Survival Fishing Kits

If you were writing one?
I have so far:

Learn:
-To shoot multiple types of guns
- Archery
- How to make a crude radio
- How to use a radio
- How to track
- Navigate by the stars
- How to make a fire
- Plant guide
- Survival kit
- Purification of water
- Shelter
- How to make rope
- How to make a net
- How to hunt
- How to fish
- How to set traps
- How to make containers
- First Aid
- First Aid kits

You need to know how to FIND water; it isn't always as easy as stumbling into a river or lake!

In order of importance for actual SURVIVAL:
Find Water -- a person can die of dehydration in only 3 days; you can live for up to a month without food, even while walking 20 miles each day.

Fire -- to cook food/purify water, to act as a beacon for anyone searching for you, and TO STAY WARM. Wet clothing, especially modern synthetics, can be useless for keeping you warm...

Shelter -- you need a place to stay dry/warm. NEVER wander around, hoping to be found; more people die because they will not stay in ONE place...

Find Food Source -- you will need to eat, if you wish to live long enough to be found.

For the list of things to learn to do: MAKE TRAPS, i.e., snares and dead-falls. Rabbits and squirrels are good eating, and fairly easily trapped. Also, fish traps are easy to make/use. It is not enough to know how to simply set a trap -- you must first learn how to make the trap.

Radios are useless, if not equiped with a transmitter (unless all you want is to get information about the "outside world"...) -- and the "crude radio" most often does not include a transmitter. A transmitter-receiver combination of some kind is required if you wish to talk with other people over the radio.

Also to learn: How to make/use signaling devices such as mirrors. If the batteries in the radio or flashlight go dead -- and there is every chance they will -- those items will be more than useless.

There is a lot more -- more than there is room here to list. And it is always best to learn survival skills BEFORE you need them. If you wait until you are in "survival mode" (lost, injured and in direct risk of dying), it may be too late.

2008-01-01 17:51:46 by anw122

A quick DIY video demonstrating the construction of a pocket sized survival fishing kit / reel

I am seriously considering walking into the wilderness and living my life peacefully. I would like to live off of the land, wildlife, lakes, streams and rivers. This is NOT a fly-by-night decision and I would welcome any suggestions or experiences that anyone may have had in this area. I have researched such things as must have survivalist essentials. Tent, sleeping bag, survivalist kits, rifles, fishing gear, survival books, food, water, clothing, etc., etc. What I am interested in reading about from readers is personal experiences or from people who would be interested in attempting the same lifestyle. I am planning this major step in my life sometime within the next three months. Experiences ? Suggestions ? Encouragement ? Interest in participating ? All ideas are welcome. Please, serious responses only. Thanks.

The way my life is going, I would love to follow you into the wild. I am miserable sitting in my office all day and dreaming of being outside. I have thought about taking some time for myself after I finish my masters degree, and maybe hiking the appalachian trail or something. I am tired of all the stress and deadlines, and would welcome the freedom of roaming the wilderness. I think it is a great idea, and I think you should go for it if you really want it.

By the way, where are you planning to go? I think Alaska would be an excellent place to attempt something like this.

2007-09-03 09:15:46 by restbiz2001

Price: $49.99 $14.18

Sharpening whetstone contained in snap closure pocket on nylon sheath
urvival Kit in Handle Compartment * Compass * Matches * Bandage * Fishing line Hook
Handle designed for added grip

Ugh, I have four days til father's day, and my father has done SO much for us. I REALLY want to make his day. Lately he's been really into fishing, and he just got the boat he's been waiting to get for some time. So I thought for a gift I'd make him one of the survival kit gifts, wish a fishing theme. But I don't have ANY ideas as to what to put in the kit, so any ideas are great. Also, I'd appreciate other ideas for father's day gifts, that hopefully I could make from cheap materials. Thanx!

When i friend retired several years ago, i gave him a list ( with addresses) of 200 nearby best places to fish. He loved it.

2006-06-14 19:47:04 by fire_from_ice

Price: $16.99

I grinned as I walked to the car lugging my three large duffle bags, my mum laughed, she had already told me I had too much stuff with me, when she had seen me packing she'd rolled her eyes and reminded me I was only going away for half a month- and to Maine. Not Barcelona or Russia so to put away all of my stuff. My youngest brother had reminded me that I was not going alone- so to put away the survival and first aid kits, my sister had reminded me to pack something nice, tight and short, along with numerous overpriced perfumes, a good bit of makeup and a razor, I pouted theatrically but laughed and tossed in all the cosmetics and beautification products I had accumulated over the years, courtesy of their "generosity" into my bag of toiletries- which courtesy of my eldest brother's ignorance was way over proportioned, a fact which for the first time I was resentful of. My twin brother, Eric and my older brother Jeremy who were coming with me reminded me to bring food, tents, rope, sleeping bags, and bed sheets. I laughed but didn't object when they added to my packages.
So now I was the only one with three bags, and even then all of the cloth was in vacuum bags. Jeremy walked past me, and in one fluid motion took all my bags and threw them at Eric, who was arranging everything in the back of our Cousin Jamie’s truck. Jamie came at me from around and wrapped me up in a bear hug, my face was immersed in his rolling muscles so I didn't see the bags hit Eric, but I heard a heavy metallic thud and his furious, rather obscene exclamation.
As soon as all the bags were in the back our youngest brother Ingo came rushing out of the house carrying all of my survival kits, fishing net, his walkie talkies, and a knife. Jamie arched an eyebrow. "I thought you maybe would need this because you're a girl," Conner explained
"What girl uses a knife?"
"If she can beat Jeremy at halo wars and beat up Troy she can use a knife" Ingo informed Jamie solemnly.
I groaned. Three hours in, and we had stopped at three rest stops because they wanted to get soda to drink and to store. At this rate we would end up at our destination the day we were due back. But when I mentioned this the guys complained that they had known it would be a bad idea to bring me.
Therefore, when we pulled into the driveway of the main office of the camping community a long time after dusk I was the only whose bladder was not on the verge of spontaneously combusting, and I relished in this fact, making bathroom jokes, turning on cd's of rainfall and noisily slurping my water bottle. So of course as soon as the car stopped they all took off as though the devil's hounds were at their heels and left me to carry all nine overstuffed duffle bags along with a lifetimes supply of soda to the office so that we could get the keys to our cabin. I grabbed my three bags and a bottle of soda first, and the breath was knocked out of me as I swung my third bag onto my back. I staggered a few steps in the dark toward the towering beacon of the lone lamppost outside the office I took another step- and collapsed.
As I struggled to get up a polite cough from the side made me jump. I struggled with the button on my cargoes and pulled out a flashlight and my knife. The boy who had witnessed my pathetic demise raised his arms in a symbol of peace and chuckled-"got anything else in there little girl?" he asked, his voice was compelling, teasing.
I glared
"oh come on now, I meant to ask- I meant to ask you-" he paused again.
"Meant to ask me what, If I needed help? Well I don't" I retorted
A smile was in his voice as he replied- “Well now actually I was going to ask what kind of moron makes a- how old are you?"
"15"
"16. Well a fifteen year old girl carry a truckload all the way over there" he pointed to the beacon.
I waved a couple empty soda bottles at him
"... And I presume you're the smart one who didn't partake.?..."
I laughed grudgingly. It was funny how he let his sentences hang.
"and after that" he continued, clearly satisfied with my reaction "after that I was going to ask if I could help you- and whack them over the heads with one of those... I'm assuming it's more than one?" he queried
I held up three fingers and made a face. He winced theatrically, causing me to laugh again. I gestured toward the truck bed, and grabbed a full two liters of coke and handed it to him. He grinned infectiously, and I had to join in.
"I will put this to good use, and thus avenge thane slavery lady..."
"Juliet-Ennalise"
"Jason"
"araganots?" I asked as we walked toward the office each carrying two bags and weilding a bottle of soda.
"Yeah, and you?"
"Shakespeare"
"I'll have to reread him; I thought I'd memorized all of the plays"
"Excuse me?"
"I don't remember an ennalise in Romeo and Juliet"
I opened my mouth to reply but at that moment indigo came loping over to us and took my bags. He motioned toward the truck. And I jogged off to get two more.
When I opened t

You command of language is good. Your punctuation
is OK. Sentence structure is good. Adjectives and adverbs
a little pretentious.
Now the story.
You have no "grabber" at the beginning. Something that says
"read me, I'm a fun read!". Your style needs work. I don't
know you but, I suspect that its not really you. Your words
seem contrived and don't flow smoothly. Your theme is
unclear.
A few suggestions.
1) Write from personal experience.
2) Relax a few minutes before you begin writing and consider
what you want to say..
3) Edit your work ruthlessly.
4) Read what others have written and published.
Study their style. How do they get your attention in
the beginning of the piece. Study there character building
style. How do they impart a feeling of intimate
knowledge of their basic nature of each character.
5) Get a pad and pen and carry it at all times. Make
notes when you hear a nicely turned phrase. Describe
the people in your life with the intent of leading the
reader to the conclusions you want them to draw.
6) Study other writers methods of setting a scene.
7) Ask questions of people around you. It doesn't matter
what they say. Its dialogue. After you end the
conversation with them, write notes describing the
dialogue.

These are a good starting point. Remember that what you
write is not intended to give people a good impression of
you. Its to give them a good story to read.

All in all. I think you have potential. Keep at it and when
you become a famous author, remember us little people
and write about us.

Good luck.

2009-08-13 07:34:20 by Driad

Sorry I had to ask in the hunting section, but you guys are the only ones who'd have a clue as to how to survive a massive disaster in my opinion- for those of us who dont know how to catch food would surely be the first ones gone!

Here's what I have in my Kit so far:
First AID kit for 2, plus AID kit for Dog.
Water filtration water bottle (filters up to 80 gallons without replacement)
MREs- 30 of them
Mini mag light
Mossberg 500 interchangeable barrels with 100 rounds of slugs/buckshot and several hundred #4 birdshot.
a few 20lb propane cylinders
a few 4lb propane cylinders
Coleman Camp stove
Cold weather clothing/parka
Flint/Magnesium Stick
Survival Knife with fishing line and hooks, light anywhere matches., etc


Anything else you think I should get... IN CASE...
GOt a Remington 597 .22LR, keep about 500 rounds, so Ill get some more

Have a Dodge Ram 4x4 with nice brush guard...

Great tips guys, thanks! Itll be tough to give a best answer!

Go here for good information on survival kits;
http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/s urvival-kits/

You have a good start for a list, do add some plastic tarps they are handy for many things. I would also invest in a good light weight tent and quality back pack.

I prefer a hobo stove as you can find fuel for it about anywhere and they are light weight.

I agree with the suggestion to have a .22 rifle of some kind. 22 LR ammo is cheap, takes little space, its quiet and can take small game. It should be in everyone’s survival ( or bug out) kit. Have 4 bricks handy and that’s 2,000 rounds of 22 ammo. One brick of 22 lr (500 rounds) weighs about the same as one 25 round box of 12 ga shotgun shells. Also a long barreled 22 pistol like the Ruger mark 2 takes up little room in your gear.
I would also suggest a more extensive first aid kit, with suture kit and any medications you might need.
Some books on edible plants with photos would be a plus.
Some rope and cordage would be a good idea also.

I strongly suggest you read the great information on that survival site it has a wealth of information.

2009-10-05 08:21:45 by Peter Griffin