Frustrated fishing. Need rod/reel help

[cantfish101]

GDN I just did a google search and found a site with some pictures and same thing when I was looking at a video for a texas knot; both have rather large hooks, is this recommended? I bought a Shakespeare kit and I feel like the hooks are a little bit bigger than bottle cap size. Would you recommend I upgrade?

I don't know anything about fishing and I just want to catch something to get the wheels in motion.

I will post pictures up later this morning of what I'm using.
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