How to Get Started With Fishing

Fishing is for everyone. It just requires patience. It pays off! it’s so much fun! In this article I will show you how to get started with fishing and everything you need to know about it.

A lot of people think that fishing is just extremely easy and boring, that’s wrong! You may think that fishing is just casting a little rod and waiting, that’s also wrong. Fishing is much more fun, it’s a hobby, it’s a job, you can go fishing with yourself, your family or even your friends! This article will be your guide on how to start fishing.

Why You Should Start Fishing

There are several reasons for you to start fishing. Here are some 5 convincing benefits of fishing:

Stress Relief
Health Benefits
Recreation
Social Bonding
Fishing for Food
Boost the Economy
Self Fulfillment
And much, much more!

Fishing Requirements/Gear

1. Fishing Rod & Reel: To attach the rod to the reel.

2. Fishing Line: To attach the fishing line to the reel, rod, hook, sinker, etc..

3. Hooks: To attach bait to it so when fish attempt to eat the bait, the hook gets the fish’s mouth.

4. Bait: To attract fish into eating your bait and fall for the hook.

5. Bobbers: To indicate if a fish has taken your bait.

6. Sinkers: Weight used in conjunction with a hook to increase its rate of sink and/or casting distance.

7. Swivels: Allows the line to untwist during line retrieval, preventing undesirable tangling.

8. Fishing Cooler: A way to keep the fish you catch fresh (you can get a bucket with ice instead).

What to buy/get: fishing license, a fishing rod and reel, 4- to 12- pound-test monofilament fishing line, a package of fishing weights, fish hooks number 6–10 size, a plastic or cork bobber, and a selection of live bait or fishing lures.

Attract Fish To Your Bait

1. Attach bits of bread, chicken, fish, corn, cheese, hot dogs, or raw bacon to your hook.

2. Make a lure using smelly food.

3. Fish with turkey livers.

4. Use bright colors to attract fish (you need something smelly as well).

Fishing Climate/Environment

Choosing the right time and the right place will give you much better opportunities to get more fish. For example, why do we need to fish early morning or late evening? You don’t need to but if you actually go fishing in time like this, where fish are much more active, there will be a very high chance that you are going to get a lot of fish easily.

Best Weather for fishing: Cloudy Days – Light Rain

Best Temperature for fishing: 70 to 73 °F (21 to 22 °C)

Best Season for fishing: Summer – Spring

Best Time for fishing: Early morning – Late evening

Best Water for fishing: Saltwater – Freshwater (saltwater is better)

Tips

Fillet your fish after you catch them: If you don’t fillet your fish, first, it’s a horrible thing to do, second, it will ruin the quality of the fish’s meat; the meat will taste quite bad.
Practice casting your rod: Practicing casting your rod is an important thing. If you really want to master fishing, practice casting your rod, keep fishing, be a baiting professional, be patient and that’s it!
Tackle box, simple gear: Get a tackle box, great way to store your fishing gear in! And remember to keep your fishing gear simple.

Warnings

Don’t mess with large fish: By “don’t mess” i don’t mean that you should not catch large fish, i’m saying that it can be quite dangerous to mess with some large fish species after you catch them if you’re not that good dealing with large fish.
Get a fishing license: Fishing can be illegal and dangerous. You don’t want to get arrested, and yes some people do get arrested because of illegal fishing. Make sure you know the species that you are not allowed to keep (or at least ask an authority if a rare fish you caught is allowed to keep or not).

Summary

While fishing can be fun, it’s not as simple as it seems. In most cases, it will require a lot of practice and patience. Like most things in life, you’ll become better at it with time and through practice.