know which lake you're fishing and adjust your tackle for the day's conditions and your target fish.   

BS

[Skip Johnson]

MOTO - The best thing for the BFLs is to bring you gear in the one big bag, but also bring some smaller bags in case your big bag doesn't fit in the storage provided.  All boat storage compartments are different sizes and shapes, so being flexible makes it easier.  I have taken all my 370's out and stacked them loose in the storage and transfered my other gear to smaller bags stuffed around the 370's just to get them to fit.  It is not fun trying to keep a hold on your tackle bag while running 30+ miles across lake erie.

I just pm'd about being able to break it down and sometimes leaving the bag at the car also, yea the holding onto a box at 60+mph is hard when your just trying to hold onto the boat.lol