Hi!
I've been out of the fishing game for five years or more. All my gear got stolen when I lived in Florida including a pretty nice Penn 16/0
I've been in the area for about a year now and want to get lines back in the water. But not only do I not know what good fish for eating area in the area I don't know the methods most NJ anglers use. I mostly fished for sharks from the beach
I'm looking to start fishing from the beach with a surfcasting rig, and fishing from a small boat that friends own. They won't be going out deep, they like crabbing and just cruising around mostly close to the shore. I'd love to get some advice on lures/baits for these two methods
I have a Penn Fathom 40 that replaces one I had in Florida. I want to kind of start with this reel which I've got on a Rampage boat rod temporarily. I'd love advice on setups for either jigging sort of shallow water or lures to drag behind the boat as we are slow cruising. As well as setups for chucking out off a 12' surf rod
Any advice is appreciated, thank you all in advance!
(also, if my questions would be better or more visible in other subforums, if you could point me to those it would be appreciated as well
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