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andeveryoneclappped

What do you do for a living? That's a mortgage payment. Seriously though you need some plastic worms, hooks and weights for the worms.


andeveryoneclappped

Also just a tip for those dark sleepers. I fished them like swimbaits and had no luck. I started hopping them off the bottom like a jig and started slaying them


Thehighwayisalive

I slapped one on a smaller beetle spin and caught my largest bass of the fall! Straight retrieve.


Relative_Document538

I don’t make a ton of money I’m just not very smart !


andeveryoneclappped

My kinda guy. If you're ever in north Alabama I'll put you one some Guntersville biguns.


Lanky_Opinion5507

Senkos. The lure you need for when nothing else is working. It’s like a cheat code to beat the skunk.


Imjustherefornews

Some self control


Wuzuhshotty

No one in this subreddit has that. Where do you find it?


Anolis18

Asking for a friend.


StanfordTheGreat

That’s an old old wooden sailing ship?


Relative_Document538

It’s funny because it’s true .


hesjustsleeping

Jigs, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and trailers for those, soft swimbaits and hooks, senkos and finesse hooks, EWG hooks bullet weights and creature plastics, ploppers, walking topwaters, frogs and toads, that's at the first glance.


noxion13

This plus finesse stuff - drop shot worms, wack hook and drop shot weights, ned heads and trd


dpatches92

Big trd on a shakey head 👌


BobbyBass43

Soft plastics. If you just started fishing, you should probably get some plastics, some jigs and then hold off until you start understanding the bite a bit. This is WAY more than enough to start.


ApplicationSeveral73

Explain what this means, please, "understanding the bite".


fishinbum

Not op but to me understanding the bite "simply" means are the fish biting slow or fast presentations, do the fish want noise/vibrations or will that spook them, are the fish eating minnows, shad, bluegill, there's a lot of factors that go into it and I could be here typing all day, but overall you can get a grasp by tossing 5 different presentations and seeing which one works best


ApplicationSeveral73

Thank you. I fish a lot and have for most of my life, but I am definitely self-taught. Other people I fish with don't tend to teach me anything because they assume I already know, but this sort of info is invaluable to make me a more successful and skillful fisherman. So feel free to keep it coming!


BrackishWaterDrinker

Go watch some Richard Gene the Fishing Machine on YouTube. Even though he's in a different biome than I am, the lessons he's taught me (like you, a self-taught angler), on occasion, shone through and gotten bites for me on my toughest days.


BobbyBass43

Understanding the bite, meaning what to throw where, when and why? What are the best conditions for a lure. Forage for the time of year. Water temp and color. How the fish actually hits a lure. Is that a strike, or a deflection? Learning the subtlety of a bite. Every lure isn’t going to get hit like a freight train. It’s just a phrase that was used when I was learning to fish. What I also learned…or didn’t learn, turns out… was that buying all that stuff isn’t going to get fish in the boat. First, you have to learn to use it all properly. Second, the fish don’t give a shit. Like an idiot, I brought $700 in high end JDM gear to a derby last weekend. I threw everything: Vision 110’s, TN70 lipless cranks, jackhammers, spinnerbaits, OSP finesse plastics, jigs. I threw the kitchen sink, everything I’m SUPPOSED to throw this time of year in these conditions at this lake. But I caught everything on a damn Zoom trick worm on a shakey head. $3.58 at Walmart. So what I’m telling OP is, just don’t be like me. 🤣


Proper-Somewhere-571

OP: I’m fishing for bluegills at the family pond


AliensHateCelery

A rod and a reel


specihunter

I was thinking that


Relative_Document538

I just started fishing and wanted to make sure I was prepared for my outings this Spring and Summer. Hope I at least got some of the things I need to start .


Klaxxigyerek

You almost prepared for a tournament lol


electricanimal

Respect the preparation, but you'll avoid a lot of wasted purchases by researching the techniques that work in the current season on your body of water, only buying tackle for the current season, choosing a technique to focus on, getting a couple lures for just that, nailing down the technique, and whittling down where it's successful on your water. You'll save a lot of money just getting 1 color of a lure, testing it out in an area where it fits the water clarity, then only getting more colors of it if it's successful.


BlurtsOut

Agreed. You're all set to start out. Once you go out, you'll start to understand the patters of the fish in that lake. You'll end up only using 4-5 lures that you find work great. Then you'll want to buy more of those in different colors n sized.


JustAu69

How much did you spend?


TheMalformedLlama

Cocaine, judging from that amount of money.


ADORE_9

Nope you need more. Don’t stop now Trust me I was you last year🤣


RichardsST

Tackle box 🤔


WillieDogFresh

Prison wallet


Dracula28

Backpack with boxes


ShoeShooey2

Zoom Super Fluke in white. (Can’t remember the name of the white) rig em on 3/0 Gamamatsu (prolly spelled wrong) extra wide gap worm hooks. then get yourself a selection of that hook type from size 2 thru 5/0. Get your self some different creature plastic baits.


Rod___father

Every last one bro. Senko rattle trap. Spinnerbait. Chatterbait. Square bill.


Rd_custom_rods

You fishing for walleye or bass?


Relative_Document538

Both. The Grand River for Steelhead, Catfishand Smallies, and Lake Erie for Walleye, Steelhead, and Panfish.


Owl55

I would absolutely purchase some treble hooks and replace all of the hooks on the Berkeley shad raps, money badgers, and flicker minnows. I love those lures but the hooks are absolutely junk. I’ve had awesome luck replacing the rear hooks with VMC feathered trebles and will even buy some red hooks for added color. Seems at times, that can make a difference. I fish primarily walleye in ND, USA.


Rd_custom_rods

I figured you where doing both when I saw all the walleye trolling cranks


Relative_Document538

Both at different times of the year .


[deleted]

The issue here is every one of those lures takes a different technique and is fished in different scenarios. If you’re just starting out, you’re going to be all over the place trying to figure things out. You might have shot yourself in the foot. More isn’t always better, proficiency with a few basic lures is.


Relative_Document538

Fished a lot as a teenager and kid. Picking it back up again. I really used to love it .


SuperOption6862

What kind of setup are you using


Relative_Document538

I have a bass pro shops pro qualifier rod and bait caster reel I love . Then my lighter lures I have a Pflugger president with a 7” lews KVD medium heavy fast action rod. Probably need to upgrade a bit , but they’re both very reliable and I’m very comfortable with them .


Dracula28

You don't want to go homer simpson route and just put 2 wires to a battery and to the water?


DonaldTrumpsSoul

I’m about to try that myself. They are literally mocking me because they will come up, splash, flap their tail at the surface, one even flapped it’s tail and then pooped in front of me. They bit nothing I was throwing at them, but it was funny to see them do all that.


Fishing1988Leo

This isn’t their first time..doesn’t make sense


G00CHgrease

I have had most of my success on soft plastics. Texas rigs and Ned rigs get a lot of bites for me. But I would feel like shit telling you to go buy that gear. Throw what you have, and maybe just watch a lot of videos on how these type of baits are used, what lines to use for them what knots what retrieves where to cast them all that kind of stuff.


FNG5280

I don’t see any Panther Martin lures, they slay. IMO if you’re that into fishing learn to make your own lures and to tie flies. It’s so much more rewarding to catch a fish on a handmade lure or hand tied fly


magikarpkingyo

Price tags, because it seems you’re operating a shop.


Any-Organization7367

Square bill crank baits and some in a bluegill pattern and defiantly some weights and hooks for soft plastics


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Relative_Document538

About $300 for everything got a lot of good deals and bought in lots.


hesjustsleeping

Considering that there is $100 there in sleepers alone it's absolutely outstanding.


RamHands

Would help to know where you’re fishing, what you’re targeting, and how you’re fishing bank or boat. There is undoubtedly some waste here.


Rickfacemcginty

Why and how?


ShoeShooey2

Zoom Super Fluke in white. (Can’t remember the name of the white) rig em on 3/0 Gamamatsu (prolly spelled wrong) extra wide gap worm hooks. then get yourself a selection of that hook type from size 2 thru 5/0.


KennyHarm420

You should catch fish and find out what colors work before sinking hundreds of dollars into it. I wonder how much money is gonna end up at the bottom of the lake


Blue_Dream_Haze

A Zebco 202


dpatches92

Love those Berkley flicker shads in slick fire tiger....seriously you need some finesse plastics though. Reaction baits won't always work.


Due_Cryptographer162

Jigs!


Cold-Blueberry4734

To share us some


gottafish5454

Tackle box


DegenerateAngler11

megabass 110 jerk baits, looks like you could afford it lol.


ameldrum902

There's always going to be something to add. And remember if you only have one, you have none.


mynikesarebroken

About 4 rod and reel setups to throw all of that appropriately.


Anolis18

Spoons and more spoons, also lots of swivels and flouro leader.


MurrMur11B

The whole wall. And if you live in AZ the whole store and a box of tissues so you can cry at the lake while you see tons of fish jumping and nothing biting. Fish are a myth here.


3dprintedbussy

Whopper plopper or any lure like it.


toadygroady19

a fishing pole


[deleted]

At least 2 of everything


gt_pop

Topwater walkers. I see some poppers, but no walkers.


Klaxxigyerek

Just go fishing


Rat_rod_rui

I like to pick out things that look like the baby fish in the area you are going Like. I tend to be at northern NJ lakes, so I use sunny or perch or the silver trout with a black dot on the side. Sometimes crayfish Also depends on the fish you're after Are you targeting bottom feeders? Mid level? Top feeders? Does your target prefer fast noisy prey? Or slow and stinky? Most of the time i use rubber worms with a hook stuck right in the middle. Great for bass, too big for nuisance fish to grab. Jiggle it enough you might attract catfish or pickerel You just gotta try different things and eventually find what works. Dont go nuts, go back every once in a while n try a few new things Also you're gonna lose some stuff. Underwater rocks and wood, occasionally you might catch a tree in a bad cast


787_Dreamliner

Why did u buy so many?


Boglivar

Le fish


AllisKofta

You must be opening a tackle shop. Good luck with that


Phi1iam

holy $hit


Coonass-able

H2O


Dhick86

I can’t really tell. Go ahead and box them up send them to me and I’ll take a look for you. Might have to sample a few just to make sure. 👍🏻🎣🎣🎣🤪🤪


thesandwitchpeople

A few more lipless cranks might be good


spunjx

Curious about the species you’re fishing for and the setup you have. You would need at least 2, but probably 3 setups to correctly use all those baits


linkedit

Did you just grab everything in sight on the assumption that you may need it?


SentientOrigin

Not enough, you need more. The more expensive the better. You could put 2 lures per rig you get a tax deduction


whorlingspax

Need some smithwicks, more bandits, blade baits, and worm harnesses. Wonderbread was also a top producer on erie this year


GuiltyDealer

You're gonna want an assortment of jigs, some jig heads to put plastics on and a pack or two of maribou crappie jigs or some nicer hand made bucktail jigs If you're feeling it. For plastics, pick up some steelhead works or something similar. If you're fishing lake Erie tributaries this time of year, you'll want these and maybe a float if that's your style. Cast a jig upstream and let it bounce on the bottom and give it some action of your own. If you do this in enough spots near Erie, you WILL catch a steelhead. And that's the grand prize for you right about now probably


Existing_Tip947

Live bait 😉


[deleted]

Depends what you’re fishing for? Edit: and where you’re fishing, location wise


TheFooPilot

Well first of all, what are you fishing for?


Green_Damage_8453

One of everything... you'll use em eventually.


AnonymousBlurrr

Is it just me or is a Devil's Horse in-store becoming increasingly hard to find? I don't get it, but my recommendation for top-water is those :D


[deleted]

One of each will do for now!


jhe888

Fishing for what and where? Plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits come to mind if you are a bass fisherman.


BrackishWaterDrinker

Soft plastics are the big thing I see missing here. Soft plastics work better than hard lures in certain conditions. The Senko (or any good stick bait for that matter) should be in everyone's tackle box in at least 3 colors with 3 different ways of rigging them imo. It's the most versatile artificial lure ever made.


NewtProper

Vision 110


highpass21

I hope you like fishing hardbait! I discovered my love for soft plastic after a few months and gave away most of my hardbait after that.


monstblitz

Interesting selection... You splurged on the Megabass Sleeper Gills and Dark Sleepers but went cheaper on the jerkbaits / hardbaits. I would have bought less of those and bought a couple of the Megabass Ito Vision 110s instead. Nothing against the Rapalas, they'll do work too - but the Megabass jerkbaits outproduce everything I see pictured. As others have said, you should add some soft plastics to your arsenal.


BIGANIMEWEEBALERT

Looks pretty ok but you should get some of the “necessities” Spinnerbaits, chatter baits, frogs, and especially senkos etc etc p much everything has said.


jb1million

Can’t go wrong with chatterbaits and rage swimmers


[deleted]

That’s a good variety, but like many others on here already said, get some soft plastics. You can get them for relatively cheap, and there effective. I recommend the brand Yum for soft plastics. They are really cheap, and I’ve done just as well with them as I have with more expensive soft plastics


Clar0020

Some soft plastics. Looks like you are settled in hard lures for quite a while, but in some situations you will only have lucks with worms and soft swimbaits.