I live in Brooklyn New York and I want to get into the hobby of fishing. I'm a fast learner but I have no idea what brands of rods/reels/ or any type of gear I should get. I want to get 3 rods and I can budget up $300 on all the gear I would need to have a comfortable fishing experience. The fish I'm targeting is striped bass, blue fish, and flounder. The fishing spots nearby is a pier and a beach. Thank you for your help.
Picture of the beach:
![[Image: spot-john%20dewey%20beach%20cleanup%20Kaiser%20Park.jpg]](http://educationupdate.com/homeroom/spot-john%20dewey%20beach%20cleanup%20Kaiser%20Park.jpg)
and the pier.
![[Image: RequiemForADream_Pier.jpg]](http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/r/RequiemForADream_Pier.jpg)
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Welcome to BFT! Looks like you want to do some surf fishing as well as off of piers. Unfortunately I am landlocked so all I fish is fresh water. However there are many members who fish salt water and can help. Here is a link to the saltwater boards. Hope this helps.
[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?category=71"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?category=71[/url]
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Thank you for your help, I've reposted in that subforum.
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(04-08-2015, 07:47 PM)NewbieFisher12 Wrote: [ -> ]I live in Brooklyn New York and I want to get into the hobby of fishing. I'm a fast learner but I have no idea what brands of rods/reels/ or any type of gear I should get. I want to get 3 rods and I can budget up $300 on all the gear I would need to have a comfortable fishing experience. The fish I'm targeting is striped bass, blue fish, and flounder. The fishing spots nearby is a pier and a beach. Thank you for your help.
Picture of the beach:
and the pier.
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cool beach to fish.
To be safe I think you will need a little bit more