FORGOT MY TACKLE BOX!

[Fishman Fishman]

Today I arrived at Seal Beach pier with my usual enthusiasm. As I was unloading my truck and loading my fish cart, I realized I had forgotten my tackle box!

No hooks, no weights, no pliers, no measuring tape, no rigs, etc.

I just stared into the back of my truck and questioned my sanity.

Oh well! It was a nice drive. The fish got a break today! LOL.

 

[MisterT]

Something to laugh about!

 

[DarrenD]

I know the large liquor store on main has bait but I believe they have simple tackle as well ….as soon as you walk in to the right.

 

[Ken Jones]

Sorry to hear.

 

[bassfanatick]

Today I arrived at Seal Beach pier with my usual enthusiasm. As I was unloading my truck and loading my fish cart, I realized I had forgotten my tackle box!

No hooks, no weights, no pliers, no measuring tape, no rigs, etc.

I just stared into the back of my truck and questioned my sanity.

Oh well! It was a nice drive. The fish got a break today! LOL.

LOL that is every fisherman's nightmare, I would find the nearest tackle store and drop by to buy some hooks and lures!!! You should organize an emergency tackle box, leave it in your truck always, for occasions like this.

 

[Ken Jones]

I once was fishing and had to stop to watch my granddaughter's soccer match. Put my rods up against the right side of the car and drove off without them. Of course they were gone when I returned. I was on one of my pier hopping trips along the coast so quickly went out to buy two new rods and reels. I wasn't a happy camper at that point.

 

[Fishman Fishman]

LOL that is every fisherman's nightmare, I would find the nearest tackle store and drop by to buy some hooks and lures!!! You should organize an emergency tackle box, leave it in your truck always, for occasions like this.

Emergency tackle box a good idea!

 

[Fishman Fishman]

I once was fishing and had to stop to watch my granddaughter's soccer match. Put my rods up against the right side of the car and drove off without them. Of course they were gone when I returned. I was on one of my pier hopping trips along the coast so quickly went out to buy two new rods and reels. I wasn't a happy camper at that point.

Ouch! That hurt losing two rods/reels!

 

[Ken Jones]

Ouch! That hurt losing two rods/reels!

I actually lost three rods/reels but figured I only needed two for the rest of the trip.

 

[Mahigeer]

Been there done that.

That is why I have a list for every type of fishing outing that I do. Even with that, I forgot my cart going to Catalina.


PIER FISHING LIST: Revised 09/13/2024

B-BPS blue bag [braid scissors / fish ID booklets / reels / Sabiki hooks / tackle dividers X 3 / etc.]
C-Cart / Velcro straps container [circulating pump / cooler (frozen water, orange juice / DO NOT TOUCH sign / 12V battery] cutting board
Clothing bag [Casino shirt / dress (pants, shoes, socks) / fishing (pants, shirt) / fishing socks / long shoehorn / prescription [Calcium chews / insulin (alcohol pads, pen, needles / pills (day, night) / prescription glasses (regular, sun) / socks tool / toiletry bag / underwear (bottom, top)]
F-Fish measuring trough folding seat
H-Hoop net [Bait box / bait / rope]
M-Mahigeer cap Miracle thread
N-Notebook/pen
R-Rods [Sabiki bait rod / spinning rod / bait casting]
S-Square bucket [bait knife / rope / small bucket / white towels] sunglasses
T-Tool pouch [braid scissors / casting glove / folding knife / forceps / Hook remover / lip holder / line pic / Jaw opener / Swiss army knife / towel clip / white towel]
W-Wide brim hat/leash

 

[moonshine]

That said, what is the absolutely bare minimum tackle selection you could get by with?
I've adapted some of what I learned down there and caught plenty of trout on the Snake river on just a dropshoot and a Gulp! minnow.

 

[evanluck]

I keep a redundant set of basic tackle in three different places to guard against this. Which has happened to me once as well. So i have a set in my backpack and a one in my coat pocket.

 

[BayFisher]

To avoid this I keep spare tackle in my car. Gather some basic stuff and make a small tackle box and it wont happen again!

 

[moonshine]

I remember fishing with the basics as a kid because we were just plain po' folks.
I had a cane pole my mom added guides to by bending safety pins and taping them to the pole. She added a reel we got from the Blue Chip stamp catalog. It must've turned a few heads, but I don't think I've ever fished with a better rig.
That's the way I learned to fish. The rest I picked up here and there and places like here at PFIC.
It's good that kids have places like this to pick up the basics. Thank you, Ken and the rest.

 

[Brock Norris]

Blue chip stamps wow haven't thought of those in a long time cool

 

[Ken Jones]

Blue chip stamps and green stamps furnished some of the household needs when I was first married.

 

[Fishman Fishman]

I remember fishing with the basics as a kid because we were just plain po' folks.
I had a cane pole my mom added guides to by bending safety pins and taping them to the pole. She added a reel we got from the Blue Chip stamp catalog. It must've turned a few heads, but I don't think I've ever fished with a better rig.
That's the way I learned to fish. The rest I picked up here and there and places like here at PFIC.
It's good that kids have places like this to pick up the basics. Thank you, Ken and the rest.

I remember Blue and Green stamp catalogs!

 

[moonshine]

Blue chip stamps wow haven't thought of those in a long time cool

Gas station used to pay folks to buy their gas. Shell would offer drinking glasses with the Rams logo.

I loved redeeming those stamps but my mom would recrute us to lick them and glue them in the stamp books. I can still taste the adhesive.

 

[Red Fish]

Today I arrived at Seal Beach pier with my usual enthusiasm. As I was unloading my truck and loading my fish cart, I realized I had forgotten my tackle box!

No hooks, no weights, no pliers, no measuring tape, no rigs, etc.

I just stared into the back of my truck and questioned my sanity.

Oh well! It was a nice drive. The fish got a break today! LOL.

Hey, I remember I was packing to get inside of the gate before 5 pm at John Sutter Pier under the San Francisco Bay Bridge a couple of years ago. The pier is almost a mile away so I brought my mountain bike (not electric). But what I forgot in my haste was the 2 fishing rods that I strapped to the frame of the bike with bungee cords. Then it came to me, the road on Observation Point is a 2.5 trail over part of the Bay Bridge to Yerba Buena/Treasure Island, so leaving my fishing rods behind is the only reason I have ever bicycled across the Bay Bridge!