What type of fishing should I get into?

I'm currently a junior in college with an equity research summer job lined up for next summer and hopefully, after graduation. I have always been passionate about fishing growing up and loved to bass fish in high school; unfortunately, college was a busy time and I didn't get to fish that much anymore.

Now that I'm done with recruiting, I want to get back into fishing. What type of fishing should I get into that is accessible for someone living in NYC and not super expensive or time consuming in get into? Gear-wise I only have my ultralight spinning rod right now so I would need to buy new gear. I'm not set on any specific species or fishing method (although I would have to learn fly casting). 

Currently thinking about fly fishing or surf fishing or bass fishing. I slightly prefer fly fishing because a lot of finance people do it and it would be a great way of networking but it seems more expensive to get into. What are everyone's thoughts? Ideally I would get into all of them but I don't want to drop that much money on gear.

4 Comments
 

Commenting to hear people’s thoughts, this is something I’d like to do too.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

Get into whatever kind you prefer. When you're all sitting around shooting the breeze and you mention your latest bass tournament result, then someone else is going to mention that's awesome but let me tell you about my laast trip out west catching trout and you'd never believe what happened to my waders when I was in the stream! Then another colleague will chime in about how they finally took advantage of the orbiting phenomenon while out deep sea fishing for Snapper. At the end of it, you're all making handshake plans to go on each other's next trip because at the end of it you're all fishermen. Or a Striper trip since you mentioned surf fishing.

The poster formerly known as theAudiophile. Just turned up to 11, like the stereo.
 

For some reason I thought OP had mentioned kayak fishing so I had that in my mind. Never done that before but have always wanted to.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 
Most Helpful

Dolores earum quia nesciunt accusantium. Cupiditate pariatur excepturi quisquam aperiam eum quo expedita. Consequuntur nostrum quibusdam reiciendis ut.

Labore sunt et cumque ut earum dolorem. Deleniti ut dicta veritatis.

Totam velit impedit doloribus temporibus. Enim debitis provident in dolores officiis quidem. Et iusto molestias eveniet enim. Quae recusandae dolor fugiat repellat sed magnam ut. Fugit qui repellat voluptatem.

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan No 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (45) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
6
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
7
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
8
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
9
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
10
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”