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I haven't been fishing in over 15 years, I don't have any rod n reels, lures or anything. Not sure why but lately I've been really wanting to go, thinking of taking my 8 year old. Just seeing if someone could recommend some rod n reels for both adult and child ( she's left handed) if that matters. Should I just go to walmart and buy them or would bass pro or dicks be better? Again I'm totally ignorant to any brands out there
 

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I would go to Dicks or an outdoors store so they can thread the reel for you and assemble the reel onto the rod. If you go to walmart the you'll have to thread the reel yourself.

For the 8 year old thats never fished i would get her a light action rod with an old style push button reel. She could probably handle a spinner reel if you are catfishing or something where she wont have to cast a lot , BUT , i would not get a bait caster reel or she'll get tangled and clustered all day.

As far as your rod it really depends on what type of fishing you are doing and what body of water you are fishing in.

If you are bass or crappie fishing you can increase your chances of catching by using live bait (shad or shiners) over lures.
 

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grew up with Zebco 33, my daughters use them now, inexpensive to start with, caught my first 8 lb bass with one, handle brim, catfish, bass
 

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Where do you plan on fishing? Lake, River, pond, ocean?
And what kinds of species do you plan on targeting?

If you can provide a few more details I'll do my best to suggest a good setup.
 

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Thanks for the input, I'll mostly be fishing in lakes and ponds. Bass, crappie and brim I guess would be the target fish.
 

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I haven't been fishing in over 15 years, I don't have any rod n reels, lures or anything. Not sure why but lately I've been really wanting to go, thinking of taking my 8 year old. Just seeing if someone could recommend some rod n reels for both adult and child ( she's left handed) if that matters. Should I just go to walmart and buy them or would bass pro or dicks be better? Again I'm totally ignorant to any brands out there

I'd just WalMart it..your not looking for anything fancy...easy to spool your own reel
 

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