Pier rod and reel combo
A medium spinning combo covers most of what is caught from a pier here. This is the one page on the site where the tackle is genuinely yours to supply.
The one kind of fishing here where nobody hands you a rigged rod. On a pier the tackle is yours to bring.
The reasoning is on /pier-fishing, which is the better place to decide whether you need any of this.
Pier landing net
A drop net or hoop net, because lifting a decent fish straight up on the line from pier height is how it is lost. Some piers have shared ones, and some do not.
Tackle box and terminal tackle
Hooks, weights, leader and a pair of pliers. What actually catches fish from a given pier on a given week is a question for the tackle shop nearest to it, not for this site.
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