Saltwater Fishing Tackle For Beginners

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Saltwater Fishing Tackle For Beginners

Saltwater fishing requires many types of fishing tackle due to the amount of fish there are to be caught. For offshore fishing you will need heavier tackle than if you were inshore fishing in almost every case. Here I will briefly go over what kinds of saltwater fishing tackle there are.

For inshore fishing some light fishing tackle would work well. By this I mean either a spin casting rod and reel, or a spinning rod and reel set up. I would recommend the spinning rod and reel set up, and look for a reel that can support 5 to 20 pound test fishing line.

There are two popular types of saltwater fishing lines that are commonly used by anglers, there are braided and monofilament. Monofilament line is much cheaper than the braided line, and will catch fish and has been used for a long time, it will not hold up as good as braided line though.

Braided line is more expensive to buy then the other kinds of fishing line out there, but it is with good cause. Braided line is very strong and is thinner than other fishing lines out there. It is also easier to cast and reel in, and you will have less chance of getting tangled up at the reel when fishing with braided line.

You will need a leader line on your fishing rod set up too, this line is usually 2-4 times stronger than the line you have on your fishing reel, and should be 1-3 feet long for inshore fishing. When you are fishing offshore, especially when you are trolling the leader lines can get a lot longer.

The way that a leader is connected to the regular fishing line is by a swivel, or you can tie the two lines together with a blood knot. The leaded line is a common place to put your terminal tackle, such as weights, corks, hooks and lures.

For fishing hooks you want the size of the hook to be able to fit in the fishes mouth you are aiming for. They are sorted by number with 1 being the smaller size good for small snook and snapper, while 20 would be for heavier and bigger fish like sharks and Marlin.

An alternative to using live bait would be a fishing lure. Fishing lures can come in many varieties, while some are designed for a certain species of fish and some are for a wide range of fish. Every angler should have a good collection of fishing lures in their tackle collection.

The most important thing to have whether you are fishing deep sea or on the flats inshore, is a tackle box. These are completely necessary to keep all of your sinkers, line, hooks, lures, rigs and other terminal tackle neatly organized. They are made in every size imaginable and most fishermen have several of them.