Friday, July 24, 2009

Learning How to Fish

By Colin Jones

So, you have decided that you want to learn a new hobby - fishing. There are a few methods of learning, the hardest way being trial and error. The best way is to find an expert for one-to-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 very good. 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. Buy a reference book: There are a lot of good books available at your local bookstores or online. The book should give you instructions as well as terms and definitions. There are some things you may not immediately understand but that you have to know anyway. For example, learn how to tie different kinds of knots. This knowledge will also be invaluable for other reasons throughout your life.

3. Get on a party boat: There are party vessels that take from five to as many as sixty anglers. The boat will usually provide you with everything you need from bait, lures, rod, reel, weights to hooks. They will show you how to fish and even take the fish off the hook for you as well. You will make plenty of new fishing mates on board 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 boon for novices.

4. Select a pier: After you have already acquired the skills to use a rod and reel, you need to look for a fishing pier. Most coastal cities have a public pier or pay-to-fish pier. You can rent tackle and buy bait at these piers and, if you do have trouble, there are many pier anglers around to assist and give you advice.

5. Party or pier?: You may want to do either step three or four times or both at the same time at this point. The best thing to do is to practise both ways several times to really learn them.

6. The reel affair: The traditional reel is probably what you've been using up to this point. The conventional reel is designed to take a lot of wear and tear. However, maybe you now want to consider buying another type or / and make of reel. Hopefully, you have already met other anglers and perhaps made a friend or two who can assist you in selecting a reel. You could even ask a tackle shop owner for advice.

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

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