Feeling Fishy
At dinner, I asked Elizabeth what she was looking forward to the most about sailing. She said “Catching and eating fish!” WOW. I was amazed and happy! My daughter - unprompted - said she wanted to go fishing! That was her special gift to daddy on Valentine's Day! There is hope after all! I love Valentine's day! :-)
I finally finished figuring out the fishing gear for Field Trip. YIKES. It took me over 2 hours to find and buy all the stuff online. Fortunately I had a great book – The Cruiser’s Handbook of Fishing - to provide all the details and suggestions. Unlike most other purchases (doing tons of research), I found this author, read his book, and bought most of the items he suggested as ‘bare minimum’ for a cruising boat. Frankly, there was nothing ‘minimum’ about this list…as you will see below.
It wasn’t as easy as I thought since items were carried by multiple vendors. All said and done, my purchase was spread out across four suppliers! It will be very interesting to see how all this stuff is shipped and finally organized for transport to Argentina. Rods. Reels. Line. Plugs. Tackle. Gaffs. Gloves. Tools. Lots to organize, pack and ship!
Below is a partial list (full XLS here) of items purchased to properly outfit our boat for ocean fishing. I am excited to get all this stuff and use on our first passage to Brazil!
| Item | Quantity |
| 03132499025 - * 115L2 SHORT CURVED .035 SS COMBO | 1 |
| 03132489049 - 50VSW REEL CHCA 50 ROD COMBO | 1 |
| 03132499028 - Penn Conquer Reel and Hopperrod Spin Combo | 1 |
| 04347314310 - 1/4LB ENVY GREEN 10LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04347314320 - 1/4LB ENVY GREEN 20LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04347310050 - 1LB CLEAR 50LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04347312201 - 1/2LB PINK 100LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04347312077 - 1/2LB CLEAR 200LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04347312079 - 1/2LB CLEAR 300LB TEST PREMIUM | 1 |
| 04472305602 - MONEL WIRE .040 PER LB | 1 |
| 09241400814 - SS 1/4 COIL 8 WIRE COFFEE | 1 |
| 09241400414 - SS 1/4 COIL 4 WIRE COFFEE | 1 |
| 09241400214 - SS 1/4 COIL 2 WIRE COFFEE | 1 |
| 09633701533 - BSK301 SWIVEL KIT 300PCS | 1 |
| 09633701534 - CSK61 COASTLOCK SNAP SWIVEL 61PCS KIT | 1 |
| 02267714857 - Williamson Crimping Tool and Kit | 1 |
| 02636230800 - POWER PLAY HARNESS 30800 | 1 |
| 02636230300 - 30300 TUNA BELT POWER PLAY | 1 |
| 01770200005 - Glass Ring Snubbers | 1 |
| 09633710275 - RIGGING NEEDLE 93PK | 3 |
| 09633710262 - 950-BW 9COPPER WIRE 50PC | 3 |
| 09633702004 - 1450-BW 14COPPER WIRE 50PC | 3 |
| 02353411790 - 7982HS 4/0 10PK | 1 |
| 02353411794 - 7982HS 5/0 HOOK 10PK | 1 |
| 02353411798 - 7982HS 6/0 HOOK 10PK | 1 |
| 02353411803 - 7982HS 7/0 10PK | 1 |
| 02353407388 - 3561E 2/0 HOOK 25HK | 1 |
| 02353407392 - 3561E 3/0 HOOK 25PK | 1 |
| 02353407396 - 3561E 4/0 HOOK 25HK | 1 |
| 02353407400 - 3561E 5/0 HOOK 25HK | 1 |
| 02267701173 - CD 18 MAG GM SINK MAG PLUG | 1 |
| 02267701659 - CD 22 MAG PM BLK/PURP SINKING RAPALA BLACK/PUR | 1 |
| 02267701150 - 18 MAG GFR FLOAT MAG PLUG | 1 |
| 02267701159 - 18 MAG S FLOAT MAG PLUG | 1 |
| 02267701139 - CD 14 MAG S SINK MAG PLUG | 1 |
| 75679104737 - Yo-Zuri Surface Cruiser Plug W24 | 1 |
| 01425161036 - 6100 B STANDARD BIRD MAC PINK | 1 |
| 01425150904 - 5009P 4 PINK 9SQUID | 1 |
| 04334474105 - Boone Octopus Skirts Blue Silver Pink Stripe 4 1/2 in | 1 |
| 04334477190 - 7 3/4 OCTOPUS PINK YELLOW STRIPES GREEN BELLY | 1 |
| 02364412208 - PAFR8-1 SILVER HEAD BLU/WH FEATHER BLUE/WHITE 1 | 1 |
| 02364413203 - PAFR3-2 YEL HEAD YEL/GRN FEATHER YELLOW/GREEN 2 | 1 |
| 02665319113 - 1/4 OZ FEATHER RED/WHITE | 1 |
| 02665319216 - 1/2 OZ FEATHER BLUE/WHITE | 2 |
| 01255333473 - #14 1/4 OZ SILVER DIA PET SPOON | 1 |
| 04683700311 - #1 RBMS CLARK SPOON | 1 |
| 01255326932 - 2/5 OZ 3 Reflecto RFL SPOON | 1 |
| 04334423185 - CHROME JET BULLET 9GR/YL MYLAR 1OZ | 1 |
| 67096110905 - Capt. Hank Brown's Hookup Jigs Pink 1/4 oz | 1 |
| 67096110502 - Capt. Hank Brown's Hookup Jigs Chartreuse 1/2 oz | 1 |
| 67096110304 - Capt. Hank Brown's Hookup Jigs Pearl 1/2 oz | 1 |
| 04472302782 - Sargent Side Cutting Pliers 1026 | 1 |
| 04976220111 - HOOK FILE W/HANDLE 512 | 1 |
| 08181944602 - DD6 2X6 DOUBLE SIDED DIAMOND STONE | 1 |
| 05468307466 - 466 H GAFF TAPER TIP ALUMINUM | 1 |
| 05468307254 - 254 H GAFF TAPER TIP ALUMINUM | 1 |
| 04472311141 - BLUE VINYL 3/4X 20' TAPE | 2 |
| 01185901093 - MEDIUM WIRE STRAIGHTNER | 1 |
| 05468300038 - OR-1 OUTRIGGER CLIP ROLLER TROLLER | 1 |
| 05468300039 - FL-1 FLAT LINE CLIP ROLLER TROLLER | 1 |
| 09633700370 - HS-8 HIGH SPEED PLANER | 1 |
Watch out Tuna…Elizabeth is hungry for sushi!
To think, all these years of BEGGING for you to love Valentine's Day... If only I would've told you I loved fishing - darn it!
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