How to Fish

So, you think you want to learn a new hobby and it’s going to be fishing. There are a few ways of finding out how to fish, the hardest one being trial and error, however, the best way is to find an expert for one-on-one lessons.

1. Buy seasickness medication: If you’re going to fish on the water, nothing is worse than having your fishing ruined by seasickness. Most seasickness medication e.g. Bonine is appropriate. Even expert fishermen are known to take some on rough days. Take one before you go to sleep, another when you wake up and a third one before you go on board.

2. Get a decent reference book: There are a lot of very good books available at your local bookstores and online. The book should give you instructions as well as the terminology and definitions. There are some things you may not immediately understand but that you should know anyway. One good thing is to learn how to tie different types of knots. This useful knowledge will also be invaluable for other purposes throughout your whole life.

3. Go on a party boat: There are party boats that take from five to as many as sixty fishermen. The boat will usually provide you with everything you need such as bait, lures, rod, reel, weights and hooks. They will assist you fish and even take the fish off the hook for you too. You will make plenty of new fishing pals and they will assist and advise you. Party boats will generally cost between $25 – $70 a day per person and the fish you catch are yours to eat. A party boat is a bargain for novices.

4. Pick your pier: Assuming you have already learned the skills to use a rod and reel, you ought to look for a fishing pier. The majority of coastal cities have a public pier or pay-to-fish pier. You can rent tackle and buy bait at these piers. If you do have problems, there are many pier anglers willing to help and give you tips.

5. To do party or pier?: You should do either step three or four times each or both at the same time at this juncture. The best thing to do is to practise them both ways several times to really learn how to do each method.

6. The reel deal: The conventional reel is probably what you’ve been using up to this point. The conventional reel is designed to take loads of wear and tear. However, maybe you now ought to consider other types or / and makes of reels. Ideally you have already met other fishermen and perhaps made a friend or two who can assist you in choosing a reel. You could even ask a tackle shop owner for advice.

Firstly, you ought to learn the mechanism of the reel and the other equipment. Learning how to cast, tie knots and bait a hook is not really all that difficult. Secondly, you need to learn where to go fishing. Successful fishermen know where the fish are located. Fish move from location to location and clever anglers know these patterns and are able to work out where the fish are likely to be schooling.