[quote=jzmtl Actually getting fish is hard enough for most people even with a dedicated tackle box, with just a hook and line that's typical in survival kits it's approaching impossible.

[quote=jzmtl It's just one of those staple things in survival kit that nobody uses, but still want it to be there. [/quote]

With proper rigging for the type of water and the expected type of fish, it's not that hard. You can run a trot line across a backwaters lagoon with a couple of treble hooks and a dug up crayfish (actually, I would eat the crayfish...they are excellent boiled or steamed in wet ferns) or some dead fish parts from the shoreline, you can fish in the little streams for the ever-present creek chub with a long stick, a 10 foot line (even one made from paracord strands), and a snelled hook baited with a bug, or you can spear a slightly larger fish with a frog spearhead lashed to an 8 foot pole. In this area, there's guys who backpack into the boundary waters just to fish. Why not keep the option open in a survival kit?

When you say "It's just one of those staple things in survival kit that nobody uses" Couldn't you say that about almost everything in the kit? You don't need it until you need it.