In 1997 on Memorial Day weekend, I fished a Zell Rowland signature Pop R

 

(Internet Image, not the actual Lure)

On 2/25/2019 at 5:19 PM, jimmyjoe said:

  Black Hula Popper, 1963. Caught on my older brother's Heddon fiberglass rod and green Heddon reel, black nylon braid. Farm pond.   jj

Cool.  I remember all that stuff so well.  I loved the red/white Hula Dancer.  So did the smallies.

On an extremely long cast with a half a worm to the other side of the pond, worked back parallel to the bank where it would be impossible for people to walk. 

I remember when I was a kid in the 80's, I'd just dig up some worms and bobber fish and catch em.. I don't  remember the first one but my first memory was one day when I ran out of worms from catching Shellcrackers and all I had was a shiny bare hook. I casted it over in a corner of a farm pond and watched the hook fall a few feet below the bobber. A keeper size bass came up and just nosed the hook. I waited a few seconds and twitched the bobber (and hook) and he nailed it. It was hooked, so was I.

Jitterbug on a Zebco setup, 1974, Hopkins Stream, Mt. Vernon, Maine. The strike scared the hell out of me. Had it for dinner.

Caught my first bass on a jig head with a curly tail worm. Took me four months to catch my first fish... Looking back it's amazing how little I understood about bass and how to present a bait. Thanks to the people on this site and probably thousands of hours of YouTube videos, my fishing has become far more productive

Mine was on a Bomber, Square bill crankbait.  1/4oz, in a brown crawfish/chartreuse color (been discontinued).

I was using a BPS Extreme baitcast combo (MH/F).  This was when the combos were an emerald green color (2009)

On a live grasshopper, I think l was 4 or 5?

I think mines was a strike king squarebill

June 2007 5" Green Pumpkin Senko.

Largemouth was too long ago to remember the lure I was using.

 

Spotted was a shakey head worm rig.

I caught my first bass well over 2 decades ago. In that time I have caught double digit bass, lost count of the 8 pound or better bass, and hundreds of bass over 5 pounds. At this point in my life I am more interested in fishing for big bass and catching new species of bass. I also hope to continue improving my ability to catch big bass in new bodies of water.

On 2/25/2019 at 4:14 PM, scaleface said:

cane pole , bobber and night crawler for bait .

 

Cane pole, bobber and a red worm for bait. Hula popper for first bass on an artificial. 

Zebco 33 combo, beetlespin. 

 

My dad had put the tail of a culprit worm on a hook and used a beetlespin spinner. Just a phosphate pit in the middle of a central Fla cowfield.

 

I remember being scared of the cows watching us fish, 1993ish. Great memories. Enjoyed reading this thread

 

BTW, my dad mounted the bass and I still have it on the wall. Maybe a 1lb dink. Best dink ever!

First bass I remember catching on a lure was with a red and white spoon when I was 14 or so. I think I caught 1 more on it ever.

I may have caught  a bass on a live worm before that but  I dont remember for sure.

First good sized bass I caught was a 4 pounder that ate  a dough ball while I was fishing for catfish.?

I dont remember. But I'm sure it was with a nightcrawler. May have been under a bobber or over a sinker. My dad took us fishing a lot. But all he cares to fish for are bullheads, crappie, and walleye. Hes an old school fishing for meat kind of guy.