01-06-2002, 04:23 AM
Being fairly new to fishing (made my first fishing appearance this past summer/early autumn) I'm still quite clueless as to what type of gear I should have to be successful. Right now I own a light-medium and medium rod/spinng real combination. But when it comes to lures, line strength, hook sizes, bates to use, best fishing techniques... I'm at a total lost. The best I caught out of my many excursions this past year was a 7 ounce sunfish (not sure what kind) which made quite a nice display in my aquarium at home (within 24 hrs, it was actually taking live worms right out of my hand). Anyway, I need as much help as possible with the above mentioned things. Without a boat, I'm pretty much stuck with fishing peers and casting from shorelines of the lakes here in the Twic Cities Metro area of Minnesota. Anybody out there that can help me?