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go to walmart
buy the strongest ugly stick you can get. not that bendy shit you use for pulling 2 pound fish out of the water, the really fucking thick one that barely bends and you can fucking use it like a tow truck. a crane. a backhoe. that ugly stick.
get a good reel. doesn't have to be super expensive, but even the high end zebco push buttons are sketchy after some use. i gave up on those years ago and went with an open face under side reel. some abu garcia that's lasted like ten years now.
zoom trick worms, 10 inch culprits. whatever color you like. i've had better luck with black/silver and generally darker color trick worms, no idea if color really fucking matters anyway. i've caught shit on black and solid white trick worms.
eagle claw lazer sharp double barb hooks, the bigger the better. haven't bought hooks in years hell if they made a triple or quad barb hook i'd buy it.
round lead sinkers. lots of them.
spinners with twirl tail grubs, hooked to be weedless. how could i forget that. don't overpay for 'beetle spins' when you can make your own more custom versions. lead 'em up as necessary for a good cast.
no idea about fishing line. i always fished with 12-14 lb line. make up for harder casting with more lead on the sled. line is cheap, trim the last 20-30 yards after it's seen sunlight for a while.
not sure how certain line types work better with sunlight nowadays, maybe it's not as much of an issue with with monofilament of days gone by.
if you're a cane pole fisher for bream/bluegill/sunfish/redbreast whatever, get the best cane pole and fish with 25 pound monofilament so you never have to worry about line popping.
i've never understood the concept behind fishing with low test line and using a lot of drag to tire out a fish. sure you can haul a ten pound bass on ten pound test after you hire him out. he can also break that line after you wasted an hour tiring him out when he flinches as you go to dip him out the water.
