Beginners Guide To Bass Tackle

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by Lawson Q. Miles

What makes a person want to get out of a warm bed at 4 a.m. and head out to sit in a boat while trying to catch a fish? I’m sure most people don’t have a clue as to why they like to fish or what prompted them to do it in the first place. Whatever the reason, each year multitudes of people take up the sport of fishing. Many of these newbies will wander off to their local sporting goods store or Big Box Store to buy the cheapest Fishing Tackle they can find.

If you’re one of these people, or you are wondering about doing something similar, then here’s a simple Plan about how to select basic fishing tackle versus obtaining over hyped fishing tackle you don’t need. Catching Bass is not hard. They’re a predator fish so they’re generally hungry.

Fist off, get the notion that fishing gear has to be expensive or complicated to catch fish out of your head. Remember, fish are predators. They’re not overly smart and anything that resembles a baitfish gets put on their menu. This point was drove home early in my fishing career. Me and a buddy had been out Bass fishing on our local lake. We hadn’t had much success. Back at the boat ramp, an Old Man and a young kid came motoring up. They each had a stringer full of Black Bass.

It was very humbling to be done in by an Old Man and Kid with basic tackle. But it goes to prove that you don’t need complex gear to catch Bass. These two people simply went out and found the Bass and gave them what they wanted. Food!

The basic fishing equipment you’ll need to start catching Bass is a Rod and Reel, line and bait. That’s all there is to it. As for rods and reels, your local sporting goods store or Wal-Mart has an excellent selection. I’d suggest a Rod and Reel combo like the Zebco 33 and a matching rod. This should set you back about $25 or so.

Level wind reels take quite a bit of experience and practice to use properly. Spinning reels are not as difficult to use, but you do need to know how to properly cast one or you’ll end up with a mess on your hands.

Next on your equipment comes the fishing line. If you bought a rod and reel combo, chances are it came with line already on it. If not, or you want to change the line, then I’d suggest a 10lb line from either Stren or Trilene. There are other manufacturers out there, but these two have been around a long time and manufacture quality fishing line.

Next comes the bait. Again, there’s no use in getting complicated here. Just ignore all the boasting and B.S.ing from the marketing material and you’ll be fine. For live bait fishing, start by selecting hooks in the 1/0 to 3/0 range. Eagle Claw makes excellent live bait hooks. Get a selection of weights and Balsa bobbers and you’re set for live bait fishing. For artificial bait, you only need a few selections. Plastic grubs with curly tails in the colors of forage fish are good choices. I like White, Yellow, Black and Blue or Green. Grab up a silver Johnson spoon and a Rapala swimming minnow and you’ll be set. Make sure you look at the rod to see what range of lure weights it’s rated for. Don’t get lures too heavy for your rod.

Now you have all you need to start fishing for Bass. See, I told you it’s not complicated. Sure, the lure and equipment manufacturers will hate you for not spending hundreds of dollars on their products, but let the next sucker buy all that junk. You just want to go out and have fun catching fish!

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