Gear Review - Military Survival Fishing Kit

So I scored myself a surplus survival fishing kit. Now, I know I seem to place a lot of emphasis on fishing gear, what with having some in by OSK, my GHB, my BOB, and my BOV at all times and all, but let me explain why:



This is home right now, I took this picture less than a half mile from my house. I live in a swamp. You can't throw a rock around here without hitting a body of water, and, short of trapping, it's hard to beat fishing for energy gained v. energy burned acquiring food, on top of that, I just like to fish, so y'all are going to have to get used to it.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the kit shall we?


OK , so here's my first mistake, I should have never taken it farther apart than this, right here.

As you can see the whole thing is packed neatly in a plastic box, with some friction tape holding it closed, and a cardboard outer box. Inside the clear box is a list of contents.







And here is why I should have never opened it. Getting all that packed back in the way it came out was a pain in the butt, believe you me.

Aside from that though, there is a lot of surprisingly good quality stuff in there.

We have a signal mirror with lanyard, and Morse table on the back, some needles, three lures, assorted fresh and salt water hooks, two winders with line, aluminum sheet, a paper of knots, a razor blade, the friction tape and box, safety pins, red and yellow cloth, sinkers, swivels, and instructions for fishing, and cleaning fish printed on Tyvek so it won't fall apart when it gets wet.

While I'm sure you could build a kit like this, and customize it to fit your needs easily, and at a low cost, should you stumble across and already made kit, it's certainly fine as is. I'd say as long as the price is reasonable, this kit would make an excellent addition to anyone's preps, and is something you should give thought to. As for me, this kit will likely find a home in my currently under construction kayak OSK, which I will post in detail once it is complete.

Jimmy P - Out