What's your favorite

[Saavedra9]

Hello everybody hope everyone had a great memorial day and thank you for everything. I'm curious, question for the bank anglers or anyone that fishes really. When bank fishing how do you like to carry your tackle and how do you prefer to have it organized?

[jimmyjoe]

  I'm a shorecaster. In my car, I've got a 2 tackle bags that holds 4-5 37xx boxes and 4 34xx boxes each.  I go to the lake or river, figure which lures I'm most likely to use, and put those lures in 2 or 3 34xx series boxes in a small backpack. That's it. When I come back for lunch, I might change lure sets .... or then again, I might not. Some days I have good success with only 3 or 4 lures.     jj

[Mobasser]

I bank fish a couple of times a week. I carry 1 rod, and a very small box with two spinnerbaits, two topwaters, and 2 or 3 bags of plastic worms, with hooks and weights. I like to travel light

[BrianMDTX]

Depends on the walk. 
 

Some places I can fish from the bank 25’ or less from my truck. In those spots I’ll bring my full size tackle box and three rods set up for crankbaits, stickbaits and jigs/topwater. Other places that are a farther walk and down small paths I may only take a few lures in a small box and one rod. 
 

Truth be told, I’d rather have more than I’ll use than less than I need. 

[DitchPanda]

I bring a small cinch backpack with a 3700 size box with several different lures and a couple bags of plastics. Also some tools...pocketknife,pliers, scale. Usually 2 to 4 rods.

[Hammer 4]

I have an Old surfing/wetsuit back pack, that holds a good amount of tackle. Usually have 2 3600 boxes, plus my terminal tackle box, and packs and baggies full of soft plastic's, some swimbaits ranging in size from 3.8 to 7",

 

I normally carry 4 to 6 rigs, depending on conditions.

[JoePhish]

I used to bank fish a lot before I had a boat and a kayak. I fished with 1 rod. I used to stuff everything in my cargo shorts. I carried a small tackle tray with a few hard baits and terminal tackle in it then as many packs of soft plastics as I could fit in the other pocket. I found if I brought any more I'd forget/leave something behind.

[Crankin4Bass]

I like to travel light when bank fishing. I only carry one rod and sling bag with one 3600 size box of lures, some hooks and a couple bags of plastics. I also have a pair of pliers attached to my belt with a holster.

[Team9nine]

1 rod, and whatever tackle I can fit into my shirt/pants pockets - that’s it.

[Todd2]

The simplest I've done is a spinning reel with an empty Altoid mint can with several Neds made up ready to go.

[WhittyPoo]

I have an old REI backpack that I carry my stuff in. 2 3600 boxes. One for top water and the other for subsurface. A smaller box for hooks. Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits in a tupperware sandwich container. 6 or 7 different bags of plastics in a gallon ziploc bag.

[scaleface]

One rod and a few lures in my pocket or sometimes I'll where a fishing vest .

[plawren53202]

Oh man I'm jealous reading how light many of you pack for bank fishing. I do 90% of my fishing from the bank. Many of the places I fish are highly pressured waters where the fish tend to be extremely picky. I think as a result of that my bass bank fishing setup has evolved to be ridiculously big. I carry two rods, a baitcaster and a spinning rod. I have an Eastpak backpack (not a fishing backpack, just a regular backpack I have left over from college) that carries boxes for crankbaits, terminal tackle, topwaters, and soft worm bags with spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and jigs. My second bag is a smaller Walmart tackle bag, for soft plastics. I have them in original packages divided into gallon Ziploc bags by type (Senkos/craws/creature baits/swimbaits/flukes).

 

I don't like carrying this much gear with me. It definitely makes moving spot to spot a little harder. But I have had many times when I went to the water thinking I was going to fish one bait and ended up using something completely different, and a bait I would never have expected when I headed there (like, they end up hitting on a lipless crankbait and I thought they were going to want something slow and on the bottom). I hate the thought of getting to the water and conditions hinting at throwing something that I don't have with me. 

 

In contrast, I have an "ultralight" bag that I use with my light spinning setup. I generally fish this in small rivers, smaller ponds and other places where in general the fish tend not to be so picky. It is much smaller, a Walmart Plano bag that holds two 3500 boxes (one has mainly Rebel craws, crickhoppers, small Rapalas and other hard baits, the other has mainly terminal tackle) and a few bags of Ned worms, Bobby Garlands and other soft plastics. I really enjoy the light travel with this bag and wish I could incorporate my bass gear the same way.

[Scott F]

I don’t bank fish much anymore, but when I do, I use an older version of this Orvis sling pack. It holds a couple bags of plastics, and a few small hard boxes along with my pliers, & line cutting tools. It swings around to my back when fishing, and around to the front when I need to get in it. 

 

 

[Bankc]

I typically load my car up with 4-5 rods and a large tackle box, plus a cooler and a lot of other accessories.  That way I can always walk back to my car if I need anything, or want to swap anything out.  

 

I usually carry just two rods and the tackle box to the bank, and leave the rest in the car.  If it's going to be a mile long hike or longer, then I narrow it down to one rod and one 3700 box.  I prefer to lug the giant tackle box around if possible, not only for the lure choices, but for all of the other stuff I have in there, like my lure retriever, pliers, knife, extra string, stringer, tape measure, etc.  The lure retriever is especially useful from the bank.  That alone makes lugging the whole tackle box worth it.  

[RoLo]

 

One rod (maybe a spare rod in the vehicle) & one small tackle box (Holds a deceptive amount of junk).

 

I've tried knapsacks & fanny packs for daylong shore fishing, but in the long run,

I find it less cumbersome to hopscotch a small hard tackle box from spot-to-spot 

 

Roger

[fishwizzard]

I use two different bags, depending on what I am doing/where I am going:

• For trips where I am less than 1 mile from my car
  • A small fly fishing sling that holds a single 3600 box, a few loose hardbaits, and some really basic spare TT/firstaid/comfort items, a 16oz bottle of water
  • A small clip on tool pouch for pliers/nippers/my phone
  • A climbing chalk bag to hold wet lures/used plastics
• For trips where I am hiking further
  • A 22l Osprey hiking pack that holds 2@3600 boxes, 1@small clamshell plano for misc hardbaits, a greater selection of spare TT/firstaid/comfort items, two 26oz bottles of water, and a scale/fish grips.
  • The same chalkbag for wet lures/used plastics.

I used to use a 11l pack for longer trips but I wanted to start carrying more water so I went up in size to handle the weight better.  

[Bankbeater]

I bring 4 or 5 rods, and my 3600 tackle bag.  Depending on water and weather conditions I will carry 1 to 3 rods.  I take the bag if I am going to walk, or I know I might need something out of it. 

 

The bag has 5 boxes so in each box I have tackle, creature and craws, crankbaits, flukes and senkos, and jigs.  If I'm fishing a 1 or 2 acre pond then I leave everything in the car and return to it as needed.

[ohboyitsrobby]

Full disclosure: 95% of the time when I bank fish it's in the river in my backyard. So I just carry a couple rods. 1) generally a hardbait or some variety. 2) usually a soft plastic. In my package of soft plastics I throw some hooks and I'm on my way. When you're a whopping 250 foot from your back door you can pack super light

[RoLo]

7 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

I bring 4 or 5 rods, and my 3600 tackle bag.  Depending on water and weather conditions I will carry 1 to 3 rods.  I take the bag if I am going to walk, or I know I might need something out of it. 

 

The bag has 5 boxes so in each box I have tackle, creature and craws, crankbaits, flukes and senkos, and jigs.  If I'm fishing a 1 or 2 acre pond then I leave everything in the car and return to it as needed.

 

You don't just call yourself 'bankbeater', you're the real deal!  

Like your style  ?

 

Roger

 

 

[GreenPig]

13 hours ago, Todd2 said:

The simplest I've done is a spinning reel with an empty Altoid mint can with several Neds made up ready to go.

Mint flavored Neds! That's CHEATING!?

[Rpratt]

I don't bank fish very often anymore, but I do go out and toss something new in our towns small lake that is at the park. For example this week I went out and tried to figure out how to really walk a frog. But even when I just do that, I bring along a second rod and a small tote. The second rod is just to toss around a worm or pit boss so I don't go home skunked ?

[rtwvumtneer6]

Backpack with a small terminal box and a day box that I change based on time of year and conditions for that day. One compartment for plastics that I keep in their original packages.  Spool of leader line, scale, braid cutter/split ring plier, pliers, lure retriever, attractants. Hyrdration and granola bar.  Can get away with 3 rods to cover a wide range of presentation.  Rod power and action also change based on time of year. 

 

Pretty simple and very efficient.

[fishwizzard]

I wish I could bring more than a single rod along, but even one rod is a pain to hike around with some times.  Most of the non-park ponds that I fish are either eroded rivers or marshes, so having a hand free when moving from spot to spot is essential.  

 

What does one pay a golfing caddy for 4-6 hours of work?  Having a kid follow me around with a bag full of rods and tackle would be amazing.  

[Jig Man]

1 setup, 1 5 gallon bucket with a lid (ready made seat) and what ever I decide to put in the bucket.