A Full Fishing Kit That Weighs Less Than Your Phone

People ask me all the time how something this small can really be a complete fishing kit. Fair question. The honest answer is that "small" doesn't quite cover it. The right word is light.

So we put every piece on the scale. Container, reel, line, divider, tackle. Every component that ships in a GoReel kit, plus a couple of add-ons we offer separately. Here is what we found.

The Numbers, Piece by Piece

The reel itself, spooled and ready to fish, weighs 1.09 oz. About the same as a slice of bread. The Pro, which is built heavier on purpose for bigger fish and longer days, comes in at 2.33 oz with line. Still less than a tennis ball.

What a Full Kit Actually Weighs

Here is where it gets fun. A complete GoReel kit, ready to drop in your pack and walk out the door, looks like this:

GoReel Lake Kit (container + GoReel with line + divider + Lake tackle)
Total: 6.77 oz

GoReel River Kit (container + GoReel with line + divider + River tackle)
Total: 6.56 oz

GoReel Pond Kit (container + GoReel with line + divider + Pond tackle)
Total: 6.63 oz

Swap in the Pro and you add about an ounce and a quarter. A Pro Lake Kit comes in at 8.01 oz loaded.

For context:

• An iPhone 15 Pro weighs 7.03 oz.
• An average apple weighs 6.4 oz.
• A standard energy bar weighs 2.4 oz.

A complete fishing kit. Reel, line, tackle, and case. Lighter than the phone in your pocket.

Why This Matters

The whole reason we built GoReel was to get people fishing more often. Not just on the planned trips. Not just on the weekends you blocked out months ago. The lunch break. The detour on the drive home. The unexpected hour at the lake while the kids run around.

That only works if the gear is invisible until you need it. If a fishing kit weighs three pounds and lives in your garage, it might as well not exist most days. If it weighs less than your phone and lives in your glove box, your pack, your tackle bag's outside pocket, your kayak's dry hatch, it gets used.

That is the entire idea. Fishing should fit your life, not the other way around.

A Note on the Container

The container is the heaviest single piece by a wide margin at 4.48 oz. That is on purpose. It is built to take a beating, ride in the bottom of a pack, get sat on, dropped on rocks, and still keep your line and tackle dry and organized. The reel, the line, the hooks, the weights, the lures, all the stuff that makes a fishing trip happen, together weigh less than the case that protects them.

That tells you where we put the engineering. Lightest possible working parts, in a case tough enough that you stop worrying about it.

Try It in Your Pack

Next time you load up for a hike, a paddle, a camping trip, or a flight, take 6.77 oz off your packing list and add a GoReel kit in the same place. You will not feel the difference in your bag. You will feel a big difference when the water shows up and you are ready for it.

That is the whole pitch. We just wanted to put real numbers behind it.

Want to see the kits? Shop the GoReel Hand Reel Kits