And, another list...tools

[Greg Meyer]

What's in that tool box in the boat....



Small 3/8 socket set

Spare plugs and plug socket

Electrical connectors and crimpers

A real neat new vice grip with angle jaws for hex nuts

Two sizes of "Crescent" Wrenches

4-6 way screw driver

Spare Batteries for everything

A set of small jumper cables

Extra plugs for drains and live well

Spare wire...8-10ft

Electrical tape

Super lube

Duct Tape

Super Glue

Spare bulb for evry kind of light on boat and trailer

Prop Nut and Wrench (plastic/fiberglass)

Spare Prop

Spare prop and nut (and pin) for trolling motor

Small Hammer

Spare Oil

Spare Lower unit drain plugs

a 6"X8" Truck Tire Patch (actually will hold to aluminum)

Small 12v Circuit test light

 

[TrepMan]

What you doing towing a 4X8 floating trailer behind you with that much stuff!



Seriously do a let of lists in a Word doc and send to Rich as a Grab Bag item will be a great place to point newbees to.

 

[Mike Mann]

spare jacknuts?

 

[Jim Clevenger]

I'll keep that big list handy for when I learn how to do more than stand and cuss the motor when it doesn't run! Now top item on my list is a cell phone!!



Jim

 

[Greg Meyer]

In the back of the truck...A jack that will lift the trailer, a real 4way lug wrench, and Spare-air in a can

 

[John Foster]

I carry enough to keep me on the water that day. If anything major goes wrong I will fix it at home not on the water.



Duct tape and electrical tape is always on the boat. Extra wire for what ever. Conectors and crimping tool. Also an extra toggle switch that is already wired with about six feet of wire off each terminal just incase I have a switch short out. Can use it for almost anything. Regular and Phillips screwdrivers and a adjustable wrench. Slip joint and needle nose pliers. Spare set of spark plugs. and fuses for everything. I also carry the emergency start rope.



I don't carry jumper cables because I have a system in my boat that I can push a button and conect to one of my trolling batteries.



And I feel one of the most important tools is the first aid kit. Sits under my seat in a waterproof container. Hoping I will never need it.



John

 

[Andrew Zuber]

First Aid kit IS a necessity...

Do you carry a hook remover?

After fishing for as long as I can remember, I had never had a hook buried past the barb until a couple years ago...

It was stuck in the meat at the end of my pinkie finger. Just thought I could "tough it out" and pull that sucker out...but, it doesn't work that way!!! Neither myself or my partner knew how to get it out (it was the front treble on a rattle trap). It took another fisherman nearby to enlighten both of us on how to extract it. Since then, I have added an "extractor" to my first aid kit. Anyone who "ties one on" should know this technique, especially if you take kids out with you...

az

 

[Greg Meyer]

A commercial extractor kit is an excellent addition to the kit. But if you don't have one, make a large 3" loop of heavy mono loop it over the "bite" (the open loop) of the hook and then push the hook downward so the barb can slide back out the path it came in then firmly tug the hook back out the way it came in...works very well. Get the kit and the illustrations are great. Don't push the hook through and then cut it off...hurts and greatly increases the risk of infection.

 

[SCOTT GARDNER]

Where u get them hook extractor thing at.Not going to say how many times i could have used one but just say more then once.

 

[Mike L.]

This past Tuesday night 14 yr. old got one hook of a treble on of a Rapala buried into his hand. Stabilizing and removing the fish with him yelling was tough. I don't think he would have allowed me to try any kind of extractor on him. It was right to the hospital ER so the could 'numb' his hand, than push the barb through and cut it. Not a good ending to what was a good nites fishing!

 

[Greg Meyer]

Neanderthals push it through and then cut it off...A good ER Doc is who came up with the "new" method...Significantly less trauma...I'll find a source and post it on the board.