Luggage
Rod Holdalls
Rod Holdalls or 'Ready Rod Bags' are designed to carry your rods, reels and accessories like landing net handles. A good rod bag will have and reinforced base, and padded sides to protect your expensive equipment. As usual, there are plenty of options ranging from a capacity from 1, up to 6 rods in one bag. A sensible option for a beginner is for a bag with a 2 rod capacity (a waggler rod and a feeder rod). Look for bags that have a padded divider to separate your rods and prevent them from clashing when being carried. Many will have a zipped pocket on the side for landing net handles, whips, etc. The real beauty of these types of bag, apart from keeping your rods safe, is that they are designed to accommodate fully assembled rods and reels so you can get fishing as soon as possible. You fit your reel, thread the line through all the rings, attach your float or feeder (depending on what kind of rod it is), fold it all up and store it in the Ready Rod Bag. Hook and all.
Rod Socks and Bands
As an additional level of protection, handy items called Rod Socks are available. Made from neoprene, they are a padded sock that fits over the ends of your folded rod. It may seem like over kill, but if you have spent good money on a good rod, you will never be able to give it too much protection. They help to keep your rod sections together once folded too. Also made from neoprene, Rod Bands are simple wraps fastened with Velcro to keep you rods together.
Stink Bag
It doesn't take long for nets start to smell, particularly in the confined space of a car. No one likes smelly nets, and no one likes wet cars either. EVA is a wipe down plastic material that has welded seams that make them waterproof and watertight. These bags are commonly quite large to give them the capacity to carry a number of nets, as well as other usually wet items. In fact, you will be able to contain everything that gets wet in one of the capacious bags. Most tackle companies make their own products and prices will vary. They are cumbersome, but worth it.
Carryall
Some kind of Carryall is useful to transport your now growing collection of tackle items to your chosen fishing venue. Again, the options are vast, with products in this category supplied by every tackle company. To start with, you may be better off with a large bait bag like the one pictured above. It will have the capacity to carry all the bait you could ever need, and you'll still have space in the pockets to store your small tackle items. Some versions of bait bag have a foil lining which will help to keep bait cool in the warmer months. As you collect more tackle, you may find that you will need a Carryall and a bait bag. But, for now, this would be a good option to start with.
Cooler Bag
There are many different models of Cool Bags on the market, both inside and outside of fishing. There may be cheaper, camping style options, but a purpose made bait cool bag will be able to stand up to the conditions it will face when out fishing. Maggots, like us, will sweat when they get too hot. Maggots, unlike us, cannot have a wash to get clean. Keeping maggots cold in hot weather will make them last longer and work better when you need them to. Foil lined material will insulate the contents from the outside and keep bait fresh in the cold of the ice blocks. Of course, these bags will insulate your bait against extreme cold in the winter too. If you're not bothered by it, you can even put your lunch in there if you want to...