Can You Catch Fish On $20 Budget? Kmart Challenge! 

what a great way to introduce youngsters to fishing they don't need expensive gear to get started well done Shroom another great vlog

Having fished for over 60 years, and tried most types, jetty ,beaches, offshore, fly, etc ,I believe the fishing reel is the most important gear, Penn Shimano etc ,with metal/bronze gearing, if can't afford new most pawn shops have, cheers 👍 😊

Great vid. The response when the KMart lady said "have a nice day" was priceless. The whiting you got was a horse of a fish for whiting (not just length, but fat as well). It's great someone is featuring generic KMart equipment & brands that are budget friendly. Taking a whiff of the fish when you catch one is interesting as different types of fish give off different odours. This can be a clue for what it might taste like & also any diseases. I've been using a couple of large kids' rod & reel combos from KMart (roughly $10 to $15 each) with pre-rigged patter-noster, flattie, & river bait rigs out on a kayak. Just drop the line over the side, let it sink to the bottom & wait for the action. It doesn't sound very share worthy, particularly when it comes to prepping for dinner, but I've eaten some of the freshest seafood I've ever eaten this way.

Flathead seasonally come in shallow to breed and spawn ,my best 👌 39 inches from beach ⛱️ just north of Port Douglas ❤ 😊

My best flatty lure is a Kmart special. The pattern pops up from time to time and i always grab em . Thin 4 inch shallow diver that looks a bit like a pilchard with a red belly and black spot on the side . You won't regret it.

Bro I’d be scared of a big fish taking everything in the water! You’re brave af setting your rods in the bag, biggest pair I’ve seen recently lol

love this! One of my newer friends bought a $45 combo from BigW and the first thing he caught on it was a squid😂

Length _ 8ft - 2.43m line class _ 3-7 KG Cast weight _ 14-42 G

Got a 8kg yellow fin tuna at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, on super cheap rig ,destroying the reel and having to get it into the boat by ✋️ hand, it was delicious 😂 ❤ 😊

One of my favourite outfits for light fishing is a twenty dollar special from Kmart. I've had it for nearly thirty years and it's caught thousands of fish. 6ft x 6kg jarvis walker rod and a small Shimano quickfire reel.Still use it to this day, in fact I caught some bream, whiting and two luderick on beach worms yesterday.

Can definitely go hard with those kmart rods, actually pretty decent for the price,caught all sorts of fish so if your after a quick way to get on the water highly reccomend

Nice Shroom, I love this type of content with the Kmart stuff I normally do unboxings of the products, haven't done the challenge yet.

Well rod and reel might be okay, But that Line sucks😁A great Modern Line Will cost same as entire set🤷🏼‍♂️But worth every dollar! I prefer Spiderwire™️ An expensive rod and a niiice reel dont make Anyone a better fisherman, just like cars! All depend on Knowledge of location, bait, depth…ect. Nice video🥰 Lets loads of kids Will get a fishing rod and reel for Christmas🎄 Fishing is a great Way to spend time, with our kids💯 They Love to catch just a little cute fish😄 Knowledge of Locations are so important here!

Some of the best moments I've had fishing. Has been on big w $23.99 combo. Only broke to a massive stingray after years of use.

I own 10 Kmart rods and there bloody great as biggest fish I've got it is 139 cm Murray cod so proves everything that there are great as

That whiting is a jewie lolly pop 👍

Used to catch fish with a can, hook, string and a worm when I was a kid

I got that white one for under $40 on sale. It worked great 👍

Rex Hunt fishing combos back in the day used to make it piss.. caught so much on those little rods.. from little Bream to Mulloway and big king george whiting.. 💙 🎣

haha, i use one of those 20 dollar combos in a little freshwater creek near my house, handles big eels and isnt actually halfbad for the price.

Shrooms videos are always the best part of the day

Bro that’s a killer size whiting for that area! Your facial expression doesn’t justify how great it is haha!

I bought my 5yr old daughter a $40 ugly stick kids rod it's about 4ft and took her out for the first time . The rod and line pulled in a 35cm bream . My 2 rods that day got donuts .

Shrooms at the hill bass !! Yeahhhh boyyyy

Hey buddy , I see the whiting as you called them , we call them whitefish and I e been catching some nice ones about 20”-24” through the ice. I target these fish all winter ice fishing. Very good eating. Some people prefer them over trout and salmon. Which is what I primarily target. Maybe you should try whitefish too. They’re very good. I just prefer more oily fish.

Shroom you should try a $10 marketplace budget challenge 😂😂

It’s how I fished from age 7 to 20!! I still don’t own any single rod/reel combo worth over $200 but still catch fish.

“You bet I am”😂😂😂 so good

SHROOM, I am in a flatty deficit and its driving me insane!!! I was at botany bay in one of the sandy areas, and there were NO flathead, then we moved down to cronulla, unfortunately the flathead had snitched on us and called for a mass flatty escape.... How will I ever recover!! 😡😡😡😡

$20 JW let’s gooo !!! 👌🏼

What about those Kmart lures though???? 🎣🐟🐠

I started with a kmart baitcaster rod and reel combo.... still using the rod but the reel lasted maybe 2 weeks 😅

You are my favourite youtuber

Man I wish my parents let me go fishing all night long lol but only can go fishing in full moon 🌕

Seen something huge swimming in those waters one night, to the right of that wharf on the random rocks in the middle of the water there just out past the mangroves.

Combos are great starting gear ,especially for kids starting out, 👏, having fished Queensland for 20years, noticed many locals only using handlines up to 100lb line! With amazing results 😍 😊

Nothing better than bankstown kmart

Why throw the whiting back to sea instead of portable charcoal bbq and cook on the wharf?

The Shroom in the area. I knew it smelt funny when I went on my morning walk. 😂

HAY SHROOM JUST WANT TO LETT YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU VIDEOS AND YOU TIKTOK LIVE STREAMS❤❤❤❤❤❤

Btown Kmart shroom keen as for a fish sesh with ya bruz I’m from round the area to haha

Of course you can, all you need is a branch and some line and tackle 😅

go next to gorges river boat ramp and go to the left and you’ll catch heaps on lures

kmart stores are closed in america. i haven't seen one for many years.

i use their cheap leader.. useless as normal leader because its super stiff but its great for paternoster arms as it stays rigid.

cheap gear does the job, good thing is if it seizes or breaks, its cheap enough to replace. Ive been using cheap gear for years with great success. I find it funny when someone else rolls up to a spot with big $$$ gear and tries to tell me I will not catch fish with cheap stuff. Then the drag usually goes off on the cheap rod.

Was that chatswood chase?

Thanks very much Shroom... my missus watched this and has asked me to now buy all my gear from Kmart... #FML 😂

My family when we do something that we do that runs in the family we start expansive but that our way

I remember throwing my whole reel into the georges river on my first time of fishing.😂 It was a kmart reel.😂

Soapie on the $20 Shroom you Legend !!! 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥😎👌🏼

Awesome work man!

Bring it on mate . I'll just grab a Tooheys Draught , and settle back . 👍✔🎣

As they say. Thankyou for shopping at K mart Great challenge

35 on the dot😮

shroom fi actually bought a kmart telescopic rod just to play aroung windang and got my pb flathead 68cm yea buddy

Hi Shroom, seems like you wired up weight and hook with main line only, how did you do it?

where is that is it in nowra

Most of my rods are kmart or bigw jobs. Most of my reels are not. Cheers thanks mate

Caught a Blue Marlin somehow with a similar rod from KMART a year ago

I caught some of the biggest fish in my life on a BigW rod. Ofcourse it was spooled up with 100lb mono but did the job and didnt fail haha. 1+ Meter Black Jews

have u done any fishing in the hawksbury before on your channel

Kmart don’t even sell fishing gear anymore in my country so sad 😞

A recreational fishing licence, either short term or long term, is required when fishing in NSW waters, both freshwater and saltwater. Anglers aged 18 years and over need to be able to show their licence fee receipt if an authorised officer requests it. did you get one lol

hey where did you get your live bait bucket with the rod holders?

I got one of those rods and soon as I got home I put it down on the ground and the rod tip snapped

hey shrooms what is that live bait box you use to keep your rods in ? where did you get it from

just got my first legal jewie on Sunday

We caught rainbow trout with our $20 kmart 😂

Shroom, I am going to be doing one of these videos in the holidays any recommendations for what sh!tty rod I should use?

another challenge, woohoo!

What Wharf is this I wasn’t paying attention. And keep up the good content love you❤️

Where is there a Kmart in USA it has been gone for 30 years ago with sear

Good job shroom, but where's the NET?

What hook size do you recommend for noobs?

There is nothing wrong with kmart stuff for your average fisherman and fish up to 4 to 5 kg

9:32 emotional damage !!! 🤯🤷🏽‍♂️👌🏼

4:05 i know you were thinking of my efforts 😂

Parra Wharf LOL more likely to catch a body than a fish HAHA

Good gear makes a difference but its mostly the angler with fishing knowledge.

Shroom. I watched a guy buy one of the little pink rods in Kmart and catch a massive Jew fish on it in Lake Macquarie. It’s on RU-vid It just goes to show you don’t need to spend mega$$$ to catch a fish. If you have a bait & they are hungry you will catch them

I got my 91 one on that rod

I have caught a bunch of pinkies on the $20 Kmart rods.

What bait bag is that?

which ferry wharf is that?

Man the old Jarvis Walker (Scorpion) Combo's used to be the bomb. Never cleaned once since owning it. Never skipped a beat. The new jarvis walker focus stuff is absolute trash ;)

What kind of money is that Canadian we don’t have ant K-mart they close up

Would of kept that whiting lol

Sick vid

Are you straight away got that 25 I guessed it I guess with everyone

35 cm maybe

35cm

Sounds like you've seen the video of the bloke having exactly that happen recently, with the bulshark grabbing his arm and pulling him in... He was very lucky Or Unlucky??? Well just goes to show you don't need all the fancy gear at all, time for a garage sale shroomy... Time to sell all that fancy gear and get a couple more $20 combos haha You will have plenty of money left for bait 😅

Nice 1

Ay Bankstown

Why does bro sound like Spanian

Wat wharf r u at

man you cant release a fish after you let it jump around on rocks an did a whole photo stooting whit it for10 minutes. That fish will die shortly after he is released. but cool video tho

are you a Aussie mate

If u buy the telescopic rods they are usually 10 bucks each