Maybe a crazy question but !

Dave M

Dave M

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I know , i am getting alot of guys saying what the he%# is he talking about but it is slow here and i thought i would try something nobody to my knowledge has ever asked before .So here it is ,while you guys are out roaming your local spots in your boats , weather in the off season or during the hunting season , what is, or what would be the most useful piece of equipment ( from a tool stand point ) that you would carry EXAMPLE : a boat hook for retrieving decoys , favorite push pole , and so on and so forth ? What would be something that you don't have that would make the trip safer or make the art of docking easier and what not ? I am just wondering ? I carry a short boat pole about 2 feet long to grab decoys works great and is not telescoping so it will not bind up with the saltwater around these parts .


Lets hear it guys


Dave m
 
11' Punt oar. It's always strapped into the side of the jon boat and I wouldn't go out without it.
Lou
 
Since I put my push pole from my Kara into my 16' boat I have used it for a ton of things. From decoy pick up and set out to stalking fish in the shallows. Even got my but home when some bad gas took out the motor.
Dave did you get your application into the G.S.C. for membership?
Let me know if you still want to.
 
Roll of TP

Not really a tool I guess--more of an accessory. But I wouldn't leave the dock without it.

Use it just about as much as my push pole, and like the pole, it will get you through a sticky situation when just about nothing else will do.

Talking about a tool for picking up decoys, I saw an old guy last year using a hockey stick. Sure looked slick.
 
I always carry a third oar. The oars have a notch to hook decoy strings. One boat which I can't row. I carry a spare motor. I pick up decoys with a apple picker in that boat.
 
A crab net.
I don't have a dog & with the blind up, it's hard to safely reach over into the water sometimes. So I have a crab net with a 5' handle that I use to scoop up ducks while motoring after them.

The next two things would be my GPS for making sure I can stay in the channels (very important in tidal areas) and my Nissan Thermos for keeping the hot chocolate warm.
 
Pole anchor (AKA Cajun Anchor). 8- 10 foot long 1" diameter closet rod, sharpened on one end, 3 inches above that sharpened end, drill a hole and run some rope through it, tie it off, tie one end of the rope inside the boat, leaving maybe 15 feet or so of slack. Leave the pole lying in the bottom of the boat, or, make a fancy sheath for it out of 4" PVC drain pipe tied up to one gunwale. This is no good for most of y'all, who hunt where the bottom is hard, but for us who hunt and fish muddy bottomed waters, it's indispensable. If you're going after the bronze bruisers, casting spoons or what not up in the grass trolling along the bank, when one hits quickly kill the trolling motor and silently slam the sharp end of that pole down in the mud (right. The rope goes way down in the mud). The wind will not therefor blow you to heck and gone, but you will stay put while you are otherwise occupied with landing that monster, when you're done you will not be sitting up on an oyster reef but will be in the same spot and then in position to catch a couple of his buddies as well. Also nice on a windy morning when hunting out of a boat, you fight the wind getting the dekes out, finally you pole up to where you want to sit and quickly slam that anchor in the mud, you will stay put exactly where you wanted to be.

Ed.
 
i use a kayak paddle in my 14' canoe, way faster then reg canoe paddles. and ive notched the ends to grabs decoy lines. other then that you cant beat a multi tool gerber, leatherman or whatever.

eddie
 
Hey Pete,I used to pick up decoys with an apple picker,but he went back home to care for his family.LOL:^)
 
Ya Joe, Mine use to complain when the water got cold. Had to replace him with a pole with the wire bucket. hee hee
 
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