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

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

Enjoy the forums!

Welcome to Bass Resource & back to fishing.  Enjoy the forums.  Check out the Fishing Flea Market Forum here for some deals on quality gear.

Hello and Welcome! 

 

Mike 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

Greetings John and Welcome to the forums

Welcome!

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. :-)

Welcome aboard, John!

Welcome you will learn a lot here!

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!

Welcome!

Welcome to the forums!

Jeff

Welcome Home!

Thanks everyone!  Getting some gear together.. two spinning setups and a caster.  Should get me going fairly well.

Now on to kayak hunting..