Beginner's Guide to Saltwater Fishing: What Do You Need?

what's going on everyone so in this video I'm gonna tell you the five different things you're gonna need if you want to start saltwater fishing [Music] what's going on everyone so if you don't already know my name is Brent Shermer and welcome to my channel I like to post a lot of different fishing videos and fishing tips so if any of that interests you make sure you subscribe in today's video I wanted to give a little bit information on someone that's just starting off with saltwater fishing that has nothing and it's just looking for some information so I'm gonna do this video is I'm gonna break it down into the five essential parts you're gonna need to start off with saltwater fishing the first part that's a very essential part is you need to make sure that you buy a fishing license before you start any of this by law you need to have a fishing license if you're fishing and really any state in the United States and the money that's generated through the sales of the fishing licenses are used to help fund conservation efforts so it's not just something that you have to buy so you don't get a ticket when you get stopped by like FWC or and Sheriff herself that it helps fund conservation efforts for fisheries management so our fish populations can be strong up into the future so make sure that you get your fishing license before you head out fishing so you can buy these fishing licenses online if you really want to all have a link down at the bottom FWC has like some links they can follow to purchase the license online you can get either a resident non-resident for a couple days you could get a year you could even get like a lifetime one you don't want to ever worry about it again or you could go to like Walmart or some of these tackle shops they also sell fishing licenses there just make sure that you pick one up before you head out on the water the second thing you're really gonna need is a good rod and reel with some good line on it I do probably 95% of my fishing using spinning reels unless I'm offshore then I'll use a conventional but most of the time and music spinning reels and inshore fishing it's pretty much essential there's so many different size and reels that you can get with different numbers of drag or whatever you need but if you're just looking for something to get you out on the water and get you out fishing for inshore fishing around here in Florida or Tampa Bay or anything I think the perfect size spinning reel is a 4000 size reel it's not too big where if you cut some smaller like trout or redfish or anything that's not like overpowering to the point where it's not fun but it's still got enough drag and enough line capacity where it could handle some of those bigger redfish and snook if you're just starting out with fishing and you're really just trying to buy like your first rod and reel you really do not need to spend a couple hundred dollars on a good setup that's four is four thousand size reels that I have I have a Shimano strategy i-4 and this one will cost you a couple hundred dollars and it's a great real great drag everything I love it but then again you don't really want to spend a couple hundred dollars especially if you're first starting up so this reel right here is what I would recommend if you're looking for something this is a Shimano Sienna 4000 and this reel brand new will cost you about $30 so it's a not gonna break your bank at all it's a pretty reliable reel like I've caught some fish on I'm excited to see what else I can catch them in it and it's definitely what I would recommend if you're first starting out this size everything on this reel I haven't spoiled up with about 200 yards of twenty pound braid that thing that's perfect because I'm pretty sure the drag on here is about 17 pounds max out so 20 pound braid is perfect and that's great for an inch or fishing around here as far as a rod that you're gonna need it's kind of the same situation where you don't really need to spend hundreds of dollars first starting off so right now I have two rods right here this rod right here is a sink Croy avid inch or it is the 7-foot light power and honestly I always recommend maybe going medium light if they're going with a 4000 size reel and these rods are amazing but then again it will cost you a couple hundred dollars so if you're really not trying to break the bank at all I'd recommend getting something a little bit cheaper like this rod right here I went to there try to hit everything I went to the Bass Pro Shops and I picked up this two-piece ugly stick rod this is the ugly stick eally the divots 7-foot medium action this is a perfect travel rod and if I remember correctly I think this cost me about 50 bucks at Bass Pro Shop so combine this with the Sienna and you only looking at about an $80 combo and you can catch some really nice fish off gone down the Key West and I've caught 15 20 pounds harping on this you really don't need to break the bank and like I said with these four thousand size reels about a 7-foot rod that's medium medium light power it's perfect for these setups so the third thing I want to talk about in this video is what lures and bait you're gonna want to use so I know there's hundreds of different lures that you see when you go to these tackle shops and you may get confused on which ones you want to buy so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to give you my top four three four lures I highly recommend that you pick up and our great beginner lures so I'm gonna do this is I'm gonna start from the top of the water column and move my way down so the first lure I'm gonna recommend is a top water lure right here this is a zero scoop this is a classic top water walk the dog kind of lure and all it is is you cast it out and you twitch it back and it will keep darting back and forth on top of the water doing this erratic movement and the fish will go crazy after it so the second lorrog recommend is kind of a mid water twitch bait and that's the mirror lure Meridian right here this is a classic lure that you see a lot of people fishing with around here in Tampa Bay and this thing will kill the trout redfish and snook so it's kind of the same movement as when you're using the zero scoop so what you want to do is you cast it out and this word will send a couple inches maybe a foot depending on how long you let it sink for under the water and all you do is you reel and twitch it back and it will dart back and forth in the water looking like a little injured greenback or some sort of bait fish and the fish love this thing so third lure I want to talk about is probably my favorite lure as of lately if you've watched on my older videos and that is the do a cow on a one eight ounce jig head so this lure all it is is you got a soft plastic body with a nice paddle tail on the back and the jig head and you cast it out and you can work in a bunch of different ways you can cast it out and kind of jig it off of the bottom and this table flicker as with jigging it you can do a nice slow steady retrieve and this table just flutter in the water like that or you can kind of like burn it back especially if the fish were really fired up and kind of skip on the surface a little bit but it is a great all-around lure you can you don't have to use a 180 pound chick head you can use a quarter ounce if you want to do fishing a little bit deeper water and it comes in a bunch of different colors the only thing I would recommend is these lures are pretty soft and they do tear easily especially with a puffer fish and pin fish or like trout with the teeth and everything so I would recommend trying to buy a good Monday's lures and they do sell them in like bulk 50 packs if you want to check that out at I'll have it all linked down below so the fourth lure I want to talk about is the DOA Shrimp so the way that I like to work this lure is I like to cast it out and jig it off the bottom so it's kind of darting through the grass and looking like a shrimp that's escaping something I was trying to eat it and it's very easy lure to work I'm trying to pick the easiest lures for you guys to pick up and the ones that will catch you the fish and this one right here might be the most time-tested one and you can catch all sorts of fish on this lure so as far as live bait by far the most popular option is live shrimp live shrimp will pretty much catch you any species of fish inshore you can pretty much buy live shrimp from any bait store in your area and what I recommend you do is you pick up a couple dozen shrimp and you want to make sure you either have a bait bucket with holes in it that you can put the bucket in the water when you get out fishing or you have a bucket with an aerator on it to keep your shrimp alive for a long time so I pretty much only use circle looks especially when I'm using live bait I honestly couldn't even tell you why somebody's a j-hook and when I'm using live shrimp Mike go to circle hook is a 2 or a 3 o Gamakatsu circle hook so it's a perfect size where it's not really going to weigh down your shrimp at all so it's gonna still be able to print parrot swim freely but it's still enough hook so you can still manhandle some of these fish that are gonna eat when you're fishing either lures of live bait you want to make sure that you're using a stretch of four-carbon liter attached to it fluorocarbon all it does is it really disappears in the water so the fish don't see the line at all they won't spook and you'll get a lot more bites that way it's also nice abrasion resistance if you're fishing around any structure like some rocks at jetty mangroves or anything like that you can buy fluorocarbon anywhere from like 6 pound tests up to like 200 so what I recommend if you're first starting off a good size for inshore fishing just all around is right here this is 25 pound fluorocarbon this is perfect for inshore species around here it's not too heavy where you're gonna spook some of these smaller fish and it's still heavy enough where you could catch some of these bigger fish that are going to eat so the fourth thing I really want to talk about is all their terminal tackle that you're gonna need the main thing is a pair of pliers here like right here you want a good pair of pliers they have a good pair of cutters on them too because sometimes even the best of us will catch some catfish or something and we don't really want to get stuck or really grab them and also good pair of pliers will help get the hooks out even if the fish swallow or there anything and this pair of cutters will save your teeth and make your dentist very happy that you're not biting your fishing line to cut it another important terminal tackle that you're gonna need I haven't discussed yet is some bobbers and especially when you're using their a live bait that's pretty much I'm use bobber unless you're using a popping court with some Jake's or anything but we can save that for another video boggers are really essential for keeping your bake within the strike zone and not having it watch away too deep or too shallow so you're gonna want to pick up a variety of sizes of bombers too depending on your bait you can use a some smaller smaller bombers if you're just using shrimp or if you want to move up and try and use like some pin fish or something then you need a bigger bobber for that so longer-term I'll talk about you're gonna need is some weight especially split shots which are the super easy way for especially if you're just starting out what I would recommend you pick up and split shots if you don't know what those are are just small little weights right here that you clip on to your to your line and you just use a pair of pliers to pinch it on it'll stick to your line and it's a great way to quickly add more weight without having to cut your line and retie everything and it's very effective I still use all these so I'd recommend that you pick some of those up as well so the fifth and final thing that you're gonna need to know before you head out fishing is where you need to go fishing this is very overlooked part of all this that is honestly kind of simple if you really put some time into it so what I recommend that you do if you don't know where to go at all or anything is to go to these local bait shops and tackle shops and just talk to the people that work there people that come in and just kind of get some information that way just say hey I'm looking to catch redfish I'm looking at catch trout and I was just wondering if you could give any information they may not tell you exactly where to go that's kind of a fishing thing no one wants to tell you their spots but they might give you a better idea on types of locations that you should be looking for another thing you can do is do a little bit of research you can google it maybe look at some like Facebook groups like fishing groups in that area see like what they're talking about what they're catching or you can just look up fishing reports on Google and there's a homophone especially like pretty much anywhere that you look there was gonna be some fishing reports for that area that will give you some information on what's biting and where they're biting so the third way you can find some spots is to go out and explore on your own it can be a very rewarding way to find a new spot but you got to be able to put the time and effort into doing it they're gonna have a lot of days we're going out and exploring and you don't catch anything you don't see any fish but it just helps you gain more knowledge and know where to look next time thank you guys for watching this video I hope you guys learn something in here and now you feel a little bit more prepared to go out there and start saltwater fishing if you guys like this video make sure to give it a thumbs up that would really mean a lot to me if you want to see more videos like this and make sure you subscribe and I will see you guys next time [Music]

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Length: 13min 39sec (819 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 20 2019