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Thank you everyone for your replies. I have tried to respond and individually thank every single one of you. If I missed you I am sorry. I am going to try again this spring. I am going to decide on two lures. One finesse, one power (moving) and research them throughout the winter so I am ready. Thank you so much everyone! Thank you. It helps to know that sometimes taking a step back is the best thing you can do!

A few here and there. Especially at Lake Smith.

That is a VERY interesting thought! Thank you so much!

Let's say I've got 3 spots within easy driving distance of each other. 5-10 acres a piece. With 4 hours to fish. How long do you stay at each one? Thank you my friend! Noted! Thank you for the wonder response! I have thought about asking a saltwater friend to take me out and help me catch well... anything.

Thank you! I did use the texas rigged senko but I used it when I first picked it back up and at the height of my frustration. It sounds like I need to pick it back up again! Location is added now. Ok. I will try and look some folks up. Ok! I've been trying the "small takeaways" hey my casting is getting more accurate. Hey I didn't get hung up today. I'm getting a lot of club and guide recommendations. Thanks! Keep on keepin' on is as good of advice as any! I've been trying the small victories approach to fishing! Thank you! Thanks for the link! Favorited! I do like beer... and my wife I guess.

I am the same way. I want to rebuild a lasting tradition that my grandfather experienced with me (skipped my dad), that I can pass to my sons and grandsons. Better than video games. I work in IT so it's nice to get out of the server room and into nature.

That's the only thing that has kept me going is being outside and the burning desire to figure this out for myself and other reasons! I started out "setting the hook" on everything that felt well like anything, anything that moved my gear that I didn't cause, just like grandpa said. I felt like I was dry firing ALL THE TIME cause I was. How did you learn this technique? Thanks!!!

Thanks it helps to know people have been where I am! How did you go about picking colors? I've did the two aforementioned colors because EVERY youtuber says those are the two colors they would choose but youtube fisherman and real people are very different. Thank you so much! My man! Thank you so much!

Thanks for the kind words! Might just grab Roland Martin's favorite next time out. 4/0 EWG, 1/8 bullet weight, and 297 Green Pumpkin Senko and leave the rest at home! Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina! Thanks for the kind words! That a size 2? or a 2/0? Choose two. Got it. Concentrate on a few techniques. What's the best way to get contour maps? Thanks!! Sorry! Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina! Banks for now! Maybe a Kayak? Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina! I will update those asap! Thanks!

Good Evening, I am a "born again" bass fisherman that well, simply put, can't catch anything. When I younger I used to fish with my grandfather and I remember every time we went we each caught something. Even if it was just a little guy, it was something. I didn't know much, but I tied on a hook with a weight and a worm and just fished. "Hold the rod straight, pop it 3 times, 9 to 11, lower it down, reel in the slack, and if you feel something move your gear set the hook." I remember even catching a PB 4lbs 7oz at like 10 or 11. All that aside I recently decided (at 28) that I want to bring fishing back into my life and into my family's life. I went out bought a 7' MH Fast, put on some 8lb mono, 1/8oz weights, 4/0 ewg hooks, and some senkos (Green Pumpkin and Black and Blue). Skunked. 11 sessions (2-5 hour sessions) at about 5 different spots between June and August. Not discouraged I took some time off to let it cool down a bit and did some research on spots to fish, simple lures to add to my arsenal to change up the presentation, and talked to some locals. I watched roughly 100 hours of fishing videos on youtube to make sure my hands were doing the right thing, what to add, and when to use them. I added 1/4 jigs with matching trailers (Green Pumpkin and Black and Blue), 1/8oz spinnerbaits (White and Chartreuse and Black and Blue), and #7 mojo rigged trick worms (Green Pumpkin and Black and Blue). Also learned drop shots craws (3/16oz) for the rare vertical structures. Armed to the teeth I headed out between October and November to all the new spots that the locals told me about, the hot spots on Fishbrain, and the state protected inland fishery places. Skunked. 9 sessions (2-5 hour sessions). I've literally had a single bite. One. It was on a spinnerbait; I went to set the hook and flipped him out of the water and lost him. All in all I've put about 200 hours into catching just one fish. I haven't. I have literally no idea what I am doing wrong. When I look up my "symptoms" I've already tried the answers. "Slow down, simplify, use a different color, do some research, talk to locals, etc." Where I used to find motivation in youtube fisherman catching something on silly things like a broom pole, string, and a hot dog or bringing a 5 year old with them to teach them to fish and they catch their first fish; I now only find frustration. I want to do this. I really, really do. Help me remember my grandfather and rebuild a hobby I can share with my grand kids. Will you kind folks offer an advice to me and maybe convince me to give it one more shot? Thank you in advance!