
This rig can be used when fishing for panfish, crappie, perch or any other small fish.

These are very simple rigs, and the bobber will show you when a fish is biting your bait. I'm sure others will come along who are more knowledgeable about the game (and fishing in general tbh) to help you out but there's something to get you going. BASIC BOBBER RIG For still fishing, beginner anglers should try the basic bobber rig. Lots of good videos on YouTube to help you out too, if you need more in-depth advice. I'd recommend setting up a rod with a casting spoon to catch bass where you're at (Lone Star Lake, unless you've moved on already) for money and xp, though doing the missions are a decent way to supplement your cash and xp since you'll be there for a while anyway. This is the video for you A Rod setup guide is something that has been requested many, MANY times, and now we've finally. Nothing wrong with a bobber setup I guess, I just don't like it in the game, which is funny since I usually always fish irl with a bobber setup and/or a bottom setup, only using a lure if I'm not getting any good bites off of my normal setups (location matters too though, but that's getting technical)

I'm no expert (I do fish irl but it's always been either using a bobber, which I don't use in-game, using a lure or fishing bottom with just a sinker or two) but I use a rod with a open-faced reel a lure (forget what the rod types and reel types are called in-game, forgive me) for catching predatory fish like bass and such, and a bottom setup (believe for an early bottom setup you can use what they call "feeder" rods in-game) to fish for (depending on the map) either more of what I'm catching with the lure setup or something different Recently i have seen a lot of complaints about the Drag, and how it works on cetain rods and reels.
