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Dancer145
Homosassa FLPosts: 5 Deckhand
Who Said Fishing is Simple?
Dancer145
Homosassa FLPosts: 5 Deckhand
You need a laugh there is two places that you are guaranteed to get one. A RV park dump station or a boat launch ramp.
I am for sure a Greenhorn! A few of my coworkers were into fishing and two of us green horns did go with them a few times. On our first trip out the other green horn ( Jerry )started to go over the side of the boat to cool off in the water (or pee) and got his balls caught on the iron dock cleat railing and just hung there without being able to ask for help totally lost his voice momentarily. At least I did not do that. However I knew nothing about what I was doing including rigging, casting , how to top water fish as well as I did not own any of the fishing gear. I really felt like I hampered them from a good fishing day. Jerry did get a new nick name at work "Hang Time"
I had other hobbies, airplanes, racing, motorcycles, & RV camping (glamping really).
Saturation learning has always been the way to go for me when starting out in a new thing. Fishing may seem simple for those of you that have done it all your life but for us Greenhorns it is kind of overwhelming.
If I were to take you up in an airplane then told you to take the controls keep the altitude and heading you will be a intimidated or scared $hitless.
So where do I start in this learning curve? Like my RV forums when a newbie ask that I say start with a budget. Is $250 enough? I could easily hook a 15 pound fish and have no idea what it is. What is in or out of season, length you can keep, what is worth keeping or even how to clean them so I am wearing out Youtube. Got the advise to charter a boat with a professional guide. Not so sure if that is going to feel like the flying lesson I mentioned above or as frustrating as my first time on a golf coarse with a used set of clubs. That is however where I am going to start. I am just learning the difference between spinning and casting equipment so needing advise on what to start with to keep the budget down. Thanks to Butch for recommending this forum to start learning. Maybe I just set the hook.
I am for sure a Greenhorn! A few of my coworkers were into fishing and two of us green horns did go with them a few times. On our first trip out the other green horn ( Jerry )started to go over the side of the boat to cool off in the water (or pee) and got his balls caught on the iron dock cleat railing and just hung there without being able to ask for help totally lost his voice momentarily. At least I did not do that. However I knew nothing about what I was doing including rigging, casting , how to top water fish as well as I did not own any of the fishing gear. I really felt like I hampered them from a good fishing day. Jerry did get a new nick name at work "Hang Time"
I had other hobbies, airplanes, racing, motorcycles, & RV camping (glamping really).
Saturation learning has always been the way to go for me when starting out in a new thing. Fishing may seem simple for those of you that have done it all your life but for us Greenhorns it is kind of overwhelming.
If I were to take you up in an airplane then told you to take the controls keep the altitude and heading you will be a intimidated or scared $hitless.
So where do I start in this learning curve? Like my RV forums when a newbie ask that I say start with a budget. Is $250 enough? I could easily hook a 15 pound fish and have no idea what it is. What is in or out of season, length you can keep, what is worth keeping or even how to clean them so I am wearing out Youtube. Got the advise to charter a boat with a professional guide. Not so sure if that is going to feel like the flying lesson I mentioned above or as frustrating as my first time on a golf coarse with a used set of clubs. That is however where I am going to start. I am just learning the difference between spinning and casting equipment so needing advise on what to start with to keep the budget down. Thanks to Butch for recommending this forum to start learning. Maybe I just set the hook.
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Start with a spinning reel, there's not much learning curve there compared to a casting reel. Every company does their sizing differently but I think a 3000 size Shimano or equivalent line capacity in another brand that fits in your budget will get the job done. You could also step up to a 4000/5000 size instead (In the Shimano line these reels will be the same body, just a deeper spool on the 5000 which makes the 5000 more versatile) but a 3000 will be better for throwing smaller baits and lures as well as freshwater species. As for the rod, you'll need something with a line rating of say 8-17# for the 3000 or a 10-20# line rating for a 4000. These can be pretty interchangeable to your needs and as you get more gear you can better match the rods and reels. It's not a big deal if you put a 3000 on a 10-20# rod or vice versa. I'd use 15# braided line on the 3000 and 20# braided line on the 4000. Buy some 20-40# Ande (or another brand) mono leader material, its cheap and you'll need it for most saltwater species. tie this to your braid with a uni to uni knot.
If you plan on using bait, I can't help you much since I always fish with artificial. If you want to use lures, get some top waters like a spook, rapala skitter walk, yo-zuri hydro pencil, etc. Mirrolure makes the mirrodine 17mr that's a classic. Rapala xraps work well I think I use the size 10. I like paddle tail swimbaits from 3-5" with jigheads from 1/8-1/2 oz. This should get you started as far as gear goes. you can tie all of these with a regular uni knot to get started. Pretty much everything I mentioned will apply to most inshore or freshwater fishing.