Snell your hooks. (if its a standard hook, bend the point out from the shaft, so laying on its side the point presents itself, 20 or so degrees) most of the hooks around here are ramrod flat, a great way to lose a fish. bank fishing, trot-lines, jugs are all used to varying degrees of success. floats (bobbers in local speak) are easy to improvise. wood floats, 'nough said. wire leaders are great to improve landing a whopper, but are overkill for panfish. little bluegill and sunbelly perch, seriously, can be caught on the fuzz from a cotton sock. yes i have done it, i also caught bluegill with a little brass hook, (shiney!)

personally i would take
some little brass hooks
little bigger snelled hooks
a few tiny trebels
about 50' of 50lb test line
some cordage or heavy string type stuff
5-10 big splitshot
lures: 6 jigheads and about 9 skirts

but that is for my area. For survival i would run a few bank lines and probably a couple trot-lines and leave them overnight. depends on the fish in the area. i would focus on what the kids fish for, or the "easy" ones


A small hook can catch a little fish and a big fish, a big hook can only catch a big fish.