Fishing Bag

I made this fishing bag for myself. After some very frustrating fishing attempts where the seagulls were after my bait, and I had to dig it up / rebury it every five minutes, I knew I needed a bag that sat right on my hip, with an open pocket for the bait. While fishing on the rocks, the tide came whipping in just as I caught a fish, and in trying to quickly scoop up my gear, I dropped the fish. It flipped everywhere, and I could only catch it again by dropping my gear. Just as I'd got hold of it again, the tide threatened to carry off my bag! Eventually I managed to kill the fish and rescue my very wet gear, but I decided not to go rock fishing again until I'd made a bag that would sit snugly against my body, and would have all my gear within easy reach.

Enter my fishing bag, made from an ex-shower curtain. It has a drawstring pocket that sits open for the bait, a pocket for the chopping board, a padded pocket for my knife, and a zip pocket for my tackle. And behind everything, is a big (ish) pocket for the fish that I catch. You can tell I'm not planning on catchig anything big.

I tested the bag down at the river, where I ended up having to sit on a log that protruded into the water. Boy was I glad to have my bag! I could never have managed baiting up or tying on a new rig if I'd been trying to balance all my gear on that log. I didn't catch any fish though.

Anyone recommend good fishing spots in or near Melbourne, accessible by public transport?

Comments

[Jessamy]

Wow, it's gorgeous as well as useful! I love the contrasting patterns and matching colours! Could be useful for all sorts of things, handbag, baby bag, gardening etc. Great idea to use a shower curtain, spray and wipe to clean!

[Jenni Cargill-Strong]

AHHHH! Now we get it- made of an old shower curtain- how ingenius! We were wondering how fish guts and blood would go on what looked like pretty cotton! Love it! Jenine sent us the link and when Max gets home from mowing I'll show him.