That Rebel crawdad is said to be the BEST bass lure in the USA. It works when most others fail.. You can get smaller versions too. Keep it in there. Also remember you can catch big fish on small hooks but not small fish on big hooks.. The line on the bobbin gets a 'memory' on it and is usually a rat's nest when you unwind it.. I like the line in a 2 to 3" diamter coidl like you had here. Replace the the line every year too. Good video..
I like your lure selection, but a couple things that I always like to have when I go fishing just for fun are a mini-spoon (silver and gold) and a few "beetle spins". they work real well here in the southeastern US. Cheaply available at walmart and very small as lures go. Also I like little tube grubs that you can stuff with attractant, and small mini rattle baits. That's why I prefer a tube kit, because it can hold slightly larger bait.
Nice job! I like how you kept it individual!!! Your kit has great ideas that work for you and can easily be adapted by anyone to work for themselves and their own ideas! Very nice!!!!
You can use the little ziplocks from craft stores or Wal-Mart's craft sections to keep your line in. I keep my hooks on safety pins for convenience and you may need a safety pin. Good choice to include braided line. If this kit sets in a car for 5 years then is needed, the mono is brittle but braided is good for many years. Plus braided is 1/4 the diameter of mono. That's 4x the line in the same space. I would include kahle (or circle) for trot lining. the fish stay on that way. Size 6 for carp and 3/0 for cats. Cats are an easily obtained and are in A lot of creeks where you think it's too shallow. Carp are sometimes available in large numbers and get large. A small gill net is all you need for small fish. No skill needed and you will catch way more fish with way less effort. Btw. Small hooks catch birds (including turkeys) better than most woodcraft bird traps.
Man I thought the bobbin idea was one of my originals. No joke two weeks ago I asked my mom if she had any spare bobbins. I took three and then pot some power pro line on it. I thought it was genius, man seems like someone else figured it out way ahead of me. cool kit. I have my kit in a film canister. one tip I learned a long time ago was you can put you hooks on a sheet of parchment paper, then cover the hook with clear packaging tape. When you need a hook you just pop it out of the paper.
Great Kit Joe, one thing that I always point out to folks on their kit is this... weather you use it or not make sure and replace out your monofilimant line once per year to protect yourself from dry rot or UV damage if you use it. I don't personally want to loose a fish in a survival situation because I was to cheap to replace my line out in my kit.
For loose spare fishing line, Ive used an old credit card/plastic I.D. card cut into thick "H" shape and hand wrapped many feet of line which i secured to the card on each end with electrical tape.
Nice kit. My view on a survival fishing kit is to catch small fish and then use the innards as bait for bigger ones. It can get you a snack and it should work everywhere (Canadian winter included). I saw a show before (Bearfoot Bushman I think) where he had some fishing line and a few hooks on the inside of his hat behind the flap. The knife is a really good idea as you could possible remove the barb off a hook with the nail file if you had too.
for a cleaner spool for your line, you can utilize an old plumber tape spool. The spool is set inside the cover and it snaps into place, that's where you can leave a little bit of line hanging out, that acts as a holder and your line is secured inside without any threat of being snagged. Old first aid tape kits are the same mechanism, but are rather larger in size than the plumbers tape spool. IF you use eyelids, you can feed the line through them, bring out the access line you will be using to fish with, snap the cover in place over the line that is coming off the spool, then keep the entire spool secured through a pinky finger/ring finger of your base hand on your rod. Simple line movement is still achieved with your free hand for your bait control. Hope it helps some of you guys out there.
i saw that same container at walmart today.. i came up with a similar idea just like yours your video gave me inspiration for more stuff i can put in there thanks :D
In my experience the small Rapala Broke Back Minnow is the best small lure I have ever used for pan fishing. I caught about 10 sun fish and blue gill in about 2 hours from a small Tennesse creek once. I had a small untra light rod and spinning real. I have never used a crank bait by hand. Those twirl tail grubs are useable and work quite well by bouncing them off the bottom, but they work best (especially with crappy) by a slow crank, twitch, and slow crank. Just speaking from years of experience using artificial lures. I use 4-6 lb. Stren for pan fish and Crappy because it has less stretch then Berkley and is in my experience the strongest and longest lasting monofilament line. I also use the spider wire for many uses. It is important to know the knots when using it for fishing though.
Nice kit Joe! I'm heading off now to spool a bobbin with spiderwire! Plus 1 on the ranger bands. My kit is a bit bigger and I have a small buzz bait in it, great top water lure for when the water is very weedy it doesn't get all tangled up as bad.
The se thing happened to me with the line, the tape goo got on it and made it snap on me when I was on a trip. If you have an old credit card or piece of cardboard or something cut out a little square and wrap it around it. I did it and it works great!
I know I'm late in the game on comments here but I highly suggest using braided line (what you called microfiber) more than mono. You can get higher pound tests that are thinner than equivalent pound mono line, it lasts much longer, and is super resistant to abrasion. I used to use nothing but mono, but now I use only braid. I used PowerPro on my nicer and larger setups, and something like Spiderwire EZ Braid on cheap kits.
Nice video, BTW you can get plastic treble hook covers. Quick search on ebay for "treble hook covers" or "treble hook caps" should get results, I presume you could get them for the size hook on your crawdad.
I always use ranger bands (bike tire inner tubes) instead of rubber bands. Doubles as fire starter and won't weather and crumble. Small point.....but works.
Just tie a few feet of 4 or 6lb. fishing line on your 50lb. line and use # 6 or 8 gold eagle claw hooks with this you can catch a lot of pan fish to eat and use the guts and parts left over to catch catfish on your bigger line or crawdads in a trap or meat in a land trap. You are a lot better off with stuff to catch small fish because they are easier to catch. You can probably catch enough small fish to eat and trap with and if you do catch a large fish then you can toss back the little ones if you want. It usually gets a lot harder in the winter.
Good choices for top water or aka dry flies, griffiths gnat sizes 16,18,20 brown elk hair caddis sizes 14,16,18, mosquito sizes 16,18, 20, renegade, 14,16,18, 20. wooly worm size 10,12,14. blue wing olive size 16,18, 20. Most of these flies work well because they resemble so many different bugs and not just the ones they are named for. Important to point out that flies as small as 18 and 20 will require 4lb or less line. Also a small bottle of gunk will keep them afloat longer.
Spiderwire rocks. A small piece of aluminum foil and a bottle cap rattle lure. Use a small to medium treble and 2 bbs to make a racket while you pull it through the water. Combined with the aluminum foil and you're in business.
U should get Berkley tout worms what u do put the hook in the worm and add a weight to the end and the Berkeley worm will be suspended in water and it is very compact
put a small lighter in there so you can start a fire and cook your turtle. there is a product called 'bankline' that comes in different thicknesses and THAT is the stuff for camp lashings, trotlines, etc. You can also improvise a 'gorge hook' which was used for thousands of centuries to catch fish and it is just like a big cactus spine
I know this video is old but you should check out yo yo fishing reels. There basically auto fishers so you can be catching fish while doing more productive things like building shelter if you did really get lost in the woods. The flat trigger models require less to set off so there a little better than the wire models.
For me when I do absentee fishing I found that using circle hooks has been ideal it makes Un hooking a snap since they always twist to the corner of a fish or turtles mouth which let's me release the ones I don't need if I catch a ton of fish or more than I can eat cause they don't swallow the hooks also meaning I don't get hooked gutting the fish as I've had happen twice before
Not a bad kit at all. One thing of concern; towards the end of the video you were saying you didn't like how you stored your monofilament and you were thinking of putting it on a thread bobbin. I think the mono would develop a memory and the last thing you want it the line coming off in 1/4" loops. Braided line is probably fine though.
I was looking at tackle boxes like this but the ones on eBay don't have one big compartment on one side like your. I like yours. Where did it come from?
I think it's easy for those who are so "urban-ized" to not think about adding fishing line and gear into their BOB, or even a camping trip. I didn't have anything like this in mine until a couple years ago. With all the other "just in case" gear I carry, I believe the reason(s) for carrying this stuff is just as valid.
ok i didnt read all the coments and if this tip was given sorry but on your crankbait if you take a small rubber band for like microbraid in hair if you take one of thouse and put it so that the back trwble is banded to fron trebil it will cut down on snaging in the box
First off nice video, ive got a few ideas for u I've found a small lure that's called a nanocrank I've cought bass pike and several dif pan fish on it and another small lure idk what brand it is but it looks like a grasshopper also a woodsmans best friend toilet paper lol always carry it on u
Add a bead insert the toothpick and u can make a bobber stop for diffrent floaters and also some mini pole would be handy and zip ties or tape u can take the crew thing on a stick and if u had a mini reel of some kind zip tie it to and youd be set
@ Joe Flowers, really like the idea of storing the fishing line on the sewing machine bobber and the dremel trick. On that book, is that the same John McCann (a.k.a Dude) from The Dirt Time Channel? How is the fundraising for the Amazon marathon going?
It's totally worth it. I use it for salmon fishing and typically if I get a snag on the bottom I lose part of the lure rather than the line. Sometimes I'm afraid I will break my rod and other times I pull in parts a just a broken rapala and I only use 20 # test.
ok a couple of thing first nice video also the extra tough line by berkley is not a good as triline 10 lb. lastly its funny i have that exact same crankbait the crawdad one and i like to fish for bass with it im subscribing you
i saw a small japanese woman catch a 25lbs trout on a #12hook. before i was fishing with a #8 hook and thought it was too small. she changed my mind...
+Arno van Kampen (Arendsoog) And having the basic stuff already, like sinker and hooks tied on so all you have to do is add bait or have your favorite lure on. You decide. Something not considered is a stringer. You can't count on catching a lot of fish in a short time, so keeping them alive while you wait is something to consider. If its cold, no problem. Just some thoughts.
If you have some room Id throw in a small lighter or strike anywhere matches Catch fish your gonna want to cook them and you can never have to many ways to make fire.
Then you have less room for other important survival gear. if all we needed was fishing equipment you could lug around a full tackle box and pole no problem.
That Rebel crawdad is said to be the BEST bass lure in the USA. It works when most others fail.. You can get smaller versions too. Keep it in there. Also remember you can catch big fish on small hooks but not small fish on big hooks.. The line on the bobbin gets a 'memory' on it and is usually a rat's nest when you unwind it.. I like the line in a 2 to 3" diamter coidl like you had here. Replace the the line every year too. Good video..
I like your lure selection, but a couple things that I always like to have when I go fishing just for fun are a mini-spoon (silver and gold) and a few "beetle spins". they work real well here in the southeastern US. Cheaply available at walmart and very small as lures go. Also I like little tube grubs that you can stuff with attractant, and small mini rattle baits. That's why I prefer a tube kit, because it can hold slightly larger bait.
Nice job! I like how you kept it individual!!! Your kit has great ideas that work for you and can easily be adapted by anyone to work for themselves and their own ideas! Very nice!!!!
You can use the little ziplocks from craft stores or Wal-Mart's craft sections to keep your line in. I keep my hooks on safety pins for convenience and you may need a safety pin. Good choice to include braided line. If this kit sets in a car for 5 years then is needed, the mono is brittle but braided is good for many years. Plus braided is 1/4 the diameter of mono. That's 4x the line in the same space. I would include kahle (or circle) for trot lining. the fish stay on that way. Size 6 for carp and 3/0 for cats. Cats are an easily obtained and are in A lot of creeks where you think it's too shallow. Carp are sometimes available in large numbers and get large.
A small gill net is all you need for small fish. No skill needed and you will catch way more fish with way less effort. Btw. Small hooks catch birds (including turkeys) better than most woodcraft bird traps.
Man I thought the bobbin idea was one of my originals. No joke two weeks ago I asked my mom if she had any spare bobbins. I took three and then pot some power pro line on it. I thought it was genius, man seems like someone else figured it out way ahead of me. cool kit. I have my kit in a film canister. one tip I learned a long time ago was you can put you hooks on a sheet of parchment paper, then cover the hook with clear packaging tape. When you need a hook you just pop it out of the paper.
Great Kit Joe, one thing that I always point out to folks on their kit is this... weather you use it or not make sure and replace out your monofilimant line once per year to protect yourself from dry rot or UV damage if you use it. I don't personally want to loose a fish in a survival situation because I was to cheap to replace my line out in my kit.
For loose spare fishing line, Ive used an old credit card/plastic I.D. card cut into thick "H" shape and hand wrapped many feet of line which i secured to the card on each end with electrical tape.
Awesome idea mate - I'm totally stealing that one. :)
Nice kit. My view on a survival fishing kit is to catch small fish and then use the innards as bait for bigger ones. It can get you a snack and it should work everywhere (Canadian winter included). I saw a show before (Bearfoot Bushman I think) where he had some fishing line and a few hooks on the inside of his hat behind the flap. The knife is a really good idea as you could possible remove the barb off a hook with the nail file if you had too.
for a cleaner spool for your line, you can utilize an old plumber tape spool. The spool is set inside the cover and it snaps into place, that's where you can leave a little bit of line hanging out, that acts as a holder and your line is secured inside without any threat of being snagged. Old first aid tape kits are the same mechanism, but are rather larger in size than the plumbers tape spool.
IF you use eyelids, you can feed the line through them, bring out the access line you will be using to fish with, snap the cover in place over the line that is coming off the spool, then keep the entire spool secured through a pinky finger/ring finger of your base hand on your rod. Simple line movement is still achieved with your free hand for your bait control.
Hope it helps some of you guys out there.
+mikehdgs I never thought to use an old teflon tape spool. That's genius
I have a telescoping fishing rod. it's not to big. this video makes me want to update my fishing kit. Thanks.
i saw that same container at walmart today.. i came up with a similar idea just like yours your video gave me inspiration for more stuff i can put in there thanks :D
In my experience the small Rapala Broke Back Minnow is the best small lure I have ever used for pan fishing. I caught about 10 sun fish and blue gill in about 2 hours from a small Tennesse creek once. I had a small untra light rod and spinning real. I have never used a crank bait by hand. Those twirl tail grubs are useable and work quite well by bouncing them off the bottom, but they work best (especially with crappy) by a slow crank, twitch, and slow crank. Just speaking from years of experience using artificial lures. I use 4-6 lb. Stren for pan fish and Crappy because it has less stretch then Berkley and is in my experience the strongest and longest lasting monofilament line. I also use the spider wire for many uses. It is important to know the knots when using it for fishing though.
Nice kit Joe! I'm heading off now to spool a bobbin with spiderwire! Plus 1 on the ranger bands. My kit is a bit bigger and I have a small buzz bait in it, great top water lure for when the water is very weedy it doesn't get all tangled up as bad.
The se thing happened to me with the line, the tape goo got on it and made it snap on me when I was on a trip. If you have an old credit card or piece of cardboard or something cut out a little square and wrap it around it. I did it and it works great!
I know I'm late in the game on comments here but I highly suggest using braided line (what you called microfiber) more than mono. You can get higher pound tests that are thinner than equivalent pound mono line, it lasts much longer, and is super resistant to abrasion. I used to use nothing but mono, but now I use only braid. I used PowerPro on my nicer and larger setups, and something like Spiderwire EZ Braid on cheap kits.
Nice video, BTW you can get plastic treble hook covers. Quick search on ebay for "treble hook covers" or "treble hook caps" should get results, I presume you could get them for the size hook on your crawdad.
I always use ranger bands (bike tire inner tubes) instead of rubber bands. Doubles as fire starter and won't weather and crumble. Small point.....but works.
Just tie a few feet of 4 or 6lb. fishing line on your 50lb. line and use # 6 or 8 gold eagle claw hooks with this you can catch a lot of pan fish to eat and use the guts and parts left over to catch catfish on your bigger line or crawdads in a trap or meat in a land trap. You are a lot better off with stuff to catch small fish because they are easier to catch. You can probably catch enough small fish to eat and trap with and if you do catch a large fish then you can toss back the little ones if you want. It usually gets a lot harder in the winter.
Good choices for top water or aka dry flies, griffiths gnat sizes 16,18,20 brown elk hair caddis sizes 14,16,18, mosquito sizes 16,18, 20, renegade, 14,16,18, 20. wooly worm size 10,12,14. blue wing olive size 16,18, 20.
Most of these flies work well because they resemble so many different bugs and not just the ones they are named for. Important to point out that flies as small as 18 and 20 will require 4lb or less line. Also a small bottle of gunk will keep them afloat longer.
I've had good luck with the small fake swimmer shad. I put them on a weighted hook like those curl tail grubs you have.
Great video Joe! One of my favorites of yours so far - informative, interesting, fun and very inspiring. Keep up the awesome work, man.
I just bought a Cabela's rod and Shimano reel. Gonna teach myself to fish. I just feel bad for the fish when it comes to removing the hook. Lol
Spiderwire rocks. A small piece of aluminum foil and a bottle cap rattle lure. Use a small to medium treble and 2 bbs to make a racket while you pull it through the water. Combined with the aluminum foil and you're in business.
Nice kit Joe. I thought some cork on the crayfish hooks might help and give you some bobbers as well. That's all we use to use. Thanks. Jim ;-JJD
I would sugjest taking the trouble hooks completely of the craw fish lure and when you are ready to use it attach the hooks w/ snap swivels.
excellent ideas and kit. gotta get started on my own now . thanks
U should get Berkley tout worms what u do put the hook in the worm and add a weight to the end and the Berkeley worm will be suspended in water and it is very compact
Nail clippers are great for cutting monofiliment lines.
put a small lighter in there so you can start a fire and cook your turtle. there is a product called 'bankline' that comes in different thicknesses and THAT is the stuff for camp lashings, trotlines, etc. You can also improvise a 'gorge hook' which was used for thousands of centuries to catch fish and it is just like a big cactus spine
I know this video is old but you should check out yo yo fishing reels. There basically auto fishers so you can be catching fish while doing more productive things like building shelter if you did really get lost in the woods. The flat trigger models require less to set off so there a little better than the wire models.
Funny, Ive actually used the braided to stitch stuff up in the field myself, including packs!
For me when I do absentee fishing I found that using circle hooks has been ideal it makes Un hooking a snap since they always twist to the corner of a fish or turtles mouth which let's me release the ones I don't need if I catch a ton of fish or more than I can eat cause they don't swallow the hooks also meaning I don't get hooked gutting the fish as I've had happen twice before
Not a bad kit at all. One thing of concern; towards the end of the video you were saying you didn't like how you stored your monofilament and you were thinking of putting it on a thread bobbin. I think the mono would develop a memory and the last thing you want it the line coming off in 1/4" loops. Braided line is probably fine though.
+Joel He would be better of saying bullocks to the mono as yes it does have a terrible issue with memory and will retain the shape of the spool.
I have that pink box, thanks for a great idea on how to use it, and for giving me a new reason to pop out my sewing machine and extra bobbins!! :-)
I was looking at tackle boxes like this but the ones on eBay don't have one big compartment on one side like your. I like yours. Where did it come from?
How do you assemble the rod
Can you give some more details on where / how to get the case?
nice video! fishing (in my mind) is the best way to get you meat over traping or trying to make some sort of weapon like a bow or slingshot.
great tip, thanks for watching
I think it's easy for those who are so "urban-ized" to not think about adding fishing line and gear into their BOB, or even a camping trip. I didn't have anything like this in mine until a couple years ago. With all the other "just in case" gear I carry, I believe the reason(s) for carrying this stuff is just as valid.
carry more flys for panfish, saftey pins, wine corks for bobbers, berkley gulp alive 1 inch minnows they have alot of scent and attract alot of fish
Thanks for watching
It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who puts lures in his "emergency" fishing kit
that rebel crawdad will catch fish even when the fish aren't hitting worms you can get hook covers for them too
Spectra braided line is the best it is a little bit more expensive than spiderwire but it lasts so much longer
ok i didnt read all the coments and if this tip was given sorry but on your crankbait if you take a small rubber band for like microbraid in hair if you take one of thouse and put it so that the back trwble is banded to fron trebil it will cut down on snaging in the box
Hey does anyone have a 3d printable model for the small container?
Try and get mini hooks and rubber lures they work for me.
Nice set up kit. I'm in need for one so I would make one as you advice. Gracias amigo.
Where the salt water gear for fishing? I was getting hopeful when you showed the 10 pound line.
First off nice video, ive got a few ideas for u I've found a small lure that's called a nanocrank I've cought bass pike and several dif pan fish on it and another small lure idk what brand it is but it looks like a grasshopper also a woodsmans best friend toilet paper lol always carry it on u
pen fishing rods are great for bug out bags
Looks good id add some small beads tooth picks and a couple matches extra for what ever reason youll need it
Add a bead insert the toothpick and u can make a bobber stop for diffrent floaters and also some mini pole would be handy and zip ties or tape u can take the crew thing on a stick and if u had a mini reel of some kind zip tie it to and youd be set
smaller hooks work great one big fish or a bunch of small fish
Concept is nice but I would use it along with the other survival one that way you atleast have a handle to hold on to.
one time i was realing in a small perch and then a 20 pound pike came in and ate the perch and got hooked. it was pretty crazy but fun!!!!!
Why do you not have salt plastics
@ Joe Flowers, really like the idea of storing the fishing line on the sewing machine bobber and the dremel trick.
On that book, is that the same John McCann (a.k.a Dude) from The Dirt Time Channel?
How is the fundraising for the Amazon marathon going?
Do you have a link to what that case is?
You have to be careful with any rubber type lures. They will kind of melt and eat through a plastic case after a while.
You can find it at REI. It is the 7 day pill box
change the crayfish for a silver small kastmaster they catch just about anything
I believe the swiss army knife was a Cadette but I may be wrong.
Ur Swiss Army knife the file u can keep ur hook sharp as well useful tool
You can use an altoid containers and Popsicle sticks
nice kit you need ALOT more line and some more weights would be good
If you desire to have a treble hook artificial bait like the creek craw, sink its hooks into your foam bobbers.
I loved the vid. I was looking exactly for this... perfect. Thanks!
Ive caught many-a-fish on that very same crawdad lure, I would keep it there haha.
Get a pen fishing rod... They are sweet and super small.
while i disagree on a lot of your video, u did give some good info that i never thought of. cool
I hear great stuff about suffix but is it really worth 30$ for the braid?
It's totally worth it. I use it for salmon fishing and typically if I get a snag on the bottom I lose part of the lure rather than the line. Sometimes I'm afraid I will break my rod and other times I pull in parts a just a broken rapala and I only use 20 # test.
ok a couple of thing first nice video also the extra tough line by berkley is not a good as triline 10 lb. lastly its funny i have that exact same crankbait the crawdad one and i like to fish for bass with it im subscribing you
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING
Never forget, you can catch a large fish on a small hook..... A small fish on a large hook, not so much!
i saw a small japanese woman catch a 25lbs trout on a #12hook. before i was fishing with a #8 hook and thought it was too small. she changed my mind...
I got that case on e-bay
Can you show us that it works
But I think you can make a much better fishing kit with a pvc tubing.
You have the same room but you can use it as a rod.
for your other baits.i would.suggest the berkly alive.night crawlers
nice kit
Joe, I heard in the begging of this video your gonna do more bee keeping. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDC How cliche it sounds GO JOE!!!!!
Great video.cool stuff
your one of my favorite i love your videos man
Not so convenient when you have cold fingers. But it is a nice compact kit.
Arno van Kampen I just had exactly the same thoughts. My kit is a bit larger so I can grab the gear easier.
+Arno van Kampen (Arendsoog) And having the basic stuff already, like sinker and hooks tied on so all you have to do is add bait or have your favorite lure on. You decide. Something not considered is a stringer. You can't count on catching a lot of fish in a short time, so keeping them alive while you wait is something to consider. If its cold, no problem. Just some thoughts.
Great kit great video Love it!!!
can u bring that on a plane without getting in trouble
Great Video!!!
can you turn that into a survival kit
If you have some room Id throw in a small lighter or strike anywhere matches
Catch fish your gonna want to cook them and you can never have to many ways to make fire.
Eric carlson I think it's supposed to go in a bug out bag
You can also use a pill/medication bottle to store your emergency fishing kit.
Yes, if you want to die.
I got that case for free that what good about family in the fishing side of life
wow! its funny cus i have almost the same kit! and used the idea that u had
I liked this a lot!
the green line os called braid
Then you have less room for other important survival gear. if all we needed was fishing equipment you could lug around a full tackle box and pole no problem.
ceran wrap around the line..
I like it!
4:07 turtles are delicious.
Use power bait.
Hi