Greetings!
I am new to the Boston area (1 year), new to bass fishing (1 month), and new to BassResource (1 day.) But I wanted to introduce myself and give a little bg. Most of what I wrote below I posted in a thread of Eastern Massachusetts fishermen, but I figured it'd be worth posting to the introductions section too:
I'm coming from CA where I mostly fished catfish and trout, as well as offshore fishing for calicos/mackerels/bonitas/etc. as well as annual big game fish (tuna, mahi-mahi, wahoo.) However, I have always been a bass enthusiast and grew up watching countless bass shows on ESPN before it became the "SportsCenter Network." Yet, because I went after the trouts/cats, I never went for the bass. But the move to the East Coast and being new to all the fishing out here was a great motivator for finally making the jump to bass.
I am slowly converting my tackle box from powerbait, goops, and salmon eggs to jigs, senkos, roboworms, etc. And for my gear, I am jimmy-rigging everything still: I am using an old Abu Ambassadeur 500 (not 5000... 500... 521Plus to be exact) that I found at a garage sale and reconditioned it; a 6'6" or so SPINNING rod; and generic mono line (just went from 6lbs. to 20lbs. to handle the weeds and veg.) On the plus-side of things, I am being forced to get a rod that can handle the vegetation I've been hitting (yeah...just snapped a rod, but at least it was just one of those cheap BassPro rods.)
As you can imagine, my skills and equipment have left me a bass virgin, but that's ok as I am still having fun learning. I've been to the Wachusett Reservoir 3 times (while it was still pretty warm and no luck), Jamaica Pond a few times (no luck for anything much less bass), and I have been hitting the Charles pretty frequently recently as I just learned it IS NOT DEAD (as I was told by a few people when I first arrived...giving me no hope for fishing at that time.) But I am finally having some hope and remaining optimisitc. And seeing there are others in the area bassin' it up is exciting! I'm looking forward to hearing some great fishing reports and tips for the New England area.
Best of luck to you all the rest of the season!
