Wednesday, March 10, 2010

What To Bring

Clothing | Misc. Equipment | Fishing Equipment & Tackle | Fly Fishing

To help make your trip a little more comfortable, enjoyable and successful

Clothing

A good set of 100% waterproof raingear (Gore-Tex or silicone nylon)
One warm parka with hood or heavy jacket for those cold days (preferably wind proof)
A good fleece jacket or hooded fleece sweat shirt
A couple pairs of long and short sleeve shirts
2 pairs of pants, preferably quick dry pants (quick drying and windproof)
A pair of shorts, for those hot days
A warm pair of long underwear, tops and bottoms
Wool and polyester socks
A good pair of wool or insulated gloves
A pair of shoes and a good pair of waterproof boots

Misc. Equipment

Hat or sun visor
#30 sunscreen (Preferably waterproof)
Polarized fishing glasses
Waterproof camera - extra batteries, especially with a digital camera
Needlenose pliers
Matches/lighter

Fishing Equipment & Tackle

Northern Pike

Rods: Medium Heavy to Heavy baitcasting or spinning rod, 6 to 7ft. Long (with ample backbone) (Shimano, St. Croix, G-Loomis, Berkley)

Reels: Matching reels with durable drag system (go with a front drag system if using spinning reel) (Shimano, Abu-Garcia, Quantum)

Line: Minimum 20 LB test line. (Berkley Whiplash, Trilene BigGame or XT)

Leaders: 18 to 24 inch - 45 to 60LB test Wire or Titanium leaders, with cross-lok snap swivels "only."

Spoons (3/4 to 13/8 oz.)

Johnson Silver Minnow (gold, silver) w/ 4in. white trailer tails
Ruby Eye Wiggler (gold, silver)
One Eye Wiggler (gold, silver)
Williams Trophy II (chartreuse, silver)
Little Cleo (silver, gold, blue, chartreuse)
Doctor Spoon (gold, silver, 5of diamonds)
Weedless 5 of Diamonds

Spinners

Tandem Bucktail Spinners (white, black, yellow, red)
Mepps Musky Killers (white, black, chart, yellow, red)
Musky Inhalers (white, black, yellow, red, green)
Mepps Comet (white w/ red dots)
Mepps Aglia

Stick Baits

Suicks 6 in. (sucker, red & white, black, perch)
Bulldogs 6 to 9 in. (white, silver spec. black & white, black & green, black & orange)
Pigs 4 to 6 in. (perch, sucker, shiner)
Squirrelly Burts 9in.
One Minus ( white, red, firetiger)

Walleye

Rods: Light to medium spinning rods, 5 1/2 to 7ft Long (Shimano, St. Croix, G-Loomis, Berkley)

Reels: Matching spinning reels with front drag systems (Shimano, Abu-Garcia, Quantum)

Line: 6 to 8LB test Berkley Trilene XT

Jigs

1/8 to 3/8 oz. Northland Fireball jigs -Assorted colours
1/8 to 1/2 oz. Jigs - assorted colours
when jig fishing, you need to feel the bottom and stay as vertical as possible

Spinners

24 in. Little Joe Spinners w/ 1/4 to 3/4 oz. no snag bottom bouncers
Floating/Rattling Lindy Rigs

Plugs

3 to 6in. Rapalas (Countdowns, SR7'S, Assorted patterns)
3 to 6in. Thundersticks
3 to 6in. Walleye Divers

Bait

4 in. twister tails (white, yellow, pink, black)
salted minnows (shiners)

Lake Trout

Rods: Medium Heavy to Heavy baitcasting or spinning rod, 6 to 7ft Long (with ample backbone) (Shimano, St.Croix, G-Loomis, Berkley)

Reels: Matching reels with durable drag system (front drag system if using spinning reel) (Shimano, Abu-Garcia, Quantum)

Line: 17 to 20LB test Berkley Whiplash, Trilene XT, Cortland core sinking line.

Jigs

2 to 3 oz. Bucktail jigs
2 to 3 oz. Airplane jigs

Plugs

Deep Diving Rapalas
Flatfish

Spoons

Ruby Eye (silver, gold)
Williams Whitefish (silver, gold)
Little Cleo
5of Diamonds

Terminal Tackle

2 to 3 oz. Slip weights
Three way swivels

Fly-Fishing

Pike/Lake Trout/Walleye

Rods: Minimum 9 weight, Tip Flex, 8 to 9ft fly rod

Reels: Matching 9 weight fly reel with disc.drag system

Line: Matching 9 weight, weight forward, floating fly line (sinking tip extension)

Leaders: 25 to 30 LB test, 8ft leader with wire tippet.

Flies

Bunny Leech patterns (white, black, red & white, yellow, red)
Deceiver minnows
Clouser minnows
Mouse or rat poppers

Brook Trout

Rods: Minimum 6 weight, Mid Flex, 8 to 9ft rod

Reels: Matching 6 weight fly reel with disc. drag system

Line: Matching 6 weight, weight forward, floating fly line

Leaders: 6 to 8LB-test leader, 8 to 12ft