Beginners' Guide to Fishing Gear – How to Start Fishing With a Rod and Reel
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 https://amzn.to/453HR9x
Diawa Regal LT 1000 https://alnk.to/5FapVu2
Berkley Trilene XL monofilament line (6-8lb) https://alnk.to/3ngzaRy
Basic crankbait (Berkley Flicker Shad or similar) https://alnk.to/5ufEWH7
Small spinnerbait – Strike King Mini or similar https://alnk.to/aeY7qJk
Small swimbait – Mimic Minnow or similar https://alnk.to/fSgmORR
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No filler. All helpful. Thank you for this video.
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I’ve been wanting to fish since my dad died to reconnect to him. The problem, he died. I have no idea what I am doing, plus I’m a woman. I can just feel sports sales people selling everything to me! I live in an area where I probably won;t be doing much lake fishing necause you have to be a resident there to fish there so the pier is ging to be the place to fish foe me. Plus I plan on catching crab, carb season starts soon. Try being a senior woman wanting to fish for the first time since I was 9 years old in a boat with my dad.
Guys do you think that Rapala floating lures are good ?
This was incredibly informative and concise. Thanks!
Thanks. For your service friend. Teaching myself
Perfect video, exactly what I needed! I’m just now getting back into fishing after probably 25-30 years (last time I fished I was a kid and caught a 16lb catfish in lake powell). Now that I have toddlers (my daughter is always asking to go fishing) and our motorcycle club just got a new shop right on a nice fishing lake, and we go camping every couple weekends with the family, it’s time to gear back up.
I’m overwhelmed now that I am an adult and have buying power to buy whatever I want, not like when you are a kid and you just use whatever you can get to go fishing. Now to just keep this budget minded since I tend to over spend on new hobbies.
thanks a lot for the all the videos!
What do you recommend for a younger child in regards to a rod? Would these tips still apply for the most part and should I bother with a smaller rod? Very new to fishing and would love to get my young daughter into it with me
THank you Fishing with Nat, very cool!
Hey buddy, I just wanted to tell you thank you so much for this really informative and well put together video. I appreciate it greatly.
Clear and straight to the point. Thanks! The guys from work have got into fishing. Haven’t gone since I was very little with my grandpa
Thanks for showing that happy girl, a good reminder to keep fishing fun
What size spinner bait should I get?
Thank you. I was also looking for what I need if I catch a fish.
Wanna try to fish for trout and blue gill on an upcoming camping trip. When would sinkers be a necessity ? I have just about everything but I’m not sure if I’ll need sinkers.
All I ever had growing up and even into adulthood was an Ugly Stik and a Zebco 33 or a cane pole. This is another language haha
What would be your go-to lure to use for largemouth bass on a spring afternoon, fishing at a lake from shore?
My first ever experience of fishing by using a long stick, fishing line, a prawn hook and worms. They were pretty effective if you use it right, I even caught a big snake head with it.
What you listed on your description is all I will need for my new fishing journey right?
Thought this was a beginner fishing vid, dosen’t show how to hook up anything
Heya, I raise red wiggler worms for composting. If I wanted to skip the investment on artificial baits, would these do fairly well?
I’m brand new to fishing, saving to get all my supplies & fishing license on my birthday in August. I’ll be river fishing in the Pacific Northwest, I’m just looking to put food on my familys table & to burry fishguts under my tomatoes.
Thanks for the information & your time.
Exactly the type of video I was looking for
I know its like a year later but you should consider making a guide on the best rod, line, and reel setups that are budget and good for beginners
I might a guy who goes to my church from New York who loves to fish. We both got our GA fishing license. We are both to Walmart so he can guide me in getting my gear but def this video helped.
Could you post an Amazon link(s) that you would recommend that would work best for beginner. Would love to support
Too complicated. Accidentally got a chainsaw lisence.
I like fishing very much.
Trying to get out my house and learn new hobbies and this video was the perfect jumpstart for me who knows jack about fishing. 😂 Short sweet and no nonsense. Appreciate it man
I use to fish as a child and I forgot so much. But we were pulling things out of the water that would scare most kids
I just wanna take my 3 year old daughter fishing
This video definitely helped me beginner here dont know what im doing but i want to get something 😂
Thank you.
Dang fishing is too complicated these days. When i was little we had bamboo poles, a hook and some worms for bank fishing. Worked fine.
Short and nice introductory!
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Thanks, instant abo.
Thank you for all your videos sir! Question – can you recommend a rod and reel that can be used both in freshwater and saltwater?
Man your video was a lifesaver thank you for the helpful tips many of my coworkers go fishing for lunch (from Annapolis) and decided to try it out 😅☺️
Honestly im so fucking tired of hauling around all this shit so im going back to basics to slimline my pack.
I dont want 50 different kind of lures to choose from, our ancestors used fucking worms. We dont need a backpack to go fishing guys
Nice video. I acquired my uncle’s rods (rip). I use to fish with him when I was a wee lassie and fast forward to 40 yrs later. Out of the 5 rods, two are actually made from bamboo. Those I’ll just hang on a wall in my home for decor.
I’m going to study your beginner videos as a refresher and take one of the small rods to a shop for assistance.
For now I’m just planning on jetty fishing at the beach for practice. I eventually would love to learn fly fishing.
Thanks in advance for your hard work on everything that goes into making these videos.
Thanks for that, got my first rod & be going out this weekend fishing for the first time. This made a lot of sense to me.
Thank you so much! I found a $250 Tws coastal 200hsl for $10 at a garage sale and wanted to get back to fishing
I recently went through a horrible accident and caused me to retire. So now im a full time stay home dad and for the first time my wife suggested i fish so here i am. Thank you so much exactly what i was looking for.
Thanks for making this, I haven’t fished since I was about 10 with my grandpa and had been looking to get back into it.
I grew up fishing with my parents but they took care of all the gear, tackle, and rods so i never learned that stuff. As im trying to pick fishing back up this is the kind of video i need.
just go with me and teach me everything my dad should have! lol
My favorite type of YouTuber, no crazy intro, no sponsored placement for the first 30 seconds, just straight to the point and informative! Great video
My first fishing rod is a eagle claw pack it it’s a good fishing rod for backpacking and camping but i might get a better fishing rod
Jesus Christ where has this guy been! Very informative straight to the point Guides Love It!🐟🐟🐟🐠🐠🐠
Thank you. Great video. I am watching multiple times.