[wvlheel]

Any of you use a backpack for surf fishing? I'm trying to find something that will enable we to be completely mobile (and comfortable casting). It needs a cooler as well and the ability to lash on rod holders, etc.

There are plenty out there but I am hoping for a recommendation. I don't want a cart , I'm trying to go light and fast.

I've got enough packs at the house I'm considering making something myself, but the cooler requirement is going to complicate it. Any ideas?

 

[biglenr]

Check the H20 express from Academy Sporting Goods.... I've bought and sold a dozen of those of the years, and they're very nice quality. Has a bottom zip cooler, and two rod holders built in.

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h2o...olor=Blue+with+Gray/Orange+Accent&N=272574546

NOTE: I don't think the current generation has the cooler... My previous ones definitely did. Maybe that's why I got so many of them at the auction, they might have been closing out the previous generation?

 

[drumfisher]

I use a old ll bean bookbag for all kinds of fishin

 

[Fish_Fiend]

http://m.thenorthface.com/mt/www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/recon-backpack.html

I use that one. But it is my everything pack also.

Gene - Red》X《 - Asheboro

 

[AMG08]

Do you plan on running all over the beach with this backpack? The light and fast thing doesn't make sense to me. I'd get a cart. I walk everywhere with mine, carry up to 6 rods if I want, a full size cooler, and all the tackle I need, and barely have to put forth an effort to move spot to spot.

Now if its a transport issue that is completely understandable. They take up a lot of room.

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[wvlheel]

I cover a lot of ground, walk nearly a mile to get to my favorite spot. There's no way I'm hauling a cart that far. Don't get me wrong, I know a cart has it's place, but not for this application. I also walk over some very soft sand and cut through a marsh

 

[Swampin']

Sounds like you fish a certain island I know lol. I'll post a pic of my buddies and my packs when we fished the end of said island if I can find it. Imagine an old external frame hiking pack with two rod holders lashed to the side and a mini cooler tied on to the sleeping bag rack lol. My twelve foot rods looked like antennas and we got some looks but it was surprisingly functional

 

[wartmanrp]

Dicks sells a field and stream waist pack (called the field commander maybe) for $25. Enough storage for most surf applications and you can carry rods by sticking them down the back of it. For the cooler part just get a lunch box with a shoulder strap

 

[Swampin']

Best pic I could find. Fit all my gear and cost me nothing. I'm a broke college kid and a ******* so we make it work

 

[sundrop]

http://www.olsaltystackle.com/jettywalker.html

 

[sundrop]

or http://www.fishingreportsnow.com/Product.Reviews.2013/Coastline.Surf.System.cfm

 

[mountain_man]

I have this penn backpack. Got it from dicks sporting goods but I dont think they sell it anymore. I really like it, but I actually use it for bass fishing applications rather than saltwater. Here are the reviews on it.

http://reviews.dickssportinggoods.c...-370-backpack-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=rating

Here is a link to a picture. I dont know of anywhere that sells it now.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pen...reviews%2Freviews.htm%3Fsort%3Drating;220;220

 

[ncrabbithunter]

I have a 11 dollar rod pack from ltd that carries 6 rods,holders tackle and lights.I never use my cart anymore!!Sounds cheap but works well,carries like a rifle!!

 

[sundrop]

NCRabbit do you have a link or better name on that? I cant find it. I want to see it

 

[ncrabbithunter]

LTD commodities I think.Its the catalog women buy lots of stuff from.

 

[trigger22]

I have a 11 dollar rod pack from ltd that carries 6 rods,holders tackle and lights.I never use my cart anymore!!Sounds cheap but works well,carries like a rifle!!

I think I have the same one. It doesn't see much use because I rarely fish from the shore and when I do it is in places I can drive the truck right up to.

 

[sundrop]

LTD commodities I think.Its the catalog women buy lots of stuff from.

FOUND IT!! http://www.ltdcommodities.com/Toys-...-Case/27l0/prod320425.jmp?categoryId=cat52010

 

[NCStateFisher]

if money isnt a huge issue check out the shimano black moon backpacks. insane amount of storage for the size and believe it has rod holders on the sides. Cooler requirement is a little tough, may be best off with a stringer tied to your belt and walk the suds

 

[wvlheel]

Swampin', that is some good stuff right there. I know *******, and I've been broke, nice job on makin' do with what ya got

 

[RouseD]

Several years ago, I used a cheap plastic covered back pack to fish from the surf. I used it when I was only going to trout fish, and went light so I could walk the beach easily. It worked great for what I was doing.