Fishing Gear Explained - Beyond The Rod and Reel

Fishing has been around forever, and there are many reasons on to which why people fish. The most common reason that people fish in my opinion is for the sport of it, fishing fun and a great way to bond with friends and family. Others may make a living off of doing it such as commercial fishermen. And of course there is the angler that just loves to fish, and loves to eat fish, taking notice of the local fishing regulations though.

There are many that want to be a part of the great sport of fishing, and there are some key items you will need to be a more successful angler. I will be going over some of the tackle that you will need along with some other types of fishing gear that gets left behind by anglers often.

The rod and reel are the foundation, along with the fishing line and terminal tackle, which is considered by many anglers to be anything that is on the leader line. There are many resources for what rod and reel set up you should have, I want to go beyond that though with the other kinds of fishing gear you should have if you are on a boat fishing.

A lot of anglers will overlook the simplest piece of fishing tackle that could save them the big one. That is a net to scoop the fish up with. Sure you could pull the fish into the boat but it sucks when you loose a big catch because they shook there self off of the hook when they got out of the water.

One thing that every angler should have in their possession is a cast net. They come in many different sizes from a couple of feet to nearly 20 feet. Once you learn how to throw the bigger ones getting you live well full of live bait will be extremely easy.

A trolling motor for your boat is also a very handle tool when you are fishing inshore. This can be helpful for any type of mangrove fishing and also bass fishing on lakes. There are a lot of bays also that do not allow boats to enter certain areas, unless they have a trolling motor or paddle to move the boat.