Hey There, from Dallas

[DFWdarin]

Your hello everyone, I stumbled upon this forum searching questions about certain rods. Glad I found it. Been reading around. I like this place. Hopefully I can stay engaged and active on here. I get distracted with my family. I've been fishing since I was able to remember. Probably I know going on the boat at age one but I don't have many memories of it. Growing up my father took me fishing a lot. I love to go a lot. Much more than my other brother. Have a good excited. Like butterflies in my stomach. Just thinking about going. And most time you know I'd fish for whatever by but sometimes you know if we're fishing for bass primarily well I had to learn how to fish for bass. So at age 6 I think it was when I learned how to do my first Texas rig with the purple whitetail worm. At that time as many, many years ago 40 something years ago. Tru-turn hooks were all the rage. My dad showed me how to Texas rigged weedless and I remember I was using a tru turn hook cuz I was so excited being able to use one because my dad would never let me use them. Anyways, he would take me to Lake Crockett national reserve Lake only for wilderness activities like fishing, bird watching you get the picture. No jet skis in other words. Man, we would tear them up. And I could say I was bit by the fishing bug coming out of the womb I guess. You know my other brother. He never took to it like I did. You know kind of like my son. I've been taking my son fishing since he was 2 years old on the boat and everything. And he's 13 now and he doesn't really like fishing that much. Stephanie doesn't like it just doesn't ever care to go. So weird to me. But I don't force it on him. Although I've been thinking about doing it again lately. Lol. So my personal best bass is like borderline 10 lb is like nine something. I believe it was 22 and 1/2 in Long 23. And a primarily fishing out of the kayak nowadays and some bank fishing too. I like going to spots that no one else can get to.. so from the store you heard above my first bass experience was with plastic worms really but I would catch one here and there on a rooster tail or roadrunner. These are lures. My dad would let me use when we went fishing because he knew I had a better chance of catching something. And that's all I really wanted to do. But I love bottom bouncing. Probably my favorite technique fishing for bass. I know top water and dirt, bait, bites and so on and so forth are what most people like. There's something about jigga soft plastic and the motion. It was intended to be jigged at and then getting that bite whether it be from Texas rig or a jig. You feel that thunk then if everything goes right you can see your string kind of move off and you can move forward with it and then that slack line hook set and you know right then if you got them. I tell you what fighting an 8 pounder on a kayak is an experience. I feel like I had a trolling motor one time attached to me. Lol. Anyways, if you read this far, sorry for the long ass biography of me. But I love fishing at Lake Ray Hubbard. And I've been doing it for 43 years and I'm just now 49. 

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

[GRiver]

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida.

 

[GaryH]

Welcome aboard..

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

Nice Introduction 

A-Jay 

[thediscochef]

Welcome. I'm about an hour to your northwest, nice to have another in the dfw crew

[12poundbass]

Welcome to Bassresource 

[Eric 26]

Welcome from Illinois.

[whitwolf]

Welcome!

[GreenPig]

Welcome to the forum. 

[Glenn]

Welcome home!  We're glad you're here.