A fishing kit is something I've neglected in my kit. I have fishing gear, just not in my BOB. I think I'm going to get out my stuff and put together a fishing kit for my pack. One thing that I use to do when I was younger was go to the public fishing places and poke around for a bit. Usually in a few minutes I could gather enough line, hooks and sinkers to tie off a good pole and fish all day. That however is not very reliable.

I live in an area where dams are prolific ( there are four major ones within 45 minutes of my house) so usually there is plenty of gear that can be found on a bored afternoon of wreckage hunting, and there is usually no shortage of wrecks around dams. Most of my early tackleboxes were stocked in this manner and I got some really good lures that way. If you live in an area where there is alot of public fishing, you might try looking in trees overhanging the water to see those expensive lures that people lost. It's a cheap way to stock a tacklebox, and it's fun to just get out and enjoy nature. I'm gonna go get my gear out now and make me a fishing kit.

I failed to mention that they had already hit us with $250.00 CN per guy ( 3 guys) for being 2 walleye over the limit. I think the confiscation without a fine was just being merciful.

Those were some expensive fish.

M

I have seen fish cops take the game, give a ticket, AND take the $500 shotgun that was used by the unlicensed hunter. And sometimes the judge does not give it back!!! Having a license and staying within the limit is a good idea...

Even without looting; when stores are still open and selling; essential items like gas cans, water cans, fishing gear, generators, food, animal feed, and anything else you can think of will disappear immediately. I was a witness to this effect during the recent midwest ice storms.
Do not even think of depending on what is on-hand in the stores during any kind of emergency.

Have it on hand, have it ready and maintained, be prepared.

Jon Davis

Dynamite? Now you're talking my language! Rather than possessing and illegal gill net why not carry a jungle hammock - it will work just like a gill net and it's LEGAL.

Like i said, looting is only for when i can't get out of the area for some reason and/or when my current kit is exhausted and i can't buy what i need. You can be prepared for a long time but you can't last forever on what you got, you need to think what do you do after all your supplies are gone.

I'm not saying breaking the law and stealing is ok and i'm not saying you should steal supplies from other people, but if your city is half under water and everybody has left and you , for some dumb reason, are still around you still need to survive. I much rather go to jail for awhile for stealing gas and canned goods than die. Stealing TVs on the other hand are a whole diffrent story...

Methinks perhaps "scavenging" or "salvaging" might have a better connotation than "looting". Not that either is a good plan.

In a true survival situation, going fishing is probably not the most effective or efficient means of gathering enough food to survive off of.

I find that there are alternatives where legalities become a luxury, so would suggest the following, all of which I've tried in the past with desirable results:

Dupont spinners
Rotenone
The magneto from an old crank phone

The best one was the magneto. If you can get out in the water and insulated from it (like a boat), then the magneto is fairly discrete and localized enough that, when applied,you simply reach over and scoop up what floats to the surface. Nice and quiet, no spectacle, and fairly portable.

In survival mode, I don't tend to worry quite so much about sticking to the rules. You do what you gotta do.

O.K. You got me. What is "Crazy Salt".

Crazy Salt, great question!

It's made by "Janes Krazy Mixed-Up Seasonings", the real name is: Janes Krazy Original Mixed-Up Salt.

(There is also Krazy Pepper, great for rubbing on fish, I love it on Stripped Bass)

Anyway, the back of the container says it's distributed by Flavor Delite, Inc in Richburg, SC. I get it at the local Stop & Shop or Shaw's Supermarket. I think it's been around since dirt. I found a website with a photo of the container if you want to find it in stores:
http://www.spicesgalore1.com/jankrazmixsa.html

In general, any of the spice blends would dramatically improve small game, this was just what I was always able to grab out of mom's cupboard as a young buck heading out into the world. Once I was out on my own, I guess I just had made it a habit. Try this stuff when you make home fries... to die for on an old iron skillet over a nice bed of hardwood coals on your morning cooking fire. Yummm.