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May 18, 2011 - 9:41 pm
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May 19, 2011 - 7:40 am
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Don't forget to talk to your State officials and check to see what licenses you may need and what the different fishing seasons are for your area/State... 

Also as someone starting out..  keep things simple..  you only need one rod, a few different lures and a small tackle box...   
I wouldn't say buy a kids setup, like they sell at wally world,  but someplaces may have an intermediate combo set up .. 

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST.....?locale=en

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST.....?locale=en

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST.....?locale=en

Now these aren't by any means  great rods and reals, but they will get you started ...  A lot of it depends on how much you want to spend ... 

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May 19, 2011 - 1:25 pm
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I'll second the no need to spend extra cash on a set up to start out with.  My dad caught more smallmouth and trout on his yellow aluminum eagle claw rod and shimano reel than I'll get on my expensive stuff.

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June 27, 2011 - 8:21 pm
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Some of your local parks might offer fishing classes (for example, Delaware's State Parks have surf fishing and driving classes).  Have fun and remember that fishing is called 'fishing' for a reason, as opposed to 'catching'!

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June 27, 2011 - 10:08 pm
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my father in law caught a 10lb 13 oz bass on a Zebco 202 from Walmart less than 20 bucks...You don't have to have a lot of expensive equiptment...Find you something affordable at Walley World, or Academy etc... Would suggest closed faced reel to start off with, bait cast reels take a while to master and could hurt your first time out experience...have fun buddy, wolfie
If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask away....

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October 18, 2011 - 12:24 am
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I've been using Zebco 202 and 404 reels ever since I was a kid and for the occasional fisherman they work just fine.

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