The Simple Approach

[Mobasser]

It's been said here on BR in the past."If you have the bite dialed in, you don't need much".                                                  Over the last three seasons, this is the approach I take on evening bank trips to a 6 acre quarry lake near home.                                      My " tacklebag", if you can call it that, is actually a nylon, 8x8, flat zipper bag, which I think was actually made as a lunch bag.                                              The contents are 1 bag plastic worms, 1 bag plastic craws, a small 3x3" divided Plano box, holds weights, and a few shakey head jigs.                                                 The bag has two mesh pockets inside, which hold worm hooks in they're original packages.                                  One more small Plano box holds two 1/4 oz Beetlespins, one Rebel Pop R, and a chrome 1/4 oz Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon. A section of plastic worm works good as a trailer on the spoon, if I decide to use it.                                     I've rigged the bag with a short section of paracord rope, with a clip that attaches to my belt loop. I havnt weighed this bag, but it weighs very little.                                                          One med/ hvy rod, either casting or spinning is all I carry. It's a fun way to fish. After fishing this small lake for years, I've found three areas that I target, which will always seem to hold some fish.                                        Most evenings the plastic worm brings in the most bass, but, it's always fun to try for a topwater fish before I go home at dark.                                          Although many folks will say I'm putting myself at a disadvantage here, that hasn't been the case at all. Actually, since I started carrying less tackle on these trips, I catch more bass. And, when it's time to go home, it's an easy walk back to the truck without having to pack multiple rods, or a heavy tacklebox or bag, full of stuff that I rarely if ever used.                                 Like most of us, I've collected a lot of tackle over the years. I used to carry a huge amount of stuff, and lug it up and down the bank. Now, travelling light is the best way to go.                                                 What I've learned here since joining BR has been a huge help. Focus on where to fish, seasonal patterns, and structure, and armed with a few well chosen baits that fit your fishing style, you'll catch em. " If you have the bite dialed in, you don't need much". It's 100% fact.                             

[Team9nine]

"The more you know, the less you throw"    

 

 

[NYWayfarer]

43 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

"The more you know, the less you throw"    

 

 

[DitchPanda]

1 hour ago, Mobasser said:

It's been said here on BR in the past."If you have the bite dialed in, you don't need much".                                                  Over the last three seasons, this is the approach I take on evening bank trips to a 6 acre quarry lake near home.                                      My " tacklebag", if you can call it that, is actually a nylon, 8x8, flat zipper bag, which I think was actually made as a lunch bag.                                              The contents are 1 bag plastic worms, 1 bag plastic craws, a small 3x3" divided Plano box, holds weights, and a few shakey head jigs.                                                 The bag has two mesh pockets inside, which hold worm hooks in they're original packages.                                  One more small Plano box holds two 1/4 oz Beetlespins, one Rebel Pop R, and a chrome 1/4 oz Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon. A section of plastic worm works good as a trailer on the spoon, if I decide to use it.                                     I've rigged the bag with a short section of paracord rope, with a clip that attaches to my belt loop. I havnt weighed this bag, but it weighs very little.                                                          One med/ hvy rod, either casting or spinning is all I carry. It's a fun way to fish. After fishing this small lake for years, I've found three areas that I target, which will always seem to hold some fish.                                        Most evenings the plastic worm brings in the most bass, but, it's always fun to try for a topwater fish before I go home at dark.                                          Although many folks will say I'm putting myself at a disadvantage here, that hasn't been the case at all. Actually, since I started carrying less tackle on these trips, I catch more bass. And, when it's time to go home, it's an easy walk back to the truck without having to pack multiple rods, or a heavy tacklebox or bag, full of stuff that I rarely if ever used.                                 Like most of us, I've collected a lot of tackle over the years. I used to carry a huge amount of stuff, and lug it up and down the bank. Now, travelling light is the best way to go.                                                 What I've learned here since joining BR has been a huge help. Focus on where to fish, seasonal patterns, and structure, and armed with a few well chosen baits that fit your fishing style, you'll catch em. " If you have the bite dialed in, you don't need much". It's 100% fact.                             

My local lake has been beating me up lately..because of this I'm bringing 4 or 5 rods a trip and way to many lure options. All spring and fall I can get by with a moving bait rod with a spinnerbait, swim jig or shad rap tied on and a jig rod. Hell of a lot more enjoyable with 2 rods and 1 small box of bais.

[LCG]

I have recently downsized my tackle bag to a single Plano 3500 double sided box with beaver style baits, creature baits, senkos, and 3 spinner baits, one frog, one chatterbait, one jig, one in line spinner, as well as my terminal tackle and some trd crawz and TRD stick baits. Plenty of selection and enough rigs to cover the basics. 

 

I find this far more efficient and easier to decide what to use that is both versatile and proven productive for me. 

[MGF]

Yesterday afternoon I waded the local river. I had 5 zoom finesse worms, two extra #1 EWG, 2 extra split shots, one NED jig head, 3 ZMAN TRDs and 2 1/16 oz screw in worm weights. It all fit in a small plastic bag which I stuffed in my hip pocket.  The Zman platic was in a separate bag inside the bag. I also carried a pair of needle nose pliars in my back pocket and a small stainless knife in  sheath on a rope belt. So nothing that I couldn't carry in my pockets while wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

 

I was rigged to fish a split shot rig, a NED or a TRD as a "tiny child rig. The split shot rig is what was already on the rod and I never switched.

 

I caught a bunch of small mouth and the only tackle I used was some of the extra finesse worms because the fish were tearing them up.

 

That was for a short wading trip. I bring more gear for a half or full day float trip in the jon boat or the canoe.

[Bird]

I take everything thing I need and nothing that I don't. 

[fin]

A couple colors of flukes

Several colors of worms

A shad-colored spinnerbait

 

That, terminal tackle, line, and tools is all I'm carrying here lately. Took a long time to narrow down that list though. Most days I'll also take a wild card, just to break up the monotony.

 

[MGF]

5 hours ago, MGF said:

Yesterday afternoon I waded the local river. I had 5 zoom finesse worms, two extra #1 EWG, 2 extra split shots, one NED jig head, 3 ZMAN TRDs and 2 1/16 oz screw in worm weights. It all fit in a small plastic bag which I stuffed in my hip pocket.  The Zman platic was in a separate bag inside the bag. I also carried a pair of needle nose pliars in my back pocket and a small stainless knife in  sheath on a rope belt. So nothing that I couldn't carry in my pockets while wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

 

I was rigged to fish a split shot rig, a NED or a TRD as a "tiny child rig. The split shot rig is what was already on the rod and I never switched.

 

I caught a bunch of small mouth and the only tackle I used was some of the extra finesse worms because the fish were tearing them up.

 

That was for a short wading trip. I bring more gear for a half or full day float trip in the jon boat or the canoe.

Oh and I only brought one color plastic...green pumpkin. I'm sure other would work but I didn't bring them. LOL

[NYWayfarer]

On my kayak I travel light.
 

Basically what I can fit in my life jacket pockets which isn’t much. Some hooks, weights, couple of packs of soft plastics. I have two rods rigged with what I plan on using for the day.
 

Tomorrow will be a T-Rigged Craw and a Dropshot Dreamshot. 

[Catt]

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