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Are you planning on a fishing trip? Have you already decided what type of fishing are you going to pursue. Well if the vast oceans are calling out for you, then you nee to experience some saltwater fishing. And for saltwater fishing you need someone’s experience. Yes, saltwater fishing is not as easy as it sounds. It has its own fishing equipments with specific ways of baiting your fish. So read on for some basic but helpful suggestions on saltwater fishing equipments.

If you are going saltwater fishing for the first time in your life, you are surely going to love all the natural beauty surrounding you. Your boat is going to be in the middle of nowhere surrounded by thousands of exotic flora and fauna. Talking specifically about the fishes it is needless to say that the seas boast of a wide variety of them. But there are specific spots for different fishes and you need to check that out, if you have a specific fish in mind.

Along with that you need to take specific care about your equipment.

Saltwater fishing requires different type of rods and reels, one that are saltwater resistant and are not corroded by it.

You also need to take specific care about the hooks that you have in mind.

When you are buying fishing hooks, the quality and type of your hook can be ultimately responsible for your failure or success. Many anglers never understand the need of good hooks and are ultimately at a loss.

Have you ever found yourself wondering at the success of the person sitting next to you? Where you are able to catch one fish, he is able to hook up as many as four or five. This is not due to sheer luck, but because of his choice of hooks and reeler.

Here are a few useful tips.

Firstly choose the fish you would like to catch, and find out its average weight. Accordingly choose a large and hard hook.

Choose a proper bait and accordingly choose the hook such that it is neither to small to hang the bait nor too big so that the fish detects it.

Next consider the fishing poles. If you are going for heavy gauge poles a heavy hook is absolutely necessary.

Lastly if you are planning on catching and releasing fishes go for a circle shaped hook but if you are planning to catch one, a J-shaped or kahle hook is the best option.

Here we come to some basic types of hooks. Hooks are of many types classified according to their shapes, sizes, purpose and so on. But mostly as previously mentioned which type of hook do you want to use is completely your call.

It depends on the type of fishing you are thinking about doing.

As mentioned earlier, let us elaborate on their differences.

Circular hook

A circular hook is very useful if you are planning on fishing just for fun. If you intend to release the fish after you bait them, circular hooks serve the purpose as they catch the fishes without hurting them in any way. Circular hooks are designed to move to the corner of the fish’s mouth as she tries to swim away from you. Hence they are not set but just reeled in first slowly and then faster as the hook gets set.

J-shaped Hooks

These hooks on the other hands are used by the professional fishermen to set into the fish’s gut as it catches on to the bait. It cannot be used to catch and set free the fishes.

Hence, the choice of which hook to use completely depends on your purpose of fishing. So if you are planning a trip for leisure use circular hooks as for as possible so as to preserve our exotic fauna.

One of the most important bits of your fishing equipment is the fishing rod or pole as you call it. A “fishing pole” is nothing but a simple rod from the tip of which we suspend the line with the hooked bait or lure. It is used to catch the fishes and then easily reel them back in. In contrast to how it sounds, fishing poles are very sophisticated casting tools that are fixed with line guides and a spool for the stowage line. All fishing equipments generate a great market all around the world, and fishing poles are no exception to the same.

Not unlike the other equipments fishing rods also vary according to the type of fishing they are used for. Basically we have the coarse fishing rods, spin cast fishing rods, spinning fishing rods, the fly-fishing rods and the ice fishing rods.

These high tech poles are made from different materials which in turn affect their performance as well as cost. The coarse fishing rod is heavier and more powerful and so it can stand the stress and strain of the larger fish.

Fishing rods can be found in sizes between 24 inches and 20 feet, varying in action as well as length. The longer the rod, the greater the mechanical advantage in casting. They vary in length from 3 to 20 meters which allows the exact placing of the bait, which enables us to catch huge quantities of fish in a shorter span of time.

In deep sea fishing, coarse rods are used as they are more durable. If you are planning on catching small fishes, use small powerful fishing rods, which can be spin, cast or spinning fishing rods. Fly-fishing rods need more flexible rods hence are longer and lighter compared to other rods. For ice-fishing, usually a short

Heavyweight spin and casting rod, which is more durable and cold resistant is used. Saltwater fishing rods are surf casting fishing rods designed from the shore or rocky outcroppings from the shore. It must be longer and stronger.

All these rods come in various sizes, ranging from size 0 rods for the negligible freshwater trout, up to size 16 for big saltwater gamefish.

You can decide your size on the following factors

* How frequently you fish? If you are a pro then you may put in a lot of cash and get the best available in your size, but for novices you need to go to the local stores and find one which suits you as well as your budget.
* Secondly decide the type of fishing you will be pursuing.
* Choose between spinning and casting species.
* The rod should be according to your style of fishing

This was all about the various rods according to heir fishing types.

Fishing rods are not chosen randomly. It is only over the years that you realize the rod you are most comfortable with and then you need to put in your cash and get good professional fishing poles.