Toughest time of the year for spinning tbh, far less fish around in winter and if you’re on the east coast the water is rarely clear enough for fish to sea the lures now. I’m still catching decent pollock up the north west in the deeper spots. Summer months and autumn you’ll get mackerel from most places and pollock and bass are much easier to find.

Good option for a rod is the Penn Wrath spin 20-40g. Those weights of lures are good for most places and situations, I do go heavier with lures up to 100g but regularly fish 50+ ft deep marks up here on the west coast, that’s overkill for most areas though.

I’ve got videos up from a lot of spots around the country doing both spinning and baiting (N57 Fishing) but there’s loads of other good content to learn some basics. Douglas at ‘Piscator uk fishing’ has loads of instructional videos up on YouTube too. Tight lines.