My first time bass fishing was at the end of last summer. I had just moved and my little brother came down to visit. I had expressed an interest in getting into bass fishing since I now lived within a couple minutes of a few nice ponds/lakes and he gave me some of his gear that he no longer used. We went out that morning for like 4 hours and got skunked. Headed back to the house and he ended up going home. But I just wouldn't take no for an answer. I went back out myself that afternoon and caught 3 in about 45 minutes just before sunset on a blueish purple t-rigged ribbontail worm. The smallest was 12 inches and the biggest was around 18 and really fat. I kept em, fried em up, and they were the best fish I'd ever eaten. I practice catch and release now about 95% of the time but every once in a while Ill keep some of the smaller ones for the frying pan. Looking forward to perfecting my bass fishing skills this year and many years to come!