FIshing Help for a complete amateur

[Esox Lucius]

once uve got all the gear and a licence itll cost u about 2 quid everytime u wanna go. really cheap pasttime once uve setup.

2 quid for the bait?

what do use for bait for what i'll be doing?

maggots would be best to start with and should guarantee bites.

half a pint of maggots is roughly a quid and would do you and your lad.

as alsynthe said once you have got the gear like a pole and floats and stuff it is cheap.

canals can be quite hard fishing at this time of year, give it a month and it starts waring up they will be easier to fish, although you should get a few gudgeon and roach on maggot still.

here is info on the south yorkshire navigation canal

http://www.doncaster-and-district-an...-nav-canal.htm

another option would be a commercial type fishery, where you usually pay a fiver a day but the fishing is very good.

here is a list of places to fish in south yorkshire

http://www.go-fish.co.uk/yorkshiresouth.htm

and this place in donny is supposed to be good

http://www.bankendcoarsefisheries.co.uk/

here is a list of fishing tackle shops in donny, should be one close to you

http://www.upmystreet.com/UK/findmyn...Doncaster.html


it can be daunting when you first start but it's pretty simple

a good starting point would be to use something like 2.5lb line and a size 18 hook with 1 or 2 maggots on it.

a number 6 elastic in the pole should be sound too.

the higher the number the elastic the stronger it is, but as i said a tackle shop will do the elastic for you for about a fiver.