hawk45 Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 Hi all, Always been a big outdoor guy but haven't done any fishing in a long time. I a big hunting/shooting guys and make knives for a hobby. A few of my buddies a big into fresh water fishing and feel like I've been missing out on good times. One guy does a few weekend kayak fishing trips on the smaller rivers here in Ohio as well as some shoreline lake/river fishing. The other guys is mostly a shoreline river/lake guy, who just moved into a house on a small lake. So I'm hear to get learned and to figure out what gear to pickup. Both of my buddies have given their input on gear. One guy is a "Shimano only" guy. The other guy is less into gear and just said pickup anything on the rack over $30. I've always been a gear guy, even though I know its the person on the end controlling the gear, I still know it's better to buy once and cry once than have 8 pieces of junk you regret getting. While I don't mind spending a bit of money, being new I don't want to drop $500 on a rod/reel, but maybe $200 - $250 combined. As I get experience I can always add/upgrade down the line and still have a nice, reliable backup rig. Anyway.. off to read more. Cheers, John Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 6, 2016 Super User Posted February 6, 2016 Hello John and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ There's plenty of both very useful reading material & experienced folks here to help you get what you'll need. A-Jay 1 Quote
jbw252 Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 Welcome to Bass Resource & back to fishing. Enjoy the forums. Check out the Fishing Flea Market Forum here for some deals on quality gear. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted February 6, 2016 Global Moderator Posted February 6, 2016 Hello and Welcome! Mike 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 6, 2016 Super User Posted February 6, 2016 21 hours ago, hawk45 said: Hi all, Always been a big outdoor guy but haven't done any fishing in a long time. I a big hunting/shooting guys and make knives for a hobby. A few of my buddies a big into fresh water fishing and feel like I've been missing out on good times. One guy does a few weekend kayak fishing trips on the smaller rivers here in Ohio as well as some shoreline lake/river fishing. The other guys is mostly a shoreline river/lake guy, who just moved into a house on a small lake. So I'm hear to get learned and to figure out what gear to pickup. Both of my buddies have given their input on gear. One guy is a "Shimano only" guy. The other guy is less into gear and just said pickup anything on the rack over $30. I've always been a gear guy, even though I know its the person on the end controlling the gear, I still know it's better to buy once and cry once than have 8 pieces of junk you regret getting. While I don't mind spending a bit of money, being new I don't want to drop $500 on a rod/reel, but maybe $200 - $250 combined. As I get experience I can always add/upgrade down the line and still have a nice, reliable backup rig. Anyway.. off to read more. Cheers, John Well, you can do just fine on that budget, but let me ask you this: Do you hunt with $250 guns? If the answer is no, you're going to want to step up your fishing budget, too. Oh! and BTW...Welcome aboard! 1 Quote
lanzbass Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 Greetings John and Welcome to the forums 1 Quote
hawk45 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Posted February 7, 2016 2 hours ago, roadwarrior said: Well, you can do just fine on that budget, but let me ask you this: Do you hunt with$250 guns? If the answer is no, you're going to want to step up your fishing budget, too Ha! No, but that's the reason I have so little funds for fishing. :-) Quote
Super User Darren. Posted February 7, 2016 Super User Posted February 7, 2016 Welcome aboard, John! 1 Quote
EricTheAngler Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 Welcome you will learn a lot here! 1 Quote
Buckeye Ron Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 Welcome John from a fellow Buckeye! This is a pretty special place and if you'll spend some time browsing the huge library of articles found here you will find yourself educated! 1 Quote
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hawk45 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks everyone! Getting some gear together.. two spinning setups and a caster. Should get me going fairly well. Now on to kayak hunting.. Quote
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