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So let's hear about your favorite lunch items. I wouldn't mind learning a few new ones :)

What is a tri-tip? Beef, pork, chicken, some kind-o-meat?
I've gone away from the bread and gone to tortillas. It almost eliminates the sog factor. Can't beat a cold smoked sausage in a tortilla, or some sliced brisket. One of our usual stops on the way to Fayette County Lake is to hit the sausage kolaches (pigs in a blanket).
Crackers,,,,i go with the goldfish in the individual packages.
Drinks,,,,lots of water, early morning i like the Ocean Spray fruit drinks in the small bottles (pretty tart)
The drive home is time to hit the What-A-Burger.

I don't eat too much when I'm on the water. ;(

But I do snack. I like rice crispy treats. Keep em in the cooler. As for bars, I've switched to the Snicker's Marathon Bars. Healthy and filling :7

I am a gatorade guy, but only when it's cold. I drink a lot of propel when it's hot out. Unlike water, propel still has some appeal to it if you don't finish it before it gets warm.

But my all time favorite is gummy worms :9 These also are best left in the cooler, so when you take em out they don't melt. The neat thing about the gummy worms is that they're not filling, yet you fill satisfied. They also seem to quinch your thirst in some weird way. And it's not just me. I know about 10 guys that take gummies with them every trip now after me giving them a handful on a hot day.

My fishing meals are definately not formed around nutrition, but I can eat healthy when I get home :+

Oh man, I forgot they don't have tri-tip in other states really. It's just a cut of beef, nothing fancy, but it's reasonably priced and tastes great, here is a picture:

http://www.orbeef.org/images/tri-tip_new.jpg

If you search on www.google.com for tri-tip or Santa Maria tri-tip, you'll find more info.

Thanks for posting your lunch tips, I think this could be a fun topic :)

pop tarts! Strawberry, without the frosting. For some reason I never eat them any other time except when fishing. They have been a staple of mine for years. Chewy granola bars aren't bad either.

I'm also a tri-tip guy the thinner the slices the better. With or without bread, makes no difference to me. Actually any kind of animal flesh is good when I'm on the water.

For sweets I usually swipe some of my kids school lunch snacks which consists of various brands of gummies, rice crispy treats etc. my wife likes to keep Hershey miniatures in the freezer and a handful of them will usually find a way into the lunch bucket too!

And lots of sunflower seeds. Another thing I don't eat very often except when on the water.

Mitch

All day adventures:

#1 lunch for a full day trip is a carne asada burrito from your favorite local taqueria... not Baja Fresh or Una Mas! (or No Mas! as I like to say), but a small, real Mexican burrito shop. Be careful with your burrito, because it can be smashed by your elbows in your floattube storage bags (especially the Outcast fat cat series).

Shorter trips:

Clif Bars. Those things will give you some sustained energy, and I like the taste. They have some oats for texture and aren't like the flavorless goo in power bars. Apples are tough to beat. Beef Jerky is solid. These foods are easy to transport and can be kept at home in large quantities for a quick trips.

Mike F

......to be confused with fear factor.lol..i couldn't agree more on the triangle sandwich's, man there just bad..almost fear factor stuff lol....Great Italian: this is a good store bought sandwich and even better if you leave it on the deck of your boat in the sun for about 15 minutes before you eat it. This allows the bread to warm and soften up really nice. My new personal favorite would be the Pannido Deli Trio from Jack in the box, just be sure you have a 1 gallon zip lock to put it in. Its always fresh and doesn't get soggy and is just an all round good tasting and easy to get sandwich.

That is what I eat on the water if I am lucky enough. I have a personal rule, no food until I have 5 keeper fish.

My drinks vary depending on if its hot or cold outside. In the hot summer months I will usually start off with Lipton Ice tea but switch to gatoraid and water as soon as in warms to be sure I don't dehydrate. If I am on the Delta I always drink at least 1 High Tide flavor. Guess its a delta thing :) other then that its water all day. In the winter months I will drink Ice Tea just about all day with a couple waters in the mix. I have been getting into the Rockstar Energy drink as well at times for an added high.

Anyone who has been fishing with me knows I rarley leave home with out my trail mix. I do not often but the stuff from normal grocery stores as they are too salty and have M&Ms or chocolate. My fishing mainstay is the Cranberry trial mix from Trader Joes. It has lots of different nuts and dried cranberries, a good combo for energy as well as filling. It is aslo very convient while fishing

As for drinks I am mainly a water guy, I drink over a gallon every day, but I am also a caffine junky so if I am going to be out all day Mountian Dew will be involved.

Just like when dressing for uncertain weather, or tackle at hand, the key to a satisfying on-water meal is selection and anticipation.

I had a really nice "fisherman's box lunch" in cabo last year. Partly why it was so good was because it had different elements. The sandwich wasn't that great, nor were the chips or fruit or dessert, and the soda and beer were just soda and beer. But i thought it was clever to offer a diversity of items to insure a better chance that something would be palatable.

That doesn't mean that you have to bring a whole f'ing fridge-load of food. Just bring a variety so that if one thing strikes out, you have a back up.

I've done a lot of kayakfishing over the past three years and one thing I've found to be true with respect to food while fishing. If your fishing really hard, there's no telling what type of cravings will creep up on you. You SHALL experience a shift in your food preferences when under stress. And if youre thinking about the chocolate donut you wish you had, then youre not concentrating on fishing.

Bottom line: anticipate nutritional needs, including cravings and hydration, and provide a selection that will satisfy your hunger under "race" conditions.

IMO: fried chicken, california rolls, chocolate donuts (winchell's not KK), doritos, and powerbars are pretty kind. And beer if i'm on a PB!

lots of agua and a couple bags of turkey jerky from Trader Joes- good stuff- and you gotta have the wasabi peas for the drive- verrry good! Oh yeah, try to find an In and Out on the way home...

This may sound sic but one of my favorite lunches would be one of those triangle sandwiches you get at 7-11. In particular the egg-salad sandwich with chile-cheese flavor Fritos corn chips wedged in the sandwich "um-yum" :9 But if there out of egg salad then I'll go with tuna salad, lots of protein for energy. For drinks it's gatorade, water, and of course BEER um beeerrrr.

dude, you are temping fate eating the triangle sandwich lol.

maybe the triangles are the reason he cant grow more the 4ft tall lmao

maybe the triangles are the reason he cant grow more the 4ft tall lmao

I'm 5'6" thank you very much! :+

oohh sorry tall guy lmao

sardines and fruit

Rob, I'm with you on the tri-tip!
Hard to beat, sandwich or not.

I'm known for my tuna salad, usually albacore I've canned in the pressure cooker( Lemon Pepper is a Key ingredient). Many of our trips are multi-day so I mix up a big tupperware, bring some saltines, bread & we're set. Cheese/lettuce are a bonus for the tuna trips where getting out all the the sandwich fixins is pretty much the best way to get a troll strike & full foamer going.
You can get as complex as youd like or just dip in a slice of bread & scoop out enough tuna to fold the bread in half for an instant one handed 1/2 sandwich or scoop snack size bites with crackers (saltines prefered).

Penuts are a great energy snack food as well as those little packages of 4 or 6 mini penut butter/crackers sanwiches. We buy those as well as the variety packs of potatoe chips in bulk.

I always bring one pint of milk for breakfast!
Besides that it's a mixture of water, gatorade & beer :)

Good Topic!

Josh

dude, don't lie, you guys probably have lobster burritos for lunch, lobster bisque for dinner, and lobster salad for breakfast :)

The tuna salad setup with the bread sounds like a good idea. One of these days I'm gonna get a smoker and go on some kind of ocean trips to get some smoked salmon and maybe some smoked tuna. Right now at my apartment I don't think the neighbors would appreciate a smoker on the balcony going for hours, although the lady up stairs sure is annoying...hm.

My brother had the fire department called on him for using his smoker at his apartment, his neigbors thought his balcony was on fire. The firermen were angry until he gave them a smoked turkey the next day.

On that note I just "hot smoked" some salmon in my Weber. It turned out great and only took 1 1/2 hours.

Subway Club. I have 'em hold off on the mayo & tomatoes to prevent sogginess. They'll give ya some packets.

Ritz crackers & aerosol cheese! Just doesn't get any better!:9

Chili cheese flavored Frito Twisties.

Fishslayer

I really P.Oed my upstairs neighbors when I wrapped a buch of yellowtail chunks with bacon on the grill- tasted insane, but they didn't really like the smoke out factor- lesson learned!!

Raisin Bread--peanut butter on one slice--orange marmalade/blueberry jam on the other slice=Sandwich! Fruit: grapes, banana, peach, etc. and WATER. That's all I eat on the water but followed with a cheek-full of Lancaster chewin' tobaccy:) .

Dan

When I was in Hawaii I got a musubi maker. Rectangular plastic gadget without a bottom or top, but has a piece that slides inside the thing to compact. I put in warm rice, a thick piece of spam or something similar, add hot sauce to taste, a couple of slices of cucumbers, pack rice on top and wrap in cellophane plastic or seaweed wrap!!! I make 3/4 of them to last the day. HMMMMMMM!!!

For early morning trips I've done breakfast burritos. Make them the night before and wrap them in tin foil. Heat them up in the oven in the morning for about a 1/2 hour to take on your trip. They stay warm for a couple of hours.

Tortillas
Fried potatoes and garlic salt
Onion
Scrambled eggs
Bacon or sausage
Lots of cheese

This may sound gross but it was one of my favorite
fishing or hunting lunches. Make a ham and grilled
cheese sandwich the night before. Put some minced
onions and garlic salt inside. Use ham or pastrami
with swiss cheese. Throw it in a baggie and eat cold
the next day straight out of the bag. That or cold
pizza was my favorite. These days I find myself
eating a little healthier but cold grilled cheese
is great!