Amazing the amount of crap we carry on a boat! (did I forget anything?!)

[Spoonminnow]

Most everything on my list is a must have on the boat - at least for me personally. Even a hat is a must for those bright hot sunny days as well as sunscreen.

[DockShootinJack]

Got to have the Crappie.com sticker also. Don't want to be confused with being a bass fisherman

[skeetbum]

I have had some stuff in my bass boat that I sold a few years back. In TN, my back door neighbor was a corn field and with it came mice and rats that eventually found their way into the garage and then into the boat. Then the traps came out and no more rodents. What I found was that if I didn’t keep places for them to make a home it was easier to get rid of them. On top of that I’m kinda OCD about being able to find stuff. What did get kinda choked was the hatch behind the driver and passenger seats. Had to strip and review them now and then. A small 5.56 ammo box tool kit has saved the day a few times, fuses included. The previous owner of that boat mad a set of jumper cables from welders leads that got used a few times too. They were just long enough to reach from the trolling batteries to the start batteries. Best thing in the boat for busy folks who sometimes forget things.

Sold that boat and now carry so litttle I have to make sure that I have the essentials and safety gear on board. The skiff has no storage, that’s an adventure in itself.

[Ketchn]

not sure if its been mentioned but I always used to carry a big ole heavy rebar 3 prong grappling hook on a long rope with me .
never know when it might be handy for sure , just saying

[TreednNC]

Jumper cables to the trolling batteries to get the
motor started has saved a trip or two for me over the years

I had a trip back in December that I left my console unit, as well as the nav/anchor lights on as we started just prior to sunrise, and fishing the same spot all day long. Pretty epic bit of fish stacked up in the mouth of a particular creek, and never had to leave to find fish. Come time to leave, cranking battery was dead. No problem, I've got tools, I'll unhook the TM battery and set it in the back, and use it. So I did. Get all the way back to the ramp, and get loaded up and start stowing and organizing gear before trailering the 45 miles back home, and saw/remembered I had a set of jumper cables one of the storage compartments just for that reason. Whoops.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Got to have the Crappie.com sticker also. Don't want to be confused with being a bass fisherman

OMG Jack, you forgot the Slab and G Sauces! Shame, Shame.

[SuperDave336]

OMG Jack, you forgot the Slab and G Sauces! Shame, Shame.

Reminds me of the shame, shame, shame family guy clip. It's hilarious but I'm not sure I should post it here. It's on YouTube if you care to see.

[DockShootinJack]

OMG Jack, you forgot the Slab and G Sauces! Shame, Shame.

Absolutely not. I am stocked fully with a bottle of each. And just for good measure I have backup bottles for those. I dropped a bottle of Sab Sauce by a dock I was shooting. Took six months for the fish to move back to the other parts of the lake