Gift Ideas

[Bluebasser86]

after years of not wearing said shirts and years of spending $$$ on fishing stuff, my in-laws finally came around on the last go-round and caved in on the gift card to BPS!  call it a lazy gift if you'd like, but i prefer it....

It's been 6 years now, I've got to be getting close to that point. 

[buzzed bait]

It's been 6 years now, I've got to be getting close to that point. 

took me 8.5 years man, be patient!!

[Cgolf]

One item I am never without is a lip gripper, kind of boring, but I have only gotten hooked once by a very enthusiastic bass when I didn't use it!

A good all around and somewhat forgotten bait would be a 5" kalins grub, durable and the tail moves with the slowest of retrieves. Personally I like slider heads for most of my fishing, they work great especially if you change baits a lot, I even use a snap with them.

Also a bandit 100 or three, great baits in shallower water along with some hollow bodied frogs when the top water bite is on.

[tander]

Any gift card is fine with me. Easy on the giver and makes me happy, a win win situation. I like the Visa cards. You can use them anywhere.

[blckshirt98]

Boomerang Snip Tool...can't go fishing without it.

[Fishes in trees]

Has Christmas come to the point that you can specify what different people in your gifting circle can give you?   I don't think you should expect those folks to fund your addiction.  A large part of the Christmas gifting process is to find something that you think the other person will like.   I'm in the club with the aforementioned relatives who believe that a gift card is "lazy".  I did that one year and my older sister (who knows everything) told me it was lazy.

 

If you were a junkie, would you expect people in your gifting circle to only give you good drugs?    I think for the most part that you are responsible for funding your own addiction.    Now, if you are in the habit of "dropping hints" and you are a bank fisherman, the best piece of tackle you can have, one what you will use EVERY time you go, is a good set of hip waders.

[EricTheAngler]

Has Christmas come to the point that you can specify what different people in your gifting circle can give you?   I don't think you should expect those folks to fund your addiction.  A large part of the Christmas gifting process is to find something that you think the other person will like.   I'm in the club with the aforementioned relatives who believe that a gift card is "lazy".  I did that one year and my older sister (who knows everything) told me it was lazy.

 

If you were a junkie, would you expect people in your gifting circle to only give you good drugs?    I think for the most part that you are responsible for funding your own addiction.    Now, if you are in the habit of "dropping hints" and you are a bank fisherman, the best piece of tackle you can have, one what you will use EVERY time you go, is a good set of hip waders.

Well what do you recommend, scrap the WISHLIST?

[IowaHusker28]

I always go for at least one fun item a year, although gift cards are awesome. New rain gear, a go pro, that certain rod or reel you've been eyeing but haven't pulled the trigger because you don't "need" it. Performance long sleeve shirts or a buff/neck gaiter, sun protection is always good. Any kind of tackle. Also nicer polarized sunglasses are a good purchase especially in the spring when the ice goes away! A nice pair of needle nose or multitool is always something you use. Sorry, I went for more of a fun wish list more than practical but hey, even one of those things is an awesome gift. Oh and a headlamp, crucial for rigging up at night or in the early morning. 

[EricTheAngler]

I always go for at least one fun item a year, although gift cards are awesome. New rain gear, a go pro, that certain rod or reel you've been eyeing but haven't pulled the trigger because you don't "need" it. Performance long sleeve shirts or a buff/neck gaiter, sun protection is always good. Any kind of tackle. Also nicer polarized sunglasses are a good purchase especially in the spring when the ice goes away! A nice pair of needle nose or multitool is always something you use. Sorry, I went for more of a fun wish list more than practical but hey, even one of those things is an awesome gift. Oh and a headlamp, crucial for rigging up at night or in the early morning. 

Thanks dude, helps alot!

[MickD]

I think the best gifts are things that the receiver would not buy for themselves.  So in that vein, I think the digital scales proposed by others are good, but there is another that I think is great.  Ceramix braid scissors.  I wouldn't pay $20 for braid scissors for me, but I did for my son.