One of the greatest hobbies for relaxing and stress relief is fishing. Since most of us live in landlocked states that only leaves freshwater fishing is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to enjoy fishing. Freshwater fishing includes just about any sizable body of water like lakes or ponds and of course rivers, streams and creeks.

What kind of tackle do you need for freshwater fishing? The simplest answer is a rod, some fishing line, a hook and bait. Of course you might want to consider a reel of some sort to extend what they call the “coverage area”.  There are other option such as nets, trot lines, traps, and limb lines depending on the species you want to catch. Most freshwater fishing targets bass, crappie, sunfish, catfish, pike, and perch. There are other speciality species and rough fish such as carp but for most of us the game species are the primary targets.