No matter what type of fishing you decide to do, selecting the right equipment for the task is most important. Sport fishing is an activity that deals with catching fish in both freshwater and saltwater venues.

If you decide to take up fishing, there are two main categories to choose from: freshwater and saltwater angling. There are numerous subcategories under each category, but freshwater is the most common type of fishing since it can be done in nearby lakes, ponds, and rivers.

Saltwater fishing requires a tremendous amount of technical knowledge, especially when dealing with much larger fish species than freshwater fish. Unlike freshwater fishing, saltwater anglers have many more choices to make.

Generations of anglers learned how to fish as kids by using simple cane pole rigs. Some even used a long stick, a piece of string, a cork and a fish hook.