Flying United with fishing tackle

[JBird]

I can't get a definitive answer from United, TSA or FAA websites on what exactly you can carry on a plane as far as fishing tackle (travel rods and reels are fine, obviously.) Small pen knives and souvenir baseball bats are ok so what about pencil poppers and hooks that aren't shark size? I'd rather not check my tackle box but I also don't want to be held up at security.

Without a solid answer I think I'll fork out the $$$ rather than risk a hassle.

[fishpro28]

Last time I flew with my stuff, anything sharp was not allowed including hooks.

[Duck or Bleed]

[quote=JBird]I can't get a definitive answer from United, TSA or FAA websites on what exactly you can carry on a plane as far as fishing tackle (travel rods and reels are fine, obviously.) Small pen knives and souvenir baseball bats are ok so what about pencil poppers and hooks that aren't shark size? I'd rather not check my tackle box but I also don't want to be held up at security.

Without a solid answer I think I'll fork out the $$$ rather than risk a hassle.[/quote Hello Fedex your fishing gear to the place you are going :D

[Sharkyispy]

In addition to the FED EX suggestion, depending on how much you're taking, you can also ship a flat rate box through USPS pretty cheap.

[tropics]

Jeremy Take the hooks off and ship them, if they get lost in the mail, hooks are cheap enough.

[NJ Dave]

Put spools in clothing bag. Last year they would not let me carry on The fishing line on Tue reel.
You know in case u want to tie some one up

[Captain Rich]

It's not United, its TSA. I flew to Costa Rica couple of weeks ago, had a reel spooled with line in my carry on, no problems..... Flying back the TSA in Costa Rica made me strip the line off.

[JBird]

WTF? Pen knives and mini baseball bats are ok but not fishing line or hooks? What about my belt? I can tie someone up with that. Whatever.

Shipping isn't really an option so I guess I'll just fork out 25 bucks to check my tackle. At least it's a direct flight. Thanks guys.

[Cuz]

No sharp objects like fillet knives, packages of hooks, lures with hooks. Put a soft tackle bag with this stuff in your suitcase. I almost lost two containers of Gulp because of the liguid content. I refused to give them up because of the cost. Finally they let me pour some of the liquid out into a waste can. I then was allowed to carry them aboard. Now I put the Gulp containers into large zipper freezer bags. Then into my suitcase.

[JOHN D]

yeah tsa is a bitch. Ship your tackle to wherever your going it is defenetly the best way to go, its cheaper than checking bags and you dont have to go through all that trouble.

[SaltLife1980]

I hate the TSA!!!! No one knows what you are allowed to bring.. they just make it up as they go.. one day its ok.. the next its not.. Then you have to choose if you want to get fried in the body scanner or have some weird guy grab your junk!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[courbeco]

Pack your tackle in your luggage and check your bag. You will not have any problems.

[Jerzee John]

I have gone back and forth to Florida 3 times the past couple of months with numerous tackle boxes filled with all kinds of lures and hooks in my carry on with out any issue. They did open my reel bag that had some jigs in it once but let me go right thru with it.

[Reelron]

Shipping tackle to C R is not a good option. A lot of it never seems to reach its destination? Some Captains I have fished with will purchase stuff on line and have it delivered to my house for me to bring down to them. When I do carry tackle down with me I put it in my checked baggage. Except reels. I do take the line off and re-spool them when I get there. Haven't had anything taken from my luggage in over 15 years.

I don't fish the surf down there and I haven't had a problem with the tackle on a boat in over a dozen years, so I don't carry much down anymore.


Did you get my ans to your FB msg.?