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    Posted: 23 Jan 2020 at 5:47am
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Hello! A few months ago, I spent the first time with friends and it was really cool, since then there wasn’t much time, I wanted to know how to develop myself professionally in this? Books, practice, tips? Хлопок
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develop myself professionally

you mean earn a living or that up sucessfully as a hobby.?

There is a saying "5% of rec fishermen catch 90% of the reg fish"

Also Mark Twain said  " Luck is directly proportional to the effort put in"
Also very true for fishing

 What sort of fishing do you intend doing? land based , boat, offshore, freshwater etc?
 Then there is bait and/or lures/ soft baits, light gear, heavy gear, trolling , drifting, anchoring..
All tools for different conditions situations.

Most of us who fish for a feed, good company, only have fairly basic gear, that covers just a couple basic methods do very well on a constant basis , all yr round...and have done homework and history.

The 1st starting point is sit down start doing homework.. ("effort")  study shore lines for foul, boat look for foul reefs, learn currents, tides etc.
 Fish them.. often.. all yr round.. keep records of water temps, tides , time of day/ night, time of yr .
 learn where the fish should be, where there will be , and when they will not be at the above conditions.
 Do not get too tided up with moons etc.. if you fish to those and try to match time off work/ family plus weather windows you will not get out enough to build a history.

And use the search function on these forums, yrs a info , snippets, hints , advice.. an absolute mine of information.
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I think that perhaps Haramrarikhas English as a second language. reading between the lines I'm guessing he/she wants to know more about fishing.

Hello & welcome Haramrarik!  Have a look through the Newbies forum and check out this website too:  https://www.mpi.govt.nz/travel-and-recreation/fishing/fishing-rules/

Once you've done that come back with any questions you have and we will do our best to answer them. Don't worry if you think the questions are dumb, just ask away! That was what those forum was designed for. Tell us a little about yourself.
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I want to do this as a hobby! This is really very cool, but I do not quite understand what it takes to get maximum comfort, but at the same time achieve success. I am interested in everything from a fishing rod to a boat, especially if it will be an inflatable. I do not plan to spend a lot of time fishing, but I want to be able to once a month or two just relax with a fishing rod.
A little about me, I'm Harry, I'm 20, I'm a student.
The fishing experience is literally a couple of times, but I feel that it is addictive to me and I want to try, but I don’t know how to start, so that later it will not be sad and disappointed.
I’m not one of those who likes to put their fishing photos on Instagram to get a bunch of likes or buy instagram followers, no, I’m interested in just relaxing, calm fishing with 1, maximum 2 people.
Sorry to be so messy) A lot of emotions. Tongue
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Originally posted by Haramrarik Haramrarik wrote:

I want to do this as a hobby! This is really very cool, but I do not quite understand what it takes to get maximum comfort, but at the same time achieve success. I am interested in everything from a fishing rod to a boat, especially if it will be an inflatable. I do not plan to spend a lot of time fishing, but I want to be able to once a month or two just relax with a fishing rod.
A little about me, I'm Harry, I'm 20, I'm a student.
The fishing experience is literally a couple of times, but I feel that it is addictive to me and I want to try, but I don’t know how to start, so that later it will not be sad and disappointed.
I’m not one of those who likes to put their fishing photos on Instagram to get a bunch of likes, no, I’m interested in just relaxing, calm fishing with 1, maximum 2 people.
Sorry to be so messy) A lot of emotions.

No worries. Do yuo have any fishing gear? where do you live?  Where do you fish?
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Now I went to visit my relatives in Auckland, not far from Green Bay, when we went fishing in the summer, we went to the Parau area, and then went even further to the coast. I would not say that I have any particular place, I still know too little about it to choose the right thing well, but I don’t want to choose the first one.
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