865angler

Thanks for welcoming me, I'm glad to be a part of this forum. Went fishing this evening but got way too much of a late start. But my buddy did catch a little 1lb largemouth within the first 15 mins but that was the extent of the action

Hey guys n gals, I'm new here. I'm 25 and from Knoxville TN (GO VOLS!) I'm new to bass fishing, just started this spring actually. I began fishing about 2-3 years ago for catfish because I wanted to catch big fish and I knew catfish get huge. But it turned out to be rather boring because all you have to do is tie up a Carolina rig and put a chicken liver on there and just...... sit. I caught a few channel cats but nothing big like I wanted and I eventually got bored of sitting around waiting for a bite. So this spring I decided to try some bass fishing. I've caught a few largemouth and smallmouth and now I'm hooked! (Pun intended...) I fish fort Loudon lake mainly. Since I've just began bass fishing I've been doing the "finesse" technique. I've been trying a Carolina rig using my medium power rod with a spinning reel loaded with 10lb test, and flourocarbon 8lb test as my leader. I have 1/8 oz slip sinker, sometimes I use 2 for a little extra help staying near the bottom. And im using 1/0 hooks. Seems to be a pretty good finesse setup for me. And I'm just using finesse worms and I've got some baby brush hogs, and even a little paca craw. Just soft creature baits... Anyways, just wanted to check in with everyone and say hello!