05-28-2019, 07:42 PM
This is a little negative on using a 4 wheel cart, but I thought you might like to hear what might be negatives.
I bank tangle a lot, even though I own a boat, and most places I go to would not be cart friendly. Thinking of the dike at Willard, on the last rocky approach to the water. Also, most approaches to reservoirs like Rockport, Echo, East Canyon, Pineview, Deer Creek. Unless the shoreline next to the water is fairly level and smooth, it will be difficult to pull a wheeled vehicle.
I have put straps on my fish cat float tube, and I can carry it back pack style to the water at most places, with my hands free to carry my rods, etc..
I think I would downsize my gear as much as possible, and then try to pack what I needed in a good size pack pack. When you carry the weight with your legs it seems a lot easier.
When not float tubing and fishing from shore, I currently don't use a back pack, but have a tackle bag with strap that I carry over my shoulder/neck. I carry a cooler with ice for fish, snacks, bait in one hand, and 3 or 4 rods in the other. I hardly ever use all the tackle in the bag and should probably downsize it.
I've walked out to near the point on Rainbow bay at Deer Creek with my gear as described.
I'm 77 years old and can get to most shore fishing spots with this amount of gear.
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I bank tangle a lot, even though I own a boat, and most places I go to would not be cart friendly. Thinking of the dike at Willard, on the last rocky approach to the water. Also, most approaches to reservoirs like Rockport, Echo, East Canyon, Pineview, Deer Creek. Unless the shoreline next to the water is fairly level and smooth, it will be difficult to pull a wheeled vehicle.
I have put straps on my fish cat float tube, and I can carry it back pack style to the water at most places, with my hands free to carry my rods, etc..
I think I would downsize my gear as much as possible, and then try to pack what I needed in a good size pack pack. When you carry the weight with your legs it seems a lot easier.
When not float tubing and fishing from shore, I currently don't use a back pack, but have a tackle bag with strap that I carry over my shoulder/neck. I carry a cooler with ice for fish, snacks, bait in one hand, and 3 or 4 rods in the other. I hardly ever use all the tackle in the bag and should probably downsize it.
I've walked out to near the point on Rainbow bay at Deer Creek with my gear as described.
I'm 77 years old and can get to most shore fishing spots with this amount of gear.
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