Fishing is a reliable way to ensure that in a survival scenario you can get your hands on protein. In just about survival setting, somewhere there is some sort of fish that can provide you with life-saving food – the trick is finding the place and then catching the fish. Plus, on the survival task…
(Video) Man Uses a Rocket Fishing Rod to Catch a Big Fish – What?!
There are a surprising number of ways to catch fish. As survivalists, we may or may not be familiar with a few ways to catch our dinner. From fishing at a cabin to practicing it while bugging out, there are several techniques to try. However, have you ever tried catching a fish using a rocket…
Fishing for Beginners – How to Catch, Clean and Cook Them
If you are a seasoned angler, this post is not for you. It is for the person just starting out fishing or someone who normally does not fish but finds themselves in a survival situation. In most areas of the world, while fishing is not a fool-proof way to secure a meal, it is one…
(Video) Every Prepper Needs to Learn This Crazy But Genius Survival Method Of Catching Small Fish!
Honestly, before we started to read up on surviving, prepping, bush-crafting, homesteading, and doing some training in all previously mentioned movements, we had never heard of many of the methods that outdoorsmen use regularly. RE: Fishing. One of these is the “pipe method” of fishing and it is if truth be told interesting to watch.…
(Video) Here’s How to Use Paracord to Create a Fishing Line
One major challenge to getting through a survival situation is securing your own food. Food is obviously important to your well-being, but if you find yourself stranded with little more than a few days worth of rations, you will eventually have to figure out how to feed yourself. One great tool you have at your…
(Video) A Simple Yet Effective Bait Rig for Bottom Fishing
Fishing is one of the easiest ways to ensure you have food if you are facing a survival situation, especially if the situation you find yourself in requires you to move a lot. This is because fish live in almost any body of water – you may not in some cases in normal times consider…
(Video) He Suddenly Runs Out of Fishing Lures But Then Realizes He Can Utilize Paracord
One major challenge to making it through a survival situation in one piece, especially if the situation lasts more than a day or two is how to feed yourself. Each day you go without food you lose energy that must be replenished to be able to keep up with the rigors of survival. If you…
(Video) How to Ensure Tasty Fish Meal with Minimal Equipment
Just about everyone engaged in the survival community understands the importance of fishing as a method of ensuring preppers can get access to the nutrition they need to make it through a survival situation. In that type of a situation, virtually anywhere on the planet, fish are available and even if they are not your…
Fishing the Easy Way – How to Make an Incredibly Useful Fishing Kit for Survival
Fishing is a great way to get your hands on food, be it in a survival situation, camping or even if you just happen upon a brook, pond, river or lake. Carrying a full fishing kit, however, can be problematic, depending on the situation you are in and the terrain you are traversing. Rods, while…
Bluegills for Survival: Here’s How to Catch Them
In terms of survival food virtually anyone can catch, virtually anywhere, fish are difficult to beat; even polluted urban waterways have fish in them in most cases. Of all the types of fish that exist, Bluegills are one of the most rugged and prolific. A native to the Eastern United States, they have been transplanted…
Fishing Myths Debunked for Survival
Pretty much everyone knows that in a survival situation, fishing is one fairly easy way to make sure you get the protein, vitamins, and minerals you need to make it through. Fishing, though, like most age-old pastimes, is chock full of myths, rumors, and misconceptions. Often, fishing myths are started because someone misconstrued a real…
Trot and Jug Lines for Survival – A Brief How-To
Fish are a relatively easy way to get your hands on protein and nutrition in a survival setting, without expending a whole lot of energy. Two methods of fishing while expending little energy are to run trot and jug lines. A trotline is a long line of cordage with baited hooks suspended off of it…
Fishing Gear 2017 – What Everyone Wetting a Line Should Consider Purchasing
Each new fishing season means different things to each and every fisherman. For some, it is all about the fishing. Others people tend to treasure the temporary solitude from an otherwise busy and noisy life. For a fortunate few, fishing season means traveling across the country to try out new fishing spots or breaking in…
The DIY Fishing Kit – Easy to Make, Inexpensive and Effective!
Just about everyone knows that in a survival situation, fishing is one form of securing protein and nutrients that is available just about anyplace you find yourself. There is even a show on televisions that highlighted the fish you could catch in the cooling lake of the Chernobyl nuclear plant – the fish seemed to…
3 of the Best Fishing Reels to Buy on a Budget
While we all agree that spending below our means can give us lots of benefits, there aren’t always many quality items that we can rely on. For example, if you’ve been on the search for a new fishing reel, you know that a good one can come at a hefty price. So we gathered the research for…
4 Bullet-Proof Primitive Methods of Catching Fish for Survival
If you follow this survival website at all, you know we are big fans of using fish as a vital survival resource. Just about every body of water holds some sort of fish and with very few exceptions, they are safe to eat if you cook them properly and relatively easy to catch. Plus, if…
Bowfishing Basics: 3 Steps so a Person Can Get Started
Bowfishing is one great method of fishing that doesn’t require a lot of supplies and it can be a lot of fun too! It’s not the easiest or fastest methods to obtain fish, but it’s certainly a skill worth learning. Especially when you’re bugging out or have a homestead in the wilderness, this is an…
(Video) This Traditional Fishing Method in Cambodia Left Me Slack-Jawed – Wow!
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t always need a boat and fishing rod to catch fresh seafood. After all, our ancestors have been catching fish through various means since time and memorial. We think learning the old methods our ancestors used to catch fish is a good skill every survivalist should learn. What if you…
(Video) Two Women Show Us How to Deep Hole Fish in Cambodia. How They Get it Done? Wow!
We had seen other videos about deep hole fishing and the principle is the same. You build your trap, wait for the tide to come in, then hours later return and see what your trap has caught. No fishing pole is necessary. Just a bucket and a willingness to get dirty! We present to you…
(Video) How to Easily Put Together a DIY Pill Bottle Survival Fishing Kit
If there is one thing we like, when putting together our backpack or bug-out bag – getting ready to take a hike into the wilderness – it’s packing as much useful stuff as we can. You might be planning an overnight trip, bringing your food to be grilled over a fire, but if you are…