I use a ceramic coated flat pan. It workes great for everything from fish to pancakes. It weighs 1.2# and is completely flat excapt for a .5 in lip that borders it. it has a surface of about 14*14. I love it. My only complaint is it doesnt have a handle. I just use a pair of leathermans. It also has small holes in the lip on one side. I imagine on could find a handle that would work.

my two cents

If it wasn't for the fish.  I would go to the totally dehytrated meals and 1 stainless pot.

I will fish for dinner.

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I'm guessing you are a fisherman and want to fry fish, correct?  If not, I wouldn't take a cast iron pan at all.  I take a simple teflon coated fry pan for bacon, eggs, pancakes, biscuits, etc.

I do fish but primarily for meals and not for recreation.  A teflon pan is fine for simple pan frying.  However, mostly I cook fish in foil.  I may also poach them.

LOL Wally,

Since I'm also the cook, I get to be particular.  Stainless coffee pot.  You wouldn't want a bear in camp, which is what I turn into right around 9 a.m. without that Black Bob Cowboy Brew.  The grounds?  Isn't that what the toothbrush is for?  When I can figure out how to double duty the cast iron frypan as a perculator, the coffee pot will stay home.

-YB

IMO, it's worth it's weight in gold.  It's the only way I can get in my daily quota of 4 Walleye fillets/day....they have to be cooked just right.  Cast aluminum would be ok too.....but accept nothing less dunnd1.

I usually can usualy arrange to have the gear pack in the other canoe.....you know what that means!  Just tell your traveling buddies that their canoe isn't trimmed right.  They'll spend half a day moving packs around....Keep telling them it's not quite right.  Make sure you beat 'em to every portage.  Finally suggest they try the gear pack...."Ohh and Ahh" over how beautifuly the boat is now trimmed.  Let them now beat you to the portages....pay alot of compliments on the speed and lines of their boat and they'll willingly carry that gear pack....just to "get the trim right".

Wanna lose some real weight?.....get the coffee drinkers to carry their own mud and coffee makers/perkolators/presses.

Thank you, I now feel like an idiot. 

But my search works.

dunnd1,

when doing a search, you need to make several changes to the default settings.  change to  "Search any poster;
boards to search - I use "check all";   max age since last post is set to 7 days - I just add two zeros for 700.

  also, you can change to "Match any words" instead of "Match all words" for a more general search

that should help.

Cast aluminum is an option if you are looking for something that has good even heat transfer and is lighter than cast iron. It will still be heavy just not as heavy as cast iron.

While we are on the subject, is the search function broke or is it just me?

If you know of any good thread titles or I would apreciate the info.  I have been doing a lot of reading here, but have not stumbled on the right thread (yet).

Sticks  -  Aluminum Foil  -  campfire grate -  non-stick aluminum


peruse the rest of this forum and the gear forum and you'll find quite a few threads regarding cooking gear.  Cast iron is ok if you want to haul a lot of weight - maybe if you're not doing too many portages.  You couldn't pay me enough to haul it.