Yep, no stupid questions. But this does bring up a very good point. If you go out on your own trying to put everything together. It could take you years to learn and put to use alot of the info posted ( been there done that). Some think it is too expensive to take a learning charter. But in the long run, you'll take years off your learning curve and catch that many more fish and the $$$ you spend to learn on your own would cost you alot more. You don't have to deal with boat control ( that's a whole other learning curve) and can consentrate on learning setting boards, lines etc etc . How , why etc etc.