Combining Fishing AND Hunting?

It may seem a little strange to carry along a rod and reel when you go on a duck hunt, and you may get a few funny looks, but it's not a bad idea. If you can only get out a few times a year, or even if you can get out whenever you want, make the most of being in your duck blind for extended periods. You may not always catch a lot of fish, but you may well catch enough to convince you to always have a rod and reel with you. Some of the best fishing can be accomplished while you're already patiently waiting for your bird. You also have bait right there -- you can take the liver from the ducks you catch and bait up the hook.

There are a few more things that rod and reel may come in handy for, like catching bullfrogs. Not the most mature of hunting, but if you've never caught a bullfrog using a Texas-rigged plastic worm; you don't know what you've been missing. Sometimes you'll have to sneak around so you don't spook the bullfrog and sometimes you may have to make a really long cast to the corner of the water to get that worm a few feet from the bullfrog. Watch the bullfrog stuff that worm into its mouth with his foot and then it's only a matter of setting the hook and the bullfrog is yours.

Of course, some exceptionally handy ways to use the rod and reel may surprise you. Say you shoot the bird from the blind and it falls into the body of water, far out of the reach of any limb laying around. Well cast your line using a heavy hook, and reel your catch into reach!