No mate you will be fine genrally you the conversation goes as follows.
"Alright Lads, where are we off to then and what you carrying"
"were going fishing and we are carrying fishing tackle"
"right ok on you go"
i think there must be something about fishing tackle and the vast quantities of stuff that fisherman carry that puts them off, because everytime we say were going fishing we get waved through yet every time im driving abroad for meetings i get searched.
can you imagine how long it would take to search all of the bags and boxes and bait that your carrying. they would need all day lol.
As for knifes scissors sharps ect that is only a problem you will come up against at an airport, you can buy a swiss army knife on a ferry they even have proper knife and forks in the food areas so no problem there.
also bait is no problem either infact i think thats what puts them off searching the car in the first place to be honest !!