A-Rob

Nice work! I bet you are just about getting sick of fiberglass?? haha It looks great!

sounds like you had to grind it out a bit but looks like a great day!

heck ya!

Nice! Can't complain about that in January!

Nice one!

and so it begins! soon will come the jig box, the jig rod, the specific jig line, the jig reel, and a whole pile of more bass!

I'd take it!

oh heck ya!

No matter what pond in the world you go to bass will eat worms! Make sure you bring a trick worm or senko I've had bass turn down jigs where no craw are in the ponds, same with cranks/jerks...but never had an issue with a fish turning down a worm. A spinnerbait is always good to! edit: Better advice than mine: "I would suggest you stock your tackle box with a vareity of things but you don't need to overdo it. Cover your water column, Topwater poppers or frogs, spinner baits, jigs,soft plastics (worm/craws) and a couple of cranks to cover different depths. Ask your friend about the water clarity to help choose your colors. You should be ready for anything."

Pretty cool man! welcome!

Awesome!

Nice! Nothing like a nice jig bite!

wow! congrats dude!

x2!!!

San Diego Jam, whether it was the knot or I could just tie this one better than the rest, changed the game for me. I had 0 break offs with it last season compared to a handful with a palomar make sure your drag is set so if you are like me and get excited and set the hook too hard your knot doesn't take the full impact..that helped me to

The chronarch is a step up from the curado I believe. I have a curado E and can vouch for it being a solid reel (i flip/pitch with it). The new line of them (curado G) was down graded a bit and feels more like the citica E while the Chronarch G feels like the Curado E. Anyways I would get the curado E or a chronarch G (similar) if that is your price range. If you can get the chronarch E thats pretty awesome. I have always fished shimano but am looking to upgrade my cheaper/older shimano cruxis with an abu garcia winch on my crankbait rod.....just to confuse you more by throwing in another option hahahahah

Somebody already mentioned it, but I looked it up on e bay and you can get flouro for a much better price buying in bulk from the sellers on that site

I had hookworm once but thats a whole different story.... 70's was pretty early for a soft plastic worm, when did Creme come out with their original worm?? My first bass came on a minnow fishing with my grandpa

WOW!

i hear good things about vicious or try yo-zuri as a very good alternative

Zoom super chunk jr is a great trailer It will fit on your jigs no problem and will catch fish no problem. I will use them year round with success. i use them up to 1/2 oz jigs, i trim the skirt for a smaller profile jig i use other jig trailers to but these work just fine

I fish with a couple citicas, one with braid one with flouro. Try starting with this before tweaking it yourself... Put 1/2 the brakes on (the plastic caps inside the side plate, 1/2 of em in, 1/2 of em out.) This will shorten your casts but slow the spool down a bit for ya. Then put the spool the spool tension nob (by the drag star) to a level that allows the lure to free fall if you drop it but doesn't let the spool spin when it hits the water. Like I said, this will shorten your casting distance but it will help. Tweak it from there to your preference

drop 'em off back at the docks and never talk to him again after 3 fish

rattle trap for me ...followed closely by a jig and Pig

hmmmmm.... I would maybe find a large flat (a future spawning flat) and back off of it until you find the first drop in depth. I would keep with the crankbait/jerkbait if possible and just slow try slowing down a bit more or a finesse worm or jig Good luck dude!