Fishing 101

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So, you think you ought 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 way being trial and error, however, the best way is to find an expert for one-to-one instruction.

1. Get seasickness medication: If you're going to fish on the water, nothing is worse than having your fishing trip ruined by seasickness. Most seasickness medication is very good (e.g. Bonine). Even expert fishermen take some on rough-weather days. Take one tablet before you go to sleep, another when you wake up and a third one before you go on deck.

2. Get a decent reference manual: There are loads of very good manuals available in your local bookshops and online. The book you select 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 know how to tie different types of knots. This useful knowledge will also be invaluable for other reasons throughout your whole life.

3. Get 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 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 too. You will make plenty of new fishing pals on board and they will help and advise you. Party boats will usually cost between $25 - $70 a day per person and the fish you catch are yours to keep. A party boat is a bargain for beginners.

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. The majority of seaside 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. To do party or pier?: You should do either method three or four times each or both at the same time at this point. The best thing to do is to practise them both methods several times to really learn how to do each method.

6. The reel way: The traditional reel is probably what you've got at this point. The traditional reel is made to take loads of wear and tear. However, maybe you now ought to think about purchasing a different type or / and make of reel. Hopefully, 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 store owner for advice.

Firstly, you need to understand the mechanism 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 need to learn where to go fishing. Successful fishermen know where the fish are schooling. Fish move from location to location and clever anglers understand these patterns and are able to work out where the fish are likely to be located.

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