Caught my first bass today!

[AJ.AJ.AJ.]

I'm new to fishing and after about five trips i finally bagged my first bass! I was using a texas rig on different plastic worms for about an hour with no luck when i noticed there was a lot of thick grass on the bottom of the lake and all i was doing was dragging the worms through it and you couldnt really see the worms very well. I figured i'd try something that i could just retrieve back over the grass and see if that made a difference. I pulled out a chatterbait i had and since i already had a 6 inch gulp nightcrawler on my texas rig i just went ahead and threw that on as the trailer. Cast it out a couple times and just straight retrieved it back and BOOM! bass. It was small but it was a bass! Thanks to all of you guys who have been so great for advice on everything i've come across so far.

[Log Catcher]

Congratulations on your first bass. The bait monkey will now be coming to see you and empty your bank account.

[roadwarrior]

[crypt]

congrats.....now the addiction starts....welcome to the dark side....LOL.....

 

[scaleface]

Bravo . You figured out what you wanted a lure to do and then made it happen . Thats one of the secrets to successful bass fishing . Keep connecting the dots , making decisions and enjoying the success .

[BrianMDTX]

Congrats! I don’t remember my first bass, but I do remember the first sizable one. It’s been 47 years and I can still recall it like yesterday. 
 

Still have the same rod and reel! 

[GaryH]

congrats.. Now get that smirk off your face..

[schplurg]

I always wondered what the big deal was about bass until I caught my first, and it was on a topwater as well. I was hooked instantly!

 

Congrats!

[Bankbeater]

Congratulations!