What do I need to get Started?
Ok, so new fishers, lets say you have fuck all, you've fished when you were a kid and kind of liked it, or you had a shitty childhood and you've never held a rod, whatever. First you need to take a trip to canadian tire, or wal-mart, or a sporting goods store and pick yourself up a spinning rod and reel combo. It doesn't have to be expensive, but make sure you don't grab a kids button push one or something dumb like that. Usually a decent rod reel combo comes with little tackle box with some shit in it, and generally any of them are good for multi-species fishing. Anything will do.
Alright now you got a rod and reel combo, hopefully it came with some tackle (when I say tackle, it's what you call lures, jigs, hooks, weights, bobbers, ect.) If it didn't don't stress, lets get you set up. So depending on what your going to fish for really depends on the kind of tackle you want. But figuring your new at it, let's assume your heading down to a locally stocked pond, which usually means trout. For trout fishing, I usually end up setting up a bobber, a couple small weights, and a bait hook with my special bait that ALWAYS works in stocked ponds, cheese ;) So if you standing in the store trying to figure out what to get to start, (Generally they have a little starter kit somewhere anyways) but grab some hooks, weights of different varieties, a couple bobbers. Thats pretty much all you need to start, stocked trout ponds are use to being fed, so a non-moving bait is attractive to them, because they're dumb.
Now you got your rod and reel, and your tackle! What's next? Well for me, it's always a case of beer and a lawn chair! Fishing is super relaxing and all that shit, but getting tipsy and hanging out with a friend with a rod in the water is what sells people on fishing to begin with, hell I've gotten some hot chicks along fishing by just telling them were sitting there drinking, and they always end up having fun anyways!
Technically you can just go sit anywhere on the shore line, set up a stick so your rod can stand up straight, cast it out there and watch, (which still is a great time with the right people and booze), but lets assume you actually are heading down there to catch some shit. My locally stocked pond is this tiny little man made lake, and there's some decent rainbows in there, but I have found some spots better then others. It does take some time and maybe a little research those spots, but there is some key things to keep in mind when setting up shop.
Since your new, and want to make the best out of your trip, try and look for the area with the least amount of weeds. There is nothing more frustrating then losing hooks, weights, and bobbers, and other shit you just bought cause you get it caught on something and you just heave on it till it breaks. Other then it being a little less weedy of an area, try and find a place in the shade, for you AND the fish, fish like to keep cool too, so make sure your out of the sun cause that sucks too! So lets say there's a couple weedless areas, and some trees in a few spot that look good, the next thing you want is a deeper area. Like I said before, fish like to keep cool. So the deeper you are the better.
Well now I got you set up, happy casting mother fuckers! And if there is some newbies that took my advice, send some pics! Would love to see a couple dumbasses catchin shit and having a good time! Any other questions just shoot em my way, would love to answer them! Happy Fishing!
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