Hawgin

5" watermelon/gold flake senko t-rigged weightless on a 7' fenwick techna av rod, a pfluegger echelon reel, and 12 lb suffix elite.

It's on OLN on Monday, Friday, and Saturday mornings.

My favorite sound is that little grunt you let out when you feel a fish hit your jig or senko, and then you reel down a slam home the hookset.

Man, am I glad that I'm not friends with you bunch of grumpy scoundrels. As someone who just picked up the sport a little over a year ago, I'm certainly glad that my buddies actually don't mind fishing with an inexperienced angler and are willing to share their tips and time with me. Yes, I am willing to spend as much time on the water as they want, and I am willing to fish however/whatever/where ever it is that they are fishing, and I'm willing to take the time to practice my techniques, and to "study" up on bass fishing so I'm not a hindrance on them so maybe that makes my case different. If it was not for them and their patience I would have probably already walked away from this sport because at times it can get pretty frustrating, but instead since they have taken the time to fish with me, I now fish in tournaments (with some decent success) and I've actually picked up on some techniques that I can share with them. I agree that taking a kid fishing and having patience with them is a great way to get them hooked on the sport, but sometimes that kid is 28 years old and can fall in love with the sport just as much as you are.

Javelin- I was in your position this weekend, and I found a good work around. I went out Saturday, and after about 2 hours I figured out the bite was just going to be to tough, so I went back home and worked my tail off painting a room my wife wanted finished and then took her out for dinner. In turn she gave me the thumbs up to go back out this afternoon, and I had a good time catching fish. So my advice is to go on Tuesday, and if after a few hours things aren't going well, go home and get some of those "honey-dos" done, and she will probably consider letting you go back out the next day. If the fish are biting on Tuesday, stay out and enjoy your day.

They currently show these every Monday, Friday, and Saturday on the Outdoor Life Network if you get that channel.

I'm not sure how many of you guys get the Outdoor Life Network, but they also run a lot of fishing shows on Saturday mornings during the same time ESPN has theirs on. I know they usually show Classic Patterns which I really enjoy, along with Roland Martin, One More Cast, Fishing University, and a few others that currently escape my memory. I find their shows to usually be more informative, and less entertainment (i.e. Loud Mouth Bass).

Does anyone besides me feel like the remedial kid who accidently stumbled into the advanced physics class? Thank goodness the areas I fish at don't require an entry exam to get on the water.

I decided I wanted at least visit and fish in Cali a few weeks ago when watching Basscenter and seeing those guys pulling hawgs out of Lake Diamond on large swim baits.