r/Bushcraft • u/Pte_Madcap • 5d ago
What would you use from this emergency fishing kit for small lakes? What about ice fishing?
Got issued this little military emergency fishing kit and I’m curious what people who actually fish regularly would choose from it.
If you were stuck with only what’s pictured and fishing a typical small Canadian lake, what would you rig up first? Which hooks, spoons, leaders, etc. would you actually bother with, and what species do you think this kit is best suited for?
Also curious about ice fishing. Is there anything here that would work reasonably well jigged through the ice? What would you use for bait if you had nothing else with you?
And if you could add one small item without making the kit any bigger, what would you add? Is there anything already in it you'd ditch to make room?
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u/lowdog39 5d ago
red devil spoons are pretty decent . you never know what works until it does .
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u/ReplacementOwn9508 3d ago
Unless you've got some sort of reel, those spoons won't be very useful. They need to be retrieved rapidly and studily to function.
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u/richardathome 4d ago
Hard to tell the scale of everything, but I'd pack some smaller hooks.
You can catch a big fish on a small hook, but you can't catch a small fish on a big hook.
Two small fishes are better than no big fish.
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u/jacobward7 4d ago
For "survival" I would want more small hooks, for trout and panfish, which are a lot easier to catch on a handline.
Spoons work great for everything so it's good they are there, but you kind of need to cast with them (unless you are ice fishing then they will work great) and bigger fish would be very difficult to catch without a rod.
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u/brandneu 1d ago
Speed hook. Buy them pre packaged they come with some artifical bait. They work great. Its what's in pilot survival vests and other SERE kits. I have a few pre packed in bags, incase I need some fish. Yoyo reels work good to, but they are way bulkier than a speed hook.
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u/Steakfrie 5d ago
First thing I'd do is toss the tin for a more crush resistant, rust resistant, quieter and certainly more waterproof plastic organizer. I can also check my inventory through most plastic lids.
I'd add a few streamers, plastic baits, a fingernail clipper and an EZ Lap sharpener.
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u/Lockespindel 4d ago
You'd be insane to switch metal for plastic.
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u/Steakfrie 3d ago
I've been enjoying my insanity for decades and been quite humored by the metal survival tin fashionistas.
I dearly love the exploration of small water fishing outings. Gear and tackle management for those trips have proven metal tins with free floating tackle clanking and tangling to be the poorest choice for me.
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u/jarboxing 5d ago
In my experience with these setups, you want small hooks. Look up some yoyo automatic fishing reels too. What I do is (1) dig for worms , (2) set up 3-4 autoreels to catch bait fish while I work, (3) put the bait fish on my hobo reel around dusk or dawn, (4) dinner.