What Knife(s) Do You Take Fishing?

[jayjaygee]

No right/wrong answers. Just wondering, and though I might learn something new about knives. Seems like whenever I ask a question, lots of people are thrilled to share everything they know on the subject and I always learn something. So this is my question today. What knife or knives do you take with you when you go fishing?

Bonus if you go Ice Fishing and have an answer for that!

 

[KenHash]

Depends on the kind of fishing and where. FW fishing walking through brush, I usually carry my Fallkniven A1. Plus BM Bugout.
SW fishing beach or boat, SOG Seal Pup. Don't Ice Fish anymore but used to carry an Ontario Navy MK 2 then later a Fallknven F1 to climb out if I needed to.

 

[ron55]

Take a Buck 110 to all outdoor activities. Haven't ice fished or set foot on ice since I fell in.

 

[chevyrulez1]

I have found I like to have a belt knife so I am not digging in my pockets on the boat, so I bought a pack of Dexter Russell paring knives and put one in a leather sheath. Works great, and if I clumsily drop it in the lake I am not out a bunch of money.
Also, I always have a victorinox classic SD on a lanyard around my neck, and use the scissors to snip line as I tie on lures and such. Honestly it gets more use than anything.

 

[jmj3esq]

Spyderco Caribbean Salt SE LC200N is my go to bait/fishing knife for ocean surf fishing. The thing cuts thru the toughest bones like a chainsaw.

 

[The True North]

Leatherman.

 

[tatsu]

2024 setup
FW from shore

Joe Watson GSG
Spyderco Tasman Salt serrated
Leatherman Micra: The scissors are great for cutting line.





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[Onies]

Fishing from shore or a boat, its a Victorinox Spirit multitool a Spyderco Para 2, an Olight AA flashlight and a compass. Ice fishing is pretty much the same rig, except a Cold Steel Recon 1 spear point in AUS 8 and a Spyderco Catcherman on a lanyard around my neck.

 

[TC]

Spyderco Caribbean Salt SE LC200N is my go to bait/fishing knife for ocean surf fishing. The thing cuts thru the toughest bones like a chainsaw.

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....and doubles as a lure in a pinch.

 

[1911bphil]

I don't fish, I drown worms. I carry an SAK to cut the line when I get it caught in the tree's. I hope you have better luck than I do.

 

[Riz!]

My primary fishing tool is a pair of titanium fishing pliers with carbide line/wire cutters. If in my kayak I neck carry an Emerson La griffe. Since it hangs on your index finger via the ring, its easy to wear while tying knots. When on my john its usually whatever folder i have in my pocket. Trout fishing will usually add a 5-6” fixed blade, because I will often be in more remote areas on foot. I will occasionally stop and make a fire on shore and have a lunch.

 

[eveled]

Any knife I own is a good knife for fishing. I don’t over think it. Whatever is in my pocket or on my belt. Usually a Buck or Randall.

Cleaning fish is another issue. Depends on the size and how I’m processing them. Cleaning them is easy any stout knife that’s easy to clean. I have different sizes of fillet knives if I want fillets.

 

[JParanee]

Spearfishing







SURF FISHING




BOAT FRESH AND SALT

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[Weiss]

A friend of mine gave me this Spyderco years ago. I'm not sure what model it is, but I take it with me because the serrations whiz through everything lickety-split, and the clippy doodad is very handy and fail-safe for sticking it onto things. Oh, and it is very light at 2 3/8 oz.







I also tend to carry the bigger of these two because it's also light, and it has a 4-inch blade:

 

[The Zieg]

Puukko for small work
Leuku for getting through
Willows on the bank

Zieg

 

[mitchnola]

I’ll carry whatever may be my knife for the day but I also throw a opinel no 6 in my pocket and it’s the only knife to be pulled out. Carried this knife fishing a few weeks ago. But this is the only time I pulled it out all day!

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[KenHash]

I’ll carry whatever may be my knife for the day but I also throw a opinel no 6 in my pocket and it’s the only knife to be pulled out. Carried this knife fishing a few weeks ago. But this is the only time I pulled it out all day!

Structly out of curiosity, may I ask where you catch Spotted Seatrout, Largemouth Bass and Catfish (Blue?) in the same place?
I presume brackish water?
Thanks,

 

[mitchnola]

Yes, brackish water in the biloxi marsh in delacroix La. Biloxi marsh is at the south end of lake Borgne and east of the Mississippi river. We call them speckle trout. Also catch redfish. The bass and redfish like to hangout together,

 

[KenHash]

Yes, brackish water in the biloxi marsh in delacroix La. Biloxi marsh is at the south end of lake Borgne and east of the Mississippi river. We call them speckle trout. Also catch redfish. The bass and redfish like to hangout together,

Thanks very much. Up north in the Hudson River, NY City people catch Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Bluefish, White catfish, Channel catfish, White perch & Carp.
Brackish water can produce a weird mix.

 

[Cementite]

I need to buy or blacksmith one of these Japanese-style tuna knives:

We've got invasive blue catfish coming into the Chesapeake Bay more and more here, and they're eating a lot of blue crabs and menhaden, competing with other fishes for forage...add the invasive northern snakeheads that are now in practically every tributary, and we've got some fisheries that are in serious flux.