You’ve bought your fishing rod, your fishing bait, and all your nets, now you just need to know where to fish! So where to start? Best place is online.  You will quickly find your local fishing community there.  Type in your local town name and “fishing forum” or “fishing messageboard” and you should start to get some leads as to local fishermen near you.  From there you can start to find out the best places to fish in your location.  This will give you an idea also of what type of fish you can catch, and no doubt you will make many new friends in the more popular fishing areas.