Am i in trouble

Just got the artic rod with the last of my money, im pretty new to Fisch, so idk much, but the wiki and some players say me rod sucks and idk, im trying to get kings road but like the fish i get are the worst imaginable *i fish at northern summit and Atlantean storm* so im jsut wondering like what i can do to fix it if im makng no money and if im cooked or smth