badhatharry Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I was cruising around looking for a good bass fishing forum to join and I find one where the administrator lives 5 miles away? What are the odds? Anywho....I've been bass fishing all my life but abruptly quit about 15 years ago. Just got tired of weekend crowds and tournament pressure. I sold my Tracker but kept all my gear. Now, I'm retired and am able to fish whenever I d**n well please. It was actually my wife that insisted I buy a boat and start fishing again.....and she cooks too!. I have a couple of grandsons I need to teach now so it made sense. I found a very lightly used (less than 100 hours) Ranger TR177 and dragged it home last weekend. I took one of my grandsons out for a shakedown and everything seemed to work as advertised. I need to replace a sonar unit at the console that the previous owner couldn't live without but other than that she's ready to go. As I pulled all my old gear out of storage and started cleaning it up, I realized that much of it would seem archaic to modern fishermen but I'll bet the fish won't notice. I'm sure a 6" Slither worm will still catch fish...lol. Well, that's a long winded way of saying I'm glad to be here and look forward to "catchin up". Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted August 11, 2015 Super User Posted August 11, 2015 Hello Badhat and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted August 11, 2015 Super User Posted August 11, 2015 Welcome to the forums! Jeff 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted August 12, 2015 Global Moderator Posted August 12, 2015 Welcome! 1 Quote
jbw252 Posted August 12, 2015 Posted August 12, 2015 Welcome to BR & welcome back to bass fishing. Tight lines. 1 Quote
Super User Long Mike Posted August 14, 2015 Super User Posted August 14, 2015 From one Old Fart to another, welcome aboard! There are a lot of nice folks around here. 1 Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted August 15, 2015 Super User Posted August 15, 2015 Welcome aboard badhat. 15 year old gear doesn't seem that old to me... 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted August 16, 2015 Super User Posted August 16, 2015 Welcome , and theres no need to stockpile a lot of new gear , that old stuff works great . 1 Quote
FishTN Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Hello badhat. I just joined the forum and finished my hello post about 10 minutes ago. My story is almost a carbon copy of yours. Recently retired and I had to scratch the itch to get back into fishing. I am looking forward to being able to fish during the week and avoid the crowds. Getting older does have a few benefits. 1 Quote
Ronald K Smith Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 Welcome aboard. I'm also trying to retire and got away from fishing long ago. My wife insisted I take up fishing, buy a truck and boat. She thought I only needed 1 rod and reel and a dozen crawlers. Now own 6 spinning setups and 15 casting setups. She said she would never suggest another hobby to me. Good lick 1 Quote
badhatharry Posted August 23, 2015 Author Posted August 23, 2015 Welcome to you also! Many moons ago, I built a lockable storage cabinet in my garage to hold all my fishing gear. My wife thought I was trying to prevent a possible theft. Little did she know that I just didn't want her to see what I was accumulating! Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted August 24, 2015 BassResource.com Administrator Posted August 24, 2015 Welcome Home! Quote
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