How to get started with fishing rods, reels, lines, lures, and baits – buying fishing gear and tackle can be overwhelming. Fishing and sporting goods stores have thousands of rods, reels, lines, and baits available for you to buy. But how do you know what to buy first as a beginner? What does a beginner need to catch fish? What does a beginner need to know to catch their first fish? Here we go over buying your first fishing pole setup and which line and lures are best for you to start with.
Basics of fishing 101.
I would highly suggest these items below as a great starter fishing setup. This rod and reel are not super cheap, but they will serve a person well for many years. A cheap rod and reel won’t last all that long and eventually, you’ll get a chance to use a nice rod and reel and realize that you were at a disadvantage with the cheap combo. It’s worth the investment in a decent rod and reel.
Ugly Stik carbon spinning rod – medium light
Diawa Regal LT 1000
Berkley Trilene XL monofilament line (6-8lb)
Basic crankbait (Berkley Flicker Shad or similar)
Small spinnerbait – Strike King Mini or similar
Small swimbait – Mimic Minnow or similar
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This is the most no-bullshit video I’ve ever seen on the internet. Give this man a Nobel prize.
Hey you guys getting ready for fishing season ?. I am debating cleaning some reels except my eyes and my hands are not stable anymore, so some pro cleaning may be needed for my shimano reels.
Beginners I hate to sound like a infomercial but I only trust Shimano, Abu, Loomis, a few brends the rest can not even exist and that would be fine. Sometimes you are fly fishing, I get it hard to not hav e a bunch of brands of stuff, I have some dumb rods, Browning or something, Berkley, Falcon, I could sell those. I have a cortland Muskie rod or something like that, some Quantum 300 and 200 EXO reels that I probably didn’t need cause I have a Core baitcaster, a Bantam baitcaster from the 1980’s, still works and couple magnesium 50 size, a 200 size Shimano and more spinning reels. Other than that I only have Abu reels and I have a line counter reel for walleye, I had some daiwa reels, I broke them as well as some quantum spinning reel that all needs repair, and a finn- nor so I have like 3 reels that need repair and a Daiwa SS2 that needs a new handle somehow. Meanwhile all the Shimano just keep working, like the Terminator, so when I went to replace the Daiwa with a Stradic magnesium and it’s perfect.
I know where muskies live and we can go catch them, simple as that cause they live right there for like 30 years, they are way up north. They are not as hard to catch, as everyone says not from a boy who grew up fishing for bowfin and carp. Troll a muskie lure, like a perch target that stays shallow or on top. A whopper plopper is a good action, for a giant muskie lure. I can catch just about any fish no matter how small or large it is, I have caught trophies of just about every major species, no Eelpout or Sturgeons yet. I caught Salmon, Steelhead, rainbows, carp, cats, bass, walleye, northernn, crappie, panfish, perch, rockfish, snapper, grouper. Muskie is if anything a hungry monster that I am shocked didn’t get the fever. Walleye is so awesome, this is why. I think Jeremy Wade usually uses live baits, he’s just not the greatest fisherman in the world. He obviously needs a guy like me to go over his presentation, his knots and rig and terminal tackle because his hookup ratio is atrocious and I would never allow that, I can put people on fish and they actually catch them if I am able to supervise their gear and presentation.
I would use the best knots, like a Joe Miller or crazy Alberto, which are both really good knots. Trliene knots are how most people get confused, JM knot is less confusing and it’s legit. There’s no easy knot for kids to tie, not really and this is how people lose fish I mean you can learn a Palomar first, then a Joe Miller. Trilene knots are not as good as people think, they’re bad for some people who are confused and not as good as a Palomar, JM. I find leeches and a bobber work exceptionally well for noobs who just want to catch some bass or something, then I tie a little laser circle hook. You need to understand hooks, leaders and definitely knots.
For kids though, they like to catch baby fish like Bluegills, love it or rock bass and they respond to this, I get my ultralight and a tiny hook and some 4 pound line, little worm, grub or a insect show em how to catch a little fish and how to survive, esstentially forever. Little kids need to learn how to catch bait, like people taught me how to catch bait and stuff, shiner, baby fish and crawdads, worms. Not only is it a survival skill, but you will use it for fishing. I can usually catch a dozen panfish and it’s enough for a meal, I can do this every day because it’s a constant bite. Where legal, Bluegill and frogs can be used as river bait and they work great because we know fish are eating them in the river, catfish and esox and bass
If you go out walking around and find some bugs or some slugs, you can just use them or a cicada. I also know how to catch shiner, but they need to be shallow like 8 feet and you need hog chow and biscuit dough, you can catch bullfrogs with a frog lure and they Tbone them, a smaller frog. Sometimes you can catch 5 bass and make a meal I just prefer not to eat bass, I will eat walleye or cats, even a northern or panfish are all edible enough for me. There’s so many northern to where we need to eat them.
Stricktly bass fishing is too limiting and if you are open minded, you can usually catch something. I might go panfishing this year, first cause I have not been out in a while and maybe I can get some nice crappie or something then maybe have something to eat instead of just wasted gas. Bass fishermen will never know as much as the guys who will fish for anything.
Just need a license and a spot that is known to have some big panfish is preferred, for me that’s about a hour drive to a strip mine and like 20$ in gas, at least. There’s maybe a spot closer, not sure, I would just get worms and a wooden bobber with a snell hook and fish like that for spring Crappie or Bluegill, bring the cooler or a dry bag for the fish and that’s easier than jigging for me. So by the time you get worms, gas, you’re looking at like 30$. Not many people fish there and the live bait will probably get eaten up, I caught a 5lb largemouth on a jig, back in there and nobody was there. There’s huge bluegill in Minnesota, except I’m not driving there to get bluegills and the most I would want to drive is about an hour.
I went into the local sporting goods store and grabbed the rod with the best deal. I think I spent 30$ on a rod-reel combo. It is a fast, light setup. I’ve brought in trout and bluegill. Tons of fun
So we i dont need live bait? Just use the hook and shiny thing?
I don’t really have anybody to teach me to fish, but I really wanna get into it. I appreciate this video a lot as a start.
Side-Note: what exactly is a jig? I don’t know my terms very well so I’m sorry if it’s a weird question