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Welcome!

Thank you so much everyone for the kind words of welcome and encouragement. I am going to try and get my hands on some of the suggestions that have been made. I have lots of down time at work so I can practice in the parking lot with my casting with the new reel and rod. I promise you! I will have some wonderful new pictures next season of me and my fish who skunk the compitition in the tournies... maybe even making it possible to make it to the out of state Championships! I am even looking into seeing if there are any LBAA divisions in Michigan now that would make my day!

I saw this section and couldnt resist to posting. I am Leslie and I am fairly new to the Bass angling part of fishing though I have been fishing since I was around 5 years old. I posted a rather long winded intro in the proper section but look forward to hearing from the fellow ladies out there too. SO After a turbulent beging to our season... it still sucked! Just before memorial weekend we pulled our boat out of the shed to find a lower end that had ruptured over the winter. (even though I repeatedly though very nicely suggested that the gear oil be changed before winter.... he listened.... noooooooo.....) Well we replaced the case ... though had dismantle the unit.... oh... four times, though it might have been more, to figure out what was missing to get the water pump working properly.... Now we have enough experience with our lower unit, taking it apart and putting it back together, we can rebuild should that ever need to be done in the future! HA So we get through a glorious vacation and two tournies to be in the middle of the lake to have our motor spin right out of sync... not once but twice! After recovering from that, we still got skunked. But I am determined to learn as much as I can before next season so my husband and I aren't left in the.....wake... again. I am looking to chatting and learning from all of you!

Hello everyone! I am Leslie and my husband's name is Jeff. We live in Mid-western Lower Michigan. Jeff has been running an NBAA divison for about 4 years, and has been fishing roughly for about that long. Myself? I have been fishing since I was old enough to hold a fishing pole, and I am nearly 33 years old. This year is the first year I have ever fished for Bass. Starting because my husband didn't have a partner. I am known for catching the first and the biggest fish no matter when we go out. Hence the first cast I ever threw landed a 3.5lbs, 27 inch largemouth bass. This season is now over and its time to concentrate on next. And frankly I am tired of being skunked by a team who is just bearly old enough to be my sons. Now here is where the advice is needed, Jeff is pulling out of his division as a director. We are going to just fish for fun. Here in lays the problem: Jeff has become heavily reliant on the Yamamoto brand of lures, double tailed grubs at that. And with this season being my first I had to rely on his collection of lures, which isnt much. Are there any suggestions out there for me to start my own tackle box? Lures for water clarity verses weather verses early and late season? Poles.... Who can forget about the angler's best friend. Jeff says I need to use open face rod and reels. Frankly I despise them. I have never been able to control my cast with an open face and end up with a large birds' nest just outside the reel. Anyhow.... Any suggestions for moderatly priced reels, rods, or combos that aren't open faced? Next year I want to be able to say we won! I am looking to the gurus who patrol this forum to help me-----er.... us out I appologise for the long-winded intro, but I am sure I have a ton more questions as the next season gets closer. Leslie