Thanks Tom this is good info. Thanks all for the info. I will fill out my bio today. I'm in CT. I am buying a canoe but bank fish for now. I have a medium spinning 6'6" 2 piece in my trunk which I just set up for Ned rigs. I also just purchased a set of three rods on a great sale. A 7' medium spin (3000 reel) and 2 casting. A 7' medium and a 7'6" med/heavy. I do not own any bait casters yet though.
I have senkos, a chatter bait and some spinners. Ordered some more cranks, jigs, spinners ect. Have a frog. No straight up spoons or Under spins. I'm also about to make an order for a bunch of plastics, senkos, tubes and creature baits from a reputable guy. He's going to put together a variety of effective lures. And more. I've been doing things on the cheap but feel like I've got some real quality stuff in the process.
I will I'll try to fish "structure". I believe I know what that means but I'm going to google that and read up. My biggest enemy so far has been trees. Finding open banks in my area is a challenge so far.