Newbie here from Detroit. 

 

Been fishing since I could walk (28,now), but really caught the bass bug when I was around 14/15. Fishing (and pretty much all my other hobbies) took a back seat to college, young kids, and work around the age of 19, but recently picked it back up seriously last year. I feel like I’m relearning everything. 

 

Stuck on shore my whole life, but hoping this is the year I get into a small boat.

 

Unfortunately summer is the “busy season” at work, so getting out can be a struggle working 70 hour weeks. But living 2 blocks off the Detroit River makes quick runs to scratch the itch easy. 

 

I did pretty well this year, for my first year back. Caught my personal best of 6lbs 12 oz right out of the river. 

 

I’ve been browsing the site for a while, and looking forward to funneling as much info as you guys can produce into my brain. Might even try a tournament or two this year if my work schedule permits! 

Welcome!

Hello from up in Otsego County ~

Welcome to Bass Resource 

A-Jay

Welcome aboard!

Welcome from Montcalm county.

Welcome to Bass Resource from a county... uh... nowhere near the state of Michigan.

 

6# 12 oz smallmouth?  Dang!  That's getting awful close to @A-Jay size right there!!!!!

Welcome, Smalls.

 

Great having you with us.

 

Ask your questions and we will do all we can to give you our input and ***.

 

Stay warm.

Welcome from Central FL! 

Welcome from the 810!! (Genesee county)

Welcome to Bass Resource !!!!

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

welcome from southern Indiana , it is cold here as well ,ICE!!

Hello and Welcome 

 

 

 

Mike

On 1/12/2018 at 2:05 PM, Steveo-1969 said:

Welcome to Bass Resource from a county... uh... nowhere near the state of Michigan.

 

6# 12 oz smallmouth?  Dang!  That's getting awful close to @A-Jay size right there!!!!!

Largemouth. I landed a decent amount of smallmouth this year, considering I fish from the bank, though. My largest was a hair under 4-20. 

 

I appreciate the the warm welcome, fellas! 

Welcome! 

Pretty warm welcome from SoCal.

Greetings and Welcome to the forums 

A warm welcome from new jersey!

Greetings from  Frozen Yankeeland!

Nice intro, have you thought about a fishing kayak rather than a small "boat"? Did the better part of 50 years from the shoreline accept when I borrowed my dad's old flat bottom 10 footer which fit nicely in the bed of my truck....until the truck found a new owner.

 

Got a new truck and a yak to go with it last season....and to paraphrase Martin Luther King...free at last, free at last!!!! ?????

 

Hope you manage to find a little time to do a tournament or two. I'm hoping to do the same!

 

LM

Howdy and welcome to our fishing family! ?

On 1/18/2018 at 10:37 AM, LadiMopar said:

Greetings from  Frozen Yankeeland!

Nice intro, have you thought about a fishing kayak rather than a small "boat"? Did the better part of 50 years from the shoreline accept when I borrowed my dad's old flat bottom 10 footer which fit nicely in the bed of my truck....until the truck found a new owner.

 

Got a new truck and a yak to go with it last season....and to paraphrase Martin Luther King...free at last, free at last!!!! ?????

 

Hope you manage to find a little time to do a tournament or two. I'm hoping to do the same!

 

LM

I’m actually picking up an 8 ft Pelican “boat” this weekend. I’ll make a post about it because I have some questions.

 

But I did give a kayak thought. I want to like the idea, but I’m a klutz and I prefer to stand. 

 

As far as tournaments go- I’d love to, for the sole purpose of learning and meeting fishing buddies. I’m not very competitive, I prefer to challenge myself. 

 

 

2 hours ago, Smalls said:

I’m actually picking up an 8 ft Pelican “boat” this weekend. I’ll make a post about it because I have some questions.

 

If you haven’t already done so, I would recommend setting aside some time and reading this thread:

 

I’ve been skimming through that for a few hours, haha.