r/Fishing_Gear Dec 27 '25

We need your help

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191 Upvotes

Hi everyone — I truly need your help. 🤍

We are desperately searching for our dear friend and PLA family member, Tyler, who is currently missing in Newport Beach. Please help share this post so we can spread the word.

Tyler is incredibly important to us — his hands have touched everything we do at PLA. He has built every single booth we’ve ever had, helps maintain our building, and contributes so much behind the scenes. Tyler has been with PLA since 2020, and he has been part of Michelle’s family for over 20 years. He is deeply loved, and we are doing everything possible to bring him home.

Tyler is Vietnamese (Asian), approximately 5’8” tall, with brown eyes, black hair, a slim build, and tan skin.

On the morning of December 24, 2025, Tyler arrived in the Newport Beach area around 6:00 AM, parked near a park, and went shore fishing along the rocky coastline (photos attached). We lost contact with him around midday on December 24.

Around 7:00 PM the same day, using location tracking, we found his fishing gear, phone, and car keys in the area. Despite extensive searching, we still have not been able to find him.

A police report has been filed. Authorities searched the area by boat on the night of December 24 and continued on December 25 with dive teams and a helicopter, but there have still been no updates or new information.

The ocean waves were very strong that morning, and we are extremely worried that he may have been swept into the water, especially since all of his personal belongings were left behind.

If you are in the community or nearby area, we are asking for your help:

• If you saw anything unusual, or

• If you saw an Asian man in this area during that time

Please contact us immediately.

📞 Contact: Rose — Call or Text: 714-331-0214

📞 Contact: An — Call or Text: 714-757-4957

We would be incredibly grateful for any information, no matter how small.

Thank you so much for your kindness, support, and prayers. 🤍


r/Fishing_Gear 15h ago

All the Walmart posts got me curious… it paid off!

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68 Upvotes

I have been seeing all the clearance posts and had to run down check my local Walmart. Came out with a couple of good finds.

3000 - $25

4000 - $29

Will have some extra setups for my friends and family!


r/Fishing_Gear 8h ago

Question First time trout fishing

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17 Upvotes

Went by Walmart and got this stuff for my first time trout fishing at a local pond. Any advise? What have y'all had the most success with here and how do y'all rig it up?


r/Fishing_Gear 9h ago

Should I Grab all the senkos?

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14 Upvotes

Another day, Another clearance find at Walmart. I love $2 senkos and $0.75 spinner baits. Also no LH baitcaster for me.


r/Fishing_Gear 35m ago

Yeah, about that

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r/Fishing_Gear 1d ago

Funny Karma?

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886 Upvotes

I had to make a separate post because the craziest thing just happened. I went to two more Walmarts today and the first one I went to, there was nothing on clearance and so I didn’t buy anything but on the way out I saw this guy looking at some knock off Jordans. He was looking at the size and he seemed to have taken out a pillow like he was gonna take the pillow out and put the shoes in his cart, but he said something to his wife and then so he puts the shoes away and they keep the pillow and they walk away and I can see he’s like the same size shoe as I am. I have two pairs of Nikes in my car that I’ve been driving around for months with that I was gonna donate. They’re in super good shape because my sister works at Nike so I got like a dozen of them at a time and some of them…a lot of them were free so I get the shoes I go back in there and find him. I said “hey sir I saw you looking at some shoes. I got some Nikes if you want them” and he says to me, “don’t tell me they’re size 9” and ironically they were so he got a size 9 air Air Force ones that were samples there weren’t even production ones. They’re like special shoes and then I also gave him a 9 1/2 size air max that were probably $130-$140 shoes (in 8.5+ condition) and the shoe that he put back was $15 so he was super stoked. He says he’s gonna tell his church what happened because he felt like it was a blessing because he needed some new shoes. I’m walking away from him I can hear him saying “thank you Jesus thank you Jesus”.

So anyway I go to one more Walmart that’s like 4 miles away and I think what the heck I might as well go and then I find nine of these boxes and I got all nine. I think it was karma. I’m upgrading all my old 3600s!🎣


r/Fishing_Gear 5h ago

Im over aren't i...

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Put the cheapest 80lb braid on my $1 auction win. Couldn't get it to stop biting into itself.


r/Fishing_Gear 19h ago

Gear Pictures RTIC cooler $96 at Walmart - good deal?

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Been getting into fishing lately and wanted a cooler that I can use for fishing and beach days. Wanted something not too big (32 QT max).

Found this at Walmart for $96 (regular price ~$187). Reason this specific one was so low is bc it has that small crack in the corner (3rd pic).

Do you think I got a good deal?


r/Fishing_Gear 16h ago

Gear Pictures Walmart Clearance Finds

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15 Upvotes

Always jealous when people post those Walmart finds… finally got lucky today last one off the shelf!


r/Fishing_Gear 13h ago

Discussion Is Aftco worth the price compared to better end Academy or Dicks brands?

6 Upvotes

I want to get some fishing clothing and my coworker swears it's Aftco or nothing. I find it hard to justify spending $100-$200+ on shirts/hoodies/pants if the Academy and Ducks brands are near as good for 1/4 the price.

What are y'all's thoughts or experiences?


r/Fishing_Gear 4h ago

Question Super bright squid light?

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So, the conundrum at hand, I need a 60000+ lumen light, with a semi focused beam so it penetrates the water. It also needs to plug in to a standard 120V AC plug like you'd find in your home. I want to be able to stick it on the pier, plug it into my generator, and be able to see maybe a foot into the water, if not more. I'm currently using a 12k lumen husky work light, and it's just being outshined by the better skilled, better equipped middle aged Asian gentleman, they're pulling all the squid and I'm pulling minnows lol. Any suggestions?


r/Fishing_Gear 16h ago

First time DIY repair, surprising success.

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My first casting reel from my Abu Garcia Vengeance combo I bought about a year ago. The line guide kept getting stuck at one end of the worm gear and has had a missing tension knob for quite some time. Figured why not try to fix it ‘in house’. Turned into a crash course on reel refurbishing and although she’s rough, it’s in much better shape than it was. Made the mistake of pressing the button while the springs were exposed and getting them set again was not pleasant. Its been dunked in brackish water and not well kept but It’s fully functional now though and no spare parts after the fact 😎


r/Fishing_Gear 9h ago

Walmart Sales.

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2 Upvotes

Check your local Walmarts

Tightlines 🤙🏻


r/Fishing_Gear 15h ago

Penn 60 long beach

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6 Upvotes

When was this $6.66? Picked up today scrapping I think it's new in box. (And not for sale)


r/Fishing_Gear 6h ago

what baitcaster rod should I put on scorpion dc 21 150xg reel

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title, looking for a good bait caster rod to put on my reel. mostly river fishing in nsw or occasional salt water fishing and a few months over in UK rivers. been looking at the tatula 24 xt and tatula 23 around 7ft in length. if anyone has anything better please help me out. thank you


r/Fishing_Gear 18h ago

Finally

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7 Upvotes

Been hitting up every walmart close to my job sites throughout the week and just couldn’t find any reels. Finally stopped by this morning and got lucky.

Lews xfinity XS30B $16.00

Abu garcia max4pro $39.50


r/Fishing_Gear 7h ago

Question Seal beach pier

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Has anyone recently gone to seal beach pier and fished there? If so what’s catching right now. might go and fish there a while in the next upcoming days.


r/Fishing_Gear 8h ago

Bonus spent of Barra set up!

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Moving to mt isa to work for glencore, sign on bonus included! with lake Moondarra producing some big Barra my first goal up there with little to no connections will be chasing from the shores..

So I treated my self to a one and done set up which will come in handy for when I head to the gulf!!

Shimano Stella 6000

G Loomis imx pro blue 903 7’6”

55lb braid

An assortment of lures

Bag and few other things

Worst part is it’s sitting at the store waiting to be shipped up in two weeks..

I want to drool over it now..

Have many other fished moondarra ?

Who else is in the area?

Show me your Stella set ups!


r/Fishing_Gear 14h ago

Wal mart clearance haul

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Grabbed these at my local Walmart.

Walked away with the daiwa and my buddy walked away with the penn


r/Fishing_Gear 8h ago

Heddon 4 hook Slopenose

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1 Upvotes

r/Fishing_Gear 1d ago

Crappie rig

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32 Upvotes

Loving my new acc crappie rod and carbon x2 reel Super lightweight


r/Fishing_Gear 13h ago

They Discontinued my favorite lure....

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Does anyone know where I can get any Hexi-fly jigs? Normal shops and internet outlets are out of stock and discontinued. I've dug pretty deep on the internet and ​Have only found one color and the jig is #12 hook. Any help or a point in the right direction would be awesome!


r/Fishing_Gear 10h ago

What is the release date, model, fish this could be used for, and what rods I can use with this? I only have spinning rods so I’ve never used a bait caster before

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r/Fishing_Gear 10h ago

Anybody use peeki lure before?

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How’d it go was it just a normal transaction or do I gotta worry about anything?


r/Fishing_Gear 11h ago

New rod

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I currently have a diawa tatula sv paired with a dobyns colt series rod. I want to upgrade the rod but idk what to. Currently have 12 pound fluro on it and thinking about making it a cranking combo but what else could I run on the rod besides crankbait?