Food and snacks?

[Ski]

What do you all pack for a full day of tourney fishing?

Thinking sound breakfast before leaving house then protein bars and water should work.

[Captain Phil]

58 minutes ago, Ski said:

What do you all pack for a full day of tourney fishing?

 

Vienna sausage?  ?   Seriously, when I was fishing tournaments I didn't take time to eat.   I may have packed some crackers, but that was about it.   

[jbsoonerfan]

I fished a LOT this past year and I usually just had a pack of peanut butter crackers or something in the morning and made sure I had water or Gatorade. Very rarely did I get hungry. I have a buddy that goes with me occasionally and even if we are going for 4-5 hours he will bring a sandwich, chips, beef jerky, a snickers, hot peanut, a dr pepper, a couple bottles of water, etc. He always asks me, how can you go without eating. I just tell him I am here to fish, I will eat later. LOL

[Fishes in trees]

How important is food to you AND how much time do you want to take away from fishing to eat?  The very first BFL tournament I fished I brought a cooler full of sandwiches, water, trail mix bars, candy bars, lots of stuff and I thought I'd be a nice guy and bring enough to share with my boater.

He knew I was inexperienced ( because I told him ) and he told me that I must be a great fisherman because I was ok with taking fishing time to eat.   Over the next 8 hours, he might have eaten a trail mix bar when we were running somewhere, but it was Lake of the Ozark in the early spring and it was windy and I was more comfortable when he had 2 hands on the wheel.

 

Seriously though , it is your energy level and you need to figure out how much energy you need to get through the day.  Fishing when you're hungry and don't have any food is a drag and I don't recommend that.

 

After a couple seasons of experimenting and making the requisite number of missteps and outright mistakes,  I settled on meat sticks, energy bars and water, mostly probably a thermos of coffee.

   Early spring I didn't all that much water, maybe 1 or 2 or 3 bottles.   Late Spring and into summer though it is easy to get dehydrated, I make myself drink at least a bottle an hour and you'll feel better  and have more energy if you do 2 or 3 bottles per hour.  At least that was my experience.

 

I never did think that soda pop was a good idea, so I never did bring any.   Ice tea isn't a bad idea, but water hydrates you better.   The whole food/ managing & maintaining your energy level is part of the learning curve in tournament fishing.   A buddy of mine prefers neatly made pbj sandwiches, cut into quarters, so they don't take long to eat.   I learned to cut up my beef sticks into bite size pieces so that I could chew and fish at the same time and didn't have to hold on to the uneaten jerky in my hand.

If you're diabetic ( type 1 or 2 ) or pre-diabetic, then energy management becomes a little more involved.   Ask a doctor or dietician at that point.  As a type 2 myself, I know I can't go all protein and no carbs and I can't go the other way, all carbs & no protein.    Like I said, meat sticks ( cut up into bite size pieces ) , trail mix bars & water worked for me.

[813basstard]

Tournament: Water, peanuts, adult lunchable 

 

Non Tournament: Water (ok, couple beers)

[bulldog1935]

Beach Cliff pickled herring steaks in Louisiana Hot Sauce.  

When you crack open the tin, pour the oil on the water - it draws fish.  

[slonezp]

I'd pack water, a sammich, and always pack fresh fruit. Either apples or oranges. Nothing like a healthy sugar boost from the fruit.

[Fishes in trees]

In a non- tournament situation, I more or less know that I'm stopping for food on the way home.  So, this means that I'm going to get some good Mexican or asian, or BBQ or steak & potatoes & vegetables on the way home.

 

In this situation , I'm probably going to pack some barley pop.  Just enough to generate a minor buzz.    I bring more than I'm going to need because I might run into a buddy on the lake, or someone who might become my newest buddy.  In that case, extra barley pops are helpful - just to generate more chit-chat, if nothing else.

 

Should you run into me on your favorite lake, and choose to offer a lo-cal, lower alcohol barley pop, or should you run into me and we be chit chatting on the lake, some options might be :  Founders All Day IPA,   Bell's Light Hearted Ale,   O'Dell's Drumroll ( a hazy pale ale ), Martin City Easy Way IPA, O'Dells Good Behavior ( a crushable IPA ) ,  Firestone/Walker Flyjack.

 

These options are more or less readily available in my neighborhood.  Your neighborhood might vary.

[jbsoonerfan]

All while having a DD I hope. 

[Ski]

Thinking sound breakfast before leaving house then protein bars and water should work.

 

[Michigander]

I like to eat jerky for breakfast and I keep some peanuts on the boat if I get crazy hungry. Usually my body just ignores the hunger until I get back to land where a wave of starvation overtakes me. My fishing partner needs lots of snacks onboard though, if his blood sugar gets kinda low, he gets really cranky. ?

 

For long practice days I occasionally have one of the MREs we keep onboard.

 

[Hawkeye21]

I bring a big bottle of water and a couple frozen bottles of some sports drink.  I like to have a sandwich for lunch and for snacks I usually have granola bars, trail mix or jerky.  The frozen sports drinks are enough to keep everything cold in my little cooler.

[Choporoz]

I take coffee, two water bottles and two granola bars.   I usually come in with one bottle of water (none if it's hot out) and two granola bars.  Never think about eating on the water, even during 10-11 hour days.

[Log Catcher]

I don't fish tournaments. On my days fishing I have a sandwich, a pack of nabs, water, ice tea, and gatorade. I like to take my time and have lunch and think about what is working and what is not. I will take the time to change baits and maybe get out some other rods and reels and put some away before I go back to fishing.

[Darth-Baiter]

I don’t do tournaments   
 

but I pack a Nalgene bottle or two and a single food bar.  I sometimes don’t even eat the bar.  It’s odd.  8 hours and no hunger. 

[A-Jay]

I'm a growing boy and I like to eat.

So bring a small grocery store with me on the water. 

Usually includes some type of oven roasted poultry, & fresh spinach rolled up in a flat bread (X 2 or 3), a couple of small baked potatoes (yup - eat them cold), an assortment of small Cliff Bars

and 1/2 dozen bottles of water.  

Also like to have a 'snack' for the ride home waiting in the cooler in the truck.

#feedthemachine

A-Jay

 

 

[bulldog1935]

2 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

I don’t do tournaments   
 

but I pack a Nalgene bottle or two and a single food bar.  I sometimes don’t even eat the bar.  It’s odd.  8 hours and no hunger. 

bet you're not paddling 8 miles

Stevo always eats cold pizza and beer for breakfast.  

something else about kayaking - you have to get out the boat occasionally - makes it a good time to eat.  

[Bankbeater]

I don't fish tournaments.  I usually bring a few granola bars, and a two liter bottle of water. I have a big breakfast so this will usually hold me over for about 4 to 5 hours.

If I'm fishing longer then I will bring more food and water.

[Darth-Baiter]

4 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

bet you're not paddling 8 miles

Stevo always eats cold pizza and beer for breakfast.  

something else about kayaking - you have to get out the boat occasionally - makes it a good time to eat.  

I crisscrossed a big lake once.  Miles and miles.  I just kept going. 

[Glenn]

Would you believe I even have a video about this?  Yup....

 

 

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, Glenn said:

Would you believe I even have a video about this?  Yup....

Glenn, you have a vid about everything.

[Boomstick]

What I did a lot last year for kayak fishing was to buy the largest sub I could and eat half for lunch and half for dinner. As it got hotter, sometimes that seemed to not be enough for dinner, so I'll have to bring some Cliff bars, Battenkill Brittle (local made energy bars) or maybe some super spicy peanuts - live the spicy stuff.

 

Then I'll carry a large stainless steel water bottle. On cooler days, that will last me all day. In the warmer days I'll add a couple of bottles of gatorade, specifically yellow on hot days - can't drink enough on those hot days.

[Shimano_1]

On 1/13/2021 at 6:06 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

I fished a LOT this past year and I usually just had a pack of peanut butter crackers or something in the morning and made sure I had water or Gatorade. Very rarely did I get hungry. I have a buddy that goes with me occasionally and even if we are going for 4-5 hours he will bring a sandwich, chips, beef jerky, a snickers, hot peanut, a dr pepper, a couple bottles of water, etc. He always asks me, how can you go without eating. I just tell him I am here to fish, I will eat later. LOL

X2 basically exactly my experiences as well lol

[Rpratt]

My Boat rules either weekend fun fishing or tournament.

 

Section 48.3

 

Back seat boater must bring deer sausage or that angler may not get in  the boat.

 

I didn't make it up, but the rules are the rules and I strictly enforce them..?

[lo n slo]

On 1/15/2021 at 3:20 PM, A-Jay said:

I'm a growing boy and I like to eat.

So bring a small grocery store with me on the water. 

Usually includes some type of oven roasted poultry, & fresh spinach rolled up in a flat bread (X 2 or 3), a couple of small baked potatoes (yup - eat them cold), an assortment of small Cliff Bars

and 1/2 dozen bottles of water.  

Also like to have a 'snack' for the ride home waiting in the cooler in the truck.

#feedthemachine

A-Jay