Complete setup · ~€271
The bass lure and distance setup
Around €271 for rock, pier and clean-ground lure work — summer bass, mackerel and pollack rather than a bait rod on a beach tripod. It costs about the same as the all-rounder, so the choice is not budget. It is whether you fish bait on sand or lures off structure.
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PENN Squadron IV Travel Spin, 3.0m
A saltwater lure and predator rod, long enough for distance work off rock and pier, with the backbone for bigger summer bass and mackerel. 24T carbon, fast action. Choose the 3.0 m, 20 to 80 g size at checkout.
Where the money goes
The other two
Not the kit you need?
All-rounder
Ten items, around €265, and nothing left to buy except bait. This is the kit for open east-coast beaches — Kilcoole, the Murrough, Brittas — where you need to put 5 or 6 oz out past the first bank and hold bottom in a run. It is not a tournament outfit and it is not a lure kit.
Get started
Six items, around €115, and the cheapest honest way to find out whether you actually like standing on a pier in November. Piers, harbours and close surf only — the combo is not a beachcaster, so keep to about 2 oz. Everything but the rod carries forward when you upgrade.