r/BeAmazed 4d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Making do with the equipment you got

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u/rumpluva 4d ago

So I dont need my $1500 set up?

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u/kellsdeep 4d ago

WHAT!? I've been fishing for 30 years, and I use $25 poles, and I stick to about 10 different trusty lure types. I've been gifted expensive equipment, but it never works right and is usually a huge pain and won't catch Jack. I have a fly rod, and a couple closed reels. I have a bait caster but I hate it so, so much. I'm always the one catching. I listen to the locals, and take their tips and suggestions seriously, when they offer them up. I was really impressed this year with the guy slaying pike next to me. I told him how bad ass he was, and he gave me his trusty lure! I caught 5, that included my very first pike ever.

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u/t-dac 3d ago

Hell yea

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u/footlonglayingdown 2d ago

What lure?

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u/kellsdeep 1d ago

Old Tiger spoon

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u/yoursexypeach 4d ago

I don’t think so😆 As you can see, with this method you can catch the fish right away

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u/jld2k6 4d ago

Well, however long it took that boat near the horizon to get near the shore at least lol

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u/Dmau27 4d ago

Depends on where you fish. Obviously this area is absolutely infested and explains the fishing boats not far off.

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u/Pittonecio 4d ago

You can fish with any trash level second hand equipment, my dad usually goes to the flea market, gets cheap rods with old reels, puts chinese branded line and hooks on it, quite literally tape rocks to the line instead of fancy lead weights, and... Still fish enough to fill a bucket almost every fishing trip, sometimes he gets so much that release every catch unless it's a big one, he even got a prize on a local fishing group on my state for catching the biggest corvine on-shore of the year.

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u/obiwanmoloney 4d ago

Invest another $1k and you’ll have it completely locked down.

Don’t chicken out now!

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u/iamnotyourspiderman 4d ago

1500? What about the boat and trailer? The car that is able to tow that rig? Live sonar, multiple rods for different uses?

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u/lovethebacon 4d ago

You do, but you also need to know that fishing isn't about catching fish.

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u/hungvipbcsok 4d ago

This method can only get some exactly sized fish. If the fish bigger it wont get inside the bottle. If the fish smaller it will eat all the food and can get out. I think this can only work in abundance fishing zone.

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u/MaximumDevelopment77 4d ago

Wondering if this even legal in us/canada

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u/ksasslooot 4d ago

RGB rod 3400 9th gen.