What Knife(s) Do You Take Fishing?

The Zieg said:
Puukko for small work
Leuku for getting through
Willows on the bank

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Zieg
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Haiku 👍!
 
same knife I always carry, in addition to a cheapo bait knife I got at the tackle store. Easy to clean, disposable, don’t have to worry if it falls off the pier into the water
 
Great answers so far. Really enjoying this.

Cementite said:
The point of my reply was that I thought the bullet point "Wins most fishing related arguments" was funny.
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Don't worry friend, that was obvious to anyone paying attention. And you're right - that line was hilarious.
 
Freshwater fisherman here in SW Missouri - mostly smallmouth, spotted, and largemouth bass, crappie and walleye on artificials (no need to cut bait).

Always have this one in my coin pocket - SAK Adventurer (with the Phillips instead of the corkscrew). Probably the one knife I would never want to give up for my fishing trips - has all the SAK stuff I like (bottle cap, can opener, tweezers and pick, Phillips and flat, reamer, with a long locking main blade) and minimal weight. It's the old one with the grip slider for the lock instead of the liner lock. I have both, but I like how much lighter this is than the one with the liner lock.

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Other than that, I carry a Spyderco Military a lot. I fish a lot in cold weather with gloves, and it's pretty much foolproof to deploy and retract one-handed with gloves. I wish more Spydercos had that liner lock.

In the tackle bag - just in case I want to throw together a shore lunch.
Benchmade filet knife
Opinel folding saw

Just got this in recently - an Off-Grid Grizzly v2, mainly for cooking outside at the house - so I could just hang on the sheath and process everything outside without having to tote my chef's knives outside. I'm impressed enough with it I'm thinking of picking up another one to throw in my tackle bag. I'm pretty picky about food processing knives - this one, while not being a lightweight laser or anything of the sort, is really well balanced, is comfortable for a pinch grip (very important to me), and the blade geometry is really well suited to a variety of methods (push or pull cutting, rock chopping, etc).

It's ugly as hell, but it performs.

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I do a lot of freshwater fishing on the East Coast. A lot of trout streams and canoeing rivers and lakes and ponds for smallies and largemouth. Used to fish NY and Canada for Pike and Walleye a bit. In addition to my EDC folder, camping fixed blade, and Leatherman, this Buck 549 Fishlocker has been close at hand since the early/mid 1990’s. This Cold Steel Bird and Trout neck knife has been around my neck for somewhere between 15 and 20 years while fishing, canoeing, and boating.

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KenHash said:
Thanks. I've only read about them, never actually seen one in the wild.
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IMO you arent missing that much, they are aggressive and they can get big... like a bull trout but not as much fun, and definately not as fun as Pike. Catching a trout that was basically invented to be stupid almost defy's the point anyways. Catching a couple was fun just to add another species to the list, but I wouldnt drive any distance to do it again.
 
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This thread makes me painfully aware that I haven't done any fishing in many years. When I did it was with a cheap fillet knife, a random small pocket knife, and then a pair of hook removal pliers.
 
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