Hi everyone!

 

I've been welcoming other new members in their intro threads and realized I haven't made my own.

 

I'm originally from Clanton, AL and now live in a small town about 45 mins south of Pickwick. I joined Bass Resource back in 2007, but shortly after I had to quit fishing for a few different reasons so I quit vising the site. Not long after I forgot about it all together. I just started fishing again this year and I've recently got access to a local private pond that's loaded with big bass! The first time to the pond my buddy out did me 3/1.  I'm a competitive guy so I went home and starting thinking of ways to get better so that won't happen again.  All of the bass I'd ever caught while actually trying to catch bass had been on soft plastics, so i knew I had to figure out a way to learn some new techniques.   I got on youtube to search for bass fishing videos, then I remembered Bass Resource and the wealth of knowledge shared among all of the awesome members here!

 

A quick story on how I started bass fishing....

I grew up catching big 1.5lb bluegill from my grandfathers pond.  Pulling in those "monsters" with ultra-light spinning gear is still some of the most fun I have fishing!  There were (still are) a few bass in his pond, but the bluegill are bigger than the bass so what was the point in trying to catch them?... lol. One summer, in the late 90's, we had several days of 100+ degree weather and no rain. Saying it was REALLY hot and dry was an understatement.  My grandfather has a smaller pond about 150 yards away from his larger pond and it started to dry up.  My cousin and I noticed several 10-12" bass swimming around in the little water that was left.  We knew if it didn't rain soon they all would probably end up dying, so we thought we would save them by catching them out and running with with the 4 wheeler over to the big pond. The only problem was either of us really new how to catch a bass expect for the few we had caught on crickets while bream fishing...and we didn't have any crickets.  We went to our grandpaw and that's when I learned about fishing with soft plastics.  The thrill of throwing a bait out in front of the bass and watching it engulf it was like nothing I'd ever experienced.  Needless to say, after catching and moving all 20+ bass to the larger pond, I was hooked!!!

 

I'm looking forward to getting to know each of you and learning more about the one thing we all have in common... our love for catching fish!

 

Glenn and all the mods, thanks for making this place the best fishing site out there!

 

 

Welcome!

cool story

Thanks! Didn't realize I wrote so much...lol.

Another Alabamian!

Welcome back to the forums!
 

Jeff

Welcome to BR!

Welcome......................

I am new the Forum too and am finding it so helpful already! Hope you have the same experience!

Welcome!!

Welcome Home!

Welcome!