Survival trip

So I mentioned in my Altoids fishing kit post that we had taken a trip and dubbed it our survival weekend.  It was our first outing and attempt at actually surviving with nothing more than what we could find on the way to our location and what we had packed in our B.O.Bs or G.O.O.Ds.  The only thing that I can say right this second is that it was a very educational venture.  We learned a lot of things throughout the duration of the trip.  I want to get with Bon and collaborate with him that way we can post the most detailed description of the trip.  More to come soon.

Altoids Fishing Kit

So I know that it has been a while since we have posted anything on here, but we are just getting started so we aren't able to post something on here every week or at a regular interval.  But I thought that my Altoids fishing kit would be a nice addition to the blog.  Anyway I actually used my kit on our survival weekend and had some success with it.  I caught 4 small sunfish but they were big enough to eat.  Let me tell ya those little fish were some what boney but they were awesome, considering it had been almost 2 days since we had ate anything other than some blackberries. 

Here is my kit all put together.

It contains 10 fishing hooks of various sizes, a small bobber, approx 40 feet of 8# test line, approx 30 feet of 30# test line, some swivels (not necessary but nice to have), some steel leaders (could use as a snare on a spring snare trap for something small like a squirrel), some sinkers, and 4 or 5 different artificial baits, all nestled inside of a regular Altoids can with room to spare. 

I used some electrical tape to keep the hooks from going all over the place, getting tangled in everything else and most importantly not getting stuck in my fingers.  I would have preferred to use something like duct tape or gorilla tape like a half thickness because it would hold better I think.  But electrical tape is all I had handy.  I used little "dime" bags purchased at Hobby Lobby to store the baits, sinkers, swivels, and leaders.  For the line I took two unused compartment dividers from my tackle box, made four small cuts into the plastic so I would have a place to secure the line and wrapped the fishing line around it.  I initially had it on a piece of cardboard but they were more sturdy and smaller.  I also secured two larger fish hooks to the bottom because I didn't have the space on the lid. 
This was a handy little kit to have, there are plenty different styles with a number of different things in them.  The most important thing is to put things in you kit that you think or know would be useful in your part of the world.