Slow getting to this page, been playing on the rods and reels page a few days with new and old tackle.  

Grew up bass fishing with my dad, but hill country limestone creeks and endemic bass on fly rod - Texas brook trout - took over my attention.  

My first love is coast kayak fishing.  

My best bass, sight-fished on fly rod on the Sabinal River was a shocking 28" and about 10 lbs.  They don't get too fat eating nickel-sized crayfish.  Not really showing off here, just trying to get my cats whisker.  

a pretty good yellow belly from the Pedernales headwaters - she's not alone here

a red-ear hen with shoulders bottom-bounced on the Guadalupe with Teeny line and, of course, cats whisker

Here's what we do at the coast, table-fare slot redfish

and a pretty good sow trout

I won't be contributing much to the bass fishing topics, other than our overlap of gear, but may get in an occasional hill country report, or better, coast flats report. 

forgot to add, the sunfish in the pool with my PB bass were really shy.  

But I did manage a nice native cichlid in the same pool.  

Also have a story about the big yellow belly hen I have to tell.  

I was sight-fishing a 5-lb bass on an oxbow on the Pedernales headwater. She was creeping around my cats whisker in a yawn.
Just before she got there, the massive 14" redbreast sunfish shot out and grabbed the fly.
The whole time I was fighting the yellow belly, so was the bass hen. She settled at my feet while I was handling the sunny to photograph and release it. I daubed the fly in front of my feet and the bass shot up and snagged it.
There aren't too many times you get a 5-lb bass waiting in line to eat your fly.  

Belated welcome aboard Bulldog. Great pics. Thanks for sharing

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ 

A-Jay

Welcome to the forum

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Welcome!

 

Plenty of us here appreciate the other fish in our lives as well as our beloved bass. Feel free to share your pictures and stories.

Welcome aboard!

 

First pic indicates you have really small hands. Just kidding. ?

 

Nice, multi-species pix! 

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