What Setup Was Your First Bass Of 2014 Caught On?

[Rudy1922]

Dobyns DX 744c

Shimano Chronarch CI4+

30 lbs. Sufix 832

10 lbs. Seaguar Inviz x (leader)

Siebert Outdoors 3/8 oz. Dredge Football Jig (Whisky Craw)

Baby Brush Hog (Watermelon Seed)

Mega Strike 

[NathanW]

Some cheap ultra light abu spinning rod

Abu Cardinal reel

10# power pro, 4# trilene leader

1/8oz. Hair Jig, brown bucktail

2.5lbs smallie.

 

Second fish on next cast was more noteworthy....

 

Perfecta 7' cranking rod

Curado E50

10# Red Label

LC Slim Shad 9 - (some ghost pattern)

3.5lbs smallie

 

4/4/2014, Moses Lake WA

[Stingray23]

Sunday, April 6th was my first day out on the water. Ice prevented me from going earlier. I caught my first bass of season on a chrome/blue/orange belly 4.5" Xcalibur XS4 jerkbait in about 7-10' of water. I was using my 6.3:1 Quantum Energy PT casting reel spooled with 12lb Seaguar Invizx and my 6'6" M/F Quantum Tour Edition Gerald Swindle Signature edition casting rod. The bass weighed 4.10lbs

[.ghoti.]

Still to be determined. Caught a bunch of trout on the White River in February, but have yet to go bass fishing.

[livetofish28]

March 1 St Croix Avid 7' m moderate BPS pro qualifier 40# pp 12 pound trilene 100% fluoro leader deep diving suspending Smithwick rogue 4.95 largemouth see avatar

Tight lines

Andrew

[revo4life]

Rage craw color summer craw, 1/2oz tungsten weight pitching with a 7'6 airrus nano fusion  65lbs braid and a lew's super duty reel.

[ColdSVT]

7ft Loomis GL2 MH

abu revo stx gen 2

14# seaguar invisx

LC pointer 98sp

fish was a 1.5ish spot...first spot ever for me!

[DevilsAdidas]

7ft st croix premier rod

10lb spiderwire stealth braid

brown 1/4oz jig (homemade)

saffire blue netbait pacu chunk 

[Chance_Taker4]

BPS XPS Professional Tourney Minnow Chrome/Blue Back

Daiwa Tatula on a 6'9" Denali Kovert

[EvanT123]

Finally got one!! Symetre 2500fj 7'medium sc3 White zoom fluke!!

[andrew_t_moran]

Caught my first yesterday out of Lake Lemon near Unionville, IN. She was caught on a 7' H Grandt Payara Rod + 7.1:1 Lew's SuperDuty with a NorthStar Custom Baits Black Series Jig and a Rage Tail Craw trailer.

 

[LuckyHandsINC.]

This winter has been so long and cold. I'm so happy to finally be able to answer this question. My first bass of 2014 was caught on my newest setup. A 6'10 M/MF Shimano Xpride paired with a Chronarch 50E. I was using a Pointer 100. Only about 2-2.5 but d**n it felt good.

[Jrob78]

7' MHF St. Croix SCV custom with a Shimano Chronarch CI4+.   Watermelon red RI Sweet Beaver tx rigged.

[AaronSchneider]

I caught mine on a Megabass vision 110

[rippin-lips]

Well I finally caught my first bass of the year on Sunday. Cashion 6'9 rod and a daiwa reel. Throwing a megastrike strike back spinnerbait.

[lmbfisherman]

Still waiting for bass season to start (another 2 months roughly), but I will give you my prediction that I will catch it on my Fenwick Elite Tech Smallmouth (Spinning 6'9" M/XF) using a Pearl White Super Fluke.  Guaranteed. 

[ChiCityBasser]

First bass of the season was caugh on a RodTech 7'3" MH/F custom rod, Daiwa Aggrest 7.3:1 with 15# Cabelas X50 Flouro. The fish hit a Rock Hard Tackle jig with a Lockett Lures Outlet trailer in about 7-8ft of water. The fish weighed 2lbs and was 15.75" in length which was 1/4" short for the 16" tournament limit.

[LivewellHero]

Back in Febrary- 1.35 pounds on a 1/8 oz Buckeye spot remover shakey head and a watermelon chart. tail Zoom finesse worm. My setup was a Daiwa T3 Ballistic 6.3:1 on a Shimano Crucial 7'2" M Worm & Jig rod spooled with 10 pound Sufix Seige mono. Thrown around submerged stumps.

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[guisingerevan]

Well I finally caught my first bass of the year on Sunday. Cashion 6'9 rod and a daiwa reel. Throwing a megastrike strike back spinnerbait.

How do you like the Cashion rods? I was thinking about getting one to try because I would much rather buy nice rods that are built in the U.S. than China (or even Japan)

[rippin-lips]

How do you like the Cashion rods? I was thinking about getting one to try because I would much rather buy nice rods that are built in the U.S. than China (or even Japan)

 It's lightweight and balances out well. The sensitivity was there as well. It's rated a bit generous for lure specs but it's action and power are accurate. I like the look of the carbon fiber and it's not uncomfortable to fish with at all. I spoke with the owner of the company a few times before ordering. He was nice to talk to and didn't try to sell me on anything. Just answered my questions and gave me some info along the way.

[Grantman83]

7'3 MHF custom rainshadow

Chronarch d7

30lb braid

White chatterbait with grass pig jr trailer

[Zeeso]

6'6 M vendetta

Lews Tournament

14 lb trilene xl

1/2 oz war eagle spinnerbaits.

Loving my new lews and the war eagle spinnerbait. Forget what its called, has the size of a 1/4 spinnerbait but weighs 1/2 oz. Thing casts like a bullet, slow roll it, burn it. I love spinnerbaits and im glad I finally picked up a few of these.

[ww2farmer]

Ice fishing.....................24" UL Abu Garcia Veritas Ice combo, 3lb Power Pro braid, 2lb Seaguar Abrasx-ice fluoro. #14 Northland Gill-Getter (grasshopper) tipped with a wacky rigged 1" Northland  mini round worm in glo-watermelon. I probably caught 25-30 LMB this winter ice fishing the farm pond with this set up, most were dinks, but a few small keepers, and a couple over 2lbs, and one 3 lber.

 

Open water.....................have not been out yet, ice just left, but winter is back for a few days, maybe by the end of the week.

[jlwest506]

6' Fenwick HMX with a 2500 daiwa aird 

 

10 lb power pro

 

1/8 oz panther martin 

 

2lb bass 

early jan

[gulfcaptain]

First fish, well caught it on a BPS IM6 Graphite 7'6" H Musky rod with a Lexa 300, 65lb braid with a 25lb FC leader and an 8" ROF 5 Huddleston in Rainbow Trout.  Fish weighed in right at 6lbs.  Good way to start the new year.