SammyLee Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Just a hello to the other Bass seekers out there. I am mid fifties and been fishing since I was a toddler, though never very skilled. A couple of years ago, my neighbor who lives on the lake in my subdivision asked me to come over an fish. I had drop shot some worms in the past had pretty good luck with them in the local lake, so we had some fun. I had medium spinning outfits and decided to go to light rigs as the Bass were running 3/4 lb. to 2 lb. and bought a 40 dollar closed face Zebco pinky trigger thing and caught a few with that. Two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to take a one day silent retreat on the property owned by my church denomination. (Episcopal) and there is a nice lake there about 40 acres. Five years ago I had caught a few bass there and took my gear on the retreat. I put a grub/bug spinner bait lure on the light line and made a cast. WHAM! A slab Brim gave me a good fight. Within 45 minutes I had caught a dozen nice brim and five nice bass! This was about 11:00 in a light rain. I went back about 3 pm (still raining) and switched to a small minnow jerk lure and was getting either a large brim or small bass on nearly every cast. Just for kicks, I switched to a 5 inch green, top water popper on that very light line and rod. First cast, SMASH! SPLASH! JUMP! a nice (for me) super clean, healthy fat bass was on. She gave that little reel a workout for sure. In the next hour and a half, I was getting at least a hit for every third cast. I kid you not. These fish were hungry, angry and acted like they'd never seen a lure in their lives. Kinda funny, the females I caught acted kinda scared when I got them on the bank. The big sleek males had a glint in their eye like, "Go ahead, reach down here, see what happens!" One of them looked like he'd be willing to take on a good sized house cat! After a couple of hours and countless fish, all but one released (I had a bleeder which I ate that night) I was actually "caught out". I never thought that'd happen. I didn't even fish on Sunday although the lake was a hundred feet from the cabin. I went back to the local lake (my neighbor's back yard) and started to make a cast with the little zebco. The darn thing was worn out! The spool release lever was like gravel and hung every other cast. No way could this new Bass Master could put up with that. I went to Bass Pro and bought a Shimano Saros 2500 SF reel and a St. Croix 6 foot single piece rod, running 6 lb. mono. What a difference! $$$ (edited just in case the wife ever reads this) bucks but it should last me the rest of my life, I hope. Anyway, if they are jumping into my lap, I can catch em. I hope to learn here how catch a few bigger ones when it's not like a dang "pay per pound" trout farm like it was at the church lake. Y'all take it easy and have fun. SammyLee Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted May 12, 2009 Super User Posted May 12, 2009 Welcome aboard! Great post. I'm in Germantown. Maybe we can get together sometime, I have a couple of ponds you might like to fish. -Kent a.k.a. roadwarrior 8-) Quote
Super User .RM. Posted May 12, 2009 Super User Posted May 12, 2009 Greetings & Welcome To The Most Informative Site On The Net Tight Lines!!! Quote
Super User Sam Posted May 13, 2009 Super User Posted May 13, 2009 Super intro. Every go to Graceland???? Ask questions - we are here to help you. Quote
SammyLee Posted May 13, 2009 Author Posted May 13, 2009 Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. This looks like a great forum with few flame wars etc. And yes, we went to Graceland when we moved up here seven years ago from South Florida. I was never much of an Elvis fan but I really enjoyed Graceland. Heck, by the time we got to his grave I was getting all misty eyed! I really knew I was a Southerner, raised in the sixties when I turned to my wife and said, "Hey, I thought they said this place was tacky!" The jungle room looked darn good to me. And what's the problem with lead crystal sitting on top of the TV? Heck, we had that in our mobile home. (Not trailer, we took the wheels off) That Sears and Roebuck color TV was the best piece of furniture we ever had. I'm going fishing this afternoon so I am gonna jump over to the tackle section and ask a few questions about rigging and fishing a creature, either drop shot or Texas rig in algae soup. Y'all stay cool and have fun. Quote
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Black Bass Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 Welcome to BR! It is a great resource. You're gonna like it here. Quote
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