Tackle box knife

STDK

STDK

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Hi everyone,
I was just curious what knives everyone carries when fishing, straight and folder. In my box there is a Green handled Mora and an old Rapala fillet that my dad gave me about 35 years ago. In my pocket lately I have been carrying a Vic Spartan, I'm really starting to like the Vic alot.
 
I keep a Spyderco Pacific Salt and a 20 year old Buck fillet knife on my boat at all times. A Victorinox Rambler in yellow goes on the floating keychain with the boat keys. I prefer carbon slip joints for daily use, but I leave them at home when I go fishing. The spyderco gets rinsed in salt water and put away wet. The SS Buck need some corrosionX to keep it rust free. The only things that salt water doesn't destroy 1. Salt water 2. Fish 3. Spyderco H-1 steel.
 
Marttiini fillet knife fixed.

Rough Rider lockback. OK hoots of derision but fishing demands a beater knife in stainless & who cares what happens to it.

The fish don't much like either:eek:
 
I usually carry a Mora #510(carbon, red handle) on my belt for cleanning fish and all other cutting needs, as well as my leatherman for removing hooks, and as a back up knife, if for some reason I dropped the mora into the lake.
BTW: I've never had a problem with the carbon mora rusting on me. Just wipe it dry when you're done. I don't understand why people think you can't use anything but stainless around water. What about those old boatman with there carbon knives, they didn't rust away to nothing, they just needed a little more TLC. To each his own, I guess.
 
Whatever my edc is in my pocket. Some times I will also carry an old hickory 3" paring knife, or a 5" - 6" old hickory boning knife on my belt for cleaning fish. I never keep a knife in my tackle box, because of rust. Joe
 
Back when I had a tackle box. I had a Normark folding fillet knife. When fishing for trout I would just use what ever I had on hand.
 
Whatever I have in my pocket or on the belt. I have a pair of folding scissors in the tacklebox, but that's just for trimming lines and flies. No knife in the tacklbox. I don't fish enough for that to make sense.
 
Thanks everyone
It seems there are still a lot of Swiss and Swedish blades being carried for fishing. I dint realize that all mine were Swiss or Swedish until after I posted. I used my Mora this weekend on a mess of fish it did a fine job.
 
Leatherman tool. It has a knife and needle nosed pliers, with screwdrivers just the ticket for fishing. Now cleaning fish, I use a benchmade 32 small bali, sharp as a razor, strong enough to cut through a spine and as dependable as a fixed blade. Being all titanium and steel, it cleans up in a snap.
 
I keep a couple of Opinel paring knives in my tackle box, they are excellent cutters and rather cheap! Victorinox paring knives have also worked well for me, but I like the wooden handles on the Opinels better.

And of course, I always have another half dozen knives scatered around my pockets.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Couple of Rapala filet knives, small one for cutting up bait etc, large one for actual fileting. Also a Mora.
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Sounds like we think a like on the fishing knives, Nothing expensive just good using knives that serve their purpose well.

One more question anyone using any custom knives for fishing. I know I saw something about a custom maker that was making some great fillet knives.
 
My old cub-scout knife and a Rapela filet knife (both around 40-50 years old).
 
I always had a Spyderco Catcherman folder and a nice old easily flipped open with one hand Leatherman original multi tool with the nice needle nose pliers on it. Seems like a high % of the time either of these did a lot of the work for me during any fishing I did.

STR
 
When I go deep sea fishing, a tiny Leatherman Squirt P4 does everything I need on the boat except cut bait and fillet fish (both of those tasks are reserved for a fixed blade that's on board). I sometimes also carry a big folder, but have not had reason to use it. The Squirt P4 helps me rig leaders, tinker with reels, cut line and wire, unhook fish, and open beers.

I should mention that these trips are off the coast of south Florida, where it's hot. So I'm usually wearing swim trunks, a tee-shirt and a Tilley hat. If I were fishing in cooler weather and were wearing stuff with more pockets, I might be less of a minimalist.
 
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