What to Bring…
A long-range fishing trip warrants taking everything you might need with you because even though we will possibly be near Fort Jefferson there are no supplies nearby.
We have put a list together for our guests to use as a guide for what to bring for their breakfast, lunch and dinner items. This is a suggested shopping list but you may bring whatever you like.
Breakfast
Suggested shopping for breakfast items. You may want to have a full breakfast some mornings but bring along some quick breakfast items like donuts or bagels too.
- Eggs
- Bacon
- Bread for toast
- Butter
- Jelly/Jam
- Donuts
- Bagels
- Coffee Rolls
- Juice
- Milk
- Cereal
- 1 Pound of Drip Coffee
Lunch
Suggested shopping for lunch items. Bring along sandwich cold cuts and some hotdogs and hamburgers. We don’t mind cooking a hot lunch!
- Deli Meats (turkey, ham, etc.)
- Sliced cheese
- Condiments (mustard, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper)
- Lettuce, Tomato, Onion
- Hotdogs, Hamburgers, etc.
- Cheap paper plates (no Styrofoam please)
- Snacks (potato chips, cookies, fruit, etc.)
Dinner
Suggested shopping for dinner items. We usually have a fish fry one night. Some parties bring something different for the second night other than fish.
- Dinner item for second night (chicken, beef, etc.)
- Salad & Salad Dressing
- Black Beans & Yellow Rice (easy to fix)
- Good bread & butter.
This is only a list of suggestions. You may bring whatever you like to eat and drink.
Fishing Tackle List
General List of Fishing Tackle for your Dry Tortugas / Marquesas Fishing Trip
A GENERAL LIST OF TACKLE WOULD BE:
(optional package $400 for 6 anglers)- HOOKS: Mustad style 3407 saltwater is the best brand very small “hair” hooks, (1 Box). 3/0, 5/0, (2 boxes of 100 each), 7/0, (1 box each) A few 9/0
- LINE CLASS: 12, 20, 50 AND 80 pound line
- LEAD: Biggest split shots, (100) 1/8 oz, (half pound) 1/4 oz, (1 lb) 1/2 oz, (3 lb) 3/4 oz (3 lb), 1 oz, (3 lbs), 2 oz, (5 lbs, 4 oz, (5 lbs), 6 oz, (5lbs), 8 oz, (10 lbs).
- SWIVELS: #5 and #7 swivels (100 each) black
- TROLLING LURES: Various bucktails, lures, jellybellies, sea witches, plugs, etc. (variety of tackle to troll with)
- WIRE: 20-80 lb test copper colored, 25′ each
- CHUM BAGS
- RODS & REELS: SHIMANO TLD 25s on Rods with 50 lb line, and DIAWA BG 60 SPINNERS on rods with 20lb line. (RECCOMENDATION ONLY)
- PLEASE LIMIT THE AMOUT OF RODS & REELS TO 25 OR LESS
* Please contact your captain for any questions regarding tackle. Due to time of year this list may be modified. Please call Captain Robin at 305-879-4397
