Smalls Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 Newbie here from Detroit. Been fishing since I could walk (28,now), but really caught the bass bug when I was around 14/15. Fishing (and pretty much all my other hobbies) took a back seat to college, young kids, and work around the age of 19, but recently picked it back up seriously last year. I feel like I’m relearning everything. Stuck on shore my whole life, but hoping this is the year I get into a small boat. Unfortunately summer is the “busy season” at work, so getting out can be a struggle working 70 hour weeks. But living 2 blocks off the Detroit River makes quick runs to scratch the itch easy. I did pretty well this year, for my first year back. Caught my personal best of 6lbs 12 oz right out of the river. I’ve been browsing the site for a while, and looking forward to funneling as much info as you guys can produce into my brain. Might even try a tournament or two this year if my work schedule permits! 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 12, 2018 Global Moderator Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 12, 2018 Super User Posted January 12, 2018 Hello from up in Otsego County ~ Welcome to Bass Resource A-Jay Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted January 12, 2018 Global Moderator Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome from Montcalm county. Quote
Steveo-1969 Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome to Bass Resource from a county... uh... nowhere near the state of Michigan. 6# 12 oz smallmouth? Dang! That's getting awful close to @A-Jay size right there!!!!! 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 12, 2018 Super User Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome, Smalls. Great having you with us. Ask your questions and we will do all we can to give you our input and ***. Stay warm. Quote
nascar2428 Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome from the 810!! (Genesee county) Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 13, 2018 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 13, 2018 Welcome home! We're glad you're here. Quote
lonnie g Posted January 13, 2018 Posted January 13, 2018 welcome from southern Indiana , it is cold here as well ,ICE!! Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted January 14, 2018 Global Moderator Posted January 14, 2018 Hello and Welcome Mike Quote
Smalls Posted January 15, 2018 Author Posted January 15, 2018 On 1/12/2018 at 2:05 PM, Steveo-1969 said: Welcome to Bass Resource from a county... uh... nowhere near the state of Michigan. 6# 12 oz smallmouth? Dang! That's getting awful close to @A-Jay size right there!!!!! Largemouth. I landed a decent amount of smallmouth this year, considering I fish from the bank, though. My largest was a hair under 4-20. I appreciate the the warm welcome, fellas! 1 Quote
Super User JustJames Posted January 16, 2018 Super User Posted January 16, 2018 Pretty warm welcome from SoCal. Quote
LadiMopar Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Greetings from Frozen Yankeeland! Nice intro, have you thought about a fishing kayak rather than a small "boat"? Did the better part of 50 years from the shoreline accept when I borrowed my dad's old flat bottom 10 footer which fit nicely in the bed of my truck....until the truck found a new owner. Got a new truck and a yak to go with it last season....and to paraphrase Martin Luther King...free at last, free at last!!!! ????? Hope you manage to find a little time to do a tournament or two. I'm hoping to do the same! LM Quote
MichaelCopeland Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Howdy and welcome to our fishing family! ? Quote
Smalls Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:37 AM, LadiMopar said: Greetings from Frozen Yankeeland! Nice intro, have you thought about a fishing kayak rather than a small "boat"? Did the better part of 50 years from the shoreline accept when I borrowed my dad's old flat bottom 10 footer which fit nicely in the bed of my truck....until the truck found a new owner. Got a new truck and a yak to go with it last season....and to paraphrase Martin Luther King...free at last, free at last!!!! ????? Hope you manage to find a little time to do a tournament or two. I'm hoping to do the same! LM I’m actually picking up an 8 ft Pelican “boat” this weekend. I’ll make a post about it because I have some questions. But I did give a kayak thought. I want to like the idea, but I’m a klutz and I prefer to stand. As far as tournaments go- I’d love to, for the sole purpose of learning and meeting fishing buddies. I’m not very competitive, I prefer to challenge myself. Quote
Chowderhead Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Smalls said: I’m actually picking up an 8 ft Pelican “boat” this weekend. I’ll make a post about it because I have some questions. If you haven’t already done so, I would recommend setting aside some time and reading this thread: Quote
Smalls Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 I’ve been skimming through that for a few hours, haha. Quote
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