Figured I'd introduce myself.

 

Been fishin' since probably before I could walk with my dad starting me off right early on.

 

Originally from the northeast and grew up fishin CT / NH lakes rivers ocean, you name it.

 

Ice fishin, fly fishin, and good old American Bass Fishin'

 

When I was 9 I saw ads for the banjo minnow and it was my favorite lure. The slow twitch crippled minnow retrieve landed me a bunch of bass. My dad caught the biggest bass i have ever seen with a banjo minnow- it pulled our canoe around and i swear it could have been near a state record. Barely fit in our big net! We let her go after lots of hootin and hollerin and pictures! One of, if not the best days of my life! 

 

Anyhow, im a bit older now and recently moved to Nevada. My gear has stepped up a bit since the good ol days of youth fishing the banjo minnow, but truth be told there are times i miss fishin' durin' the simple days of a younger world.

 

Henry David Thoreau said; "Many go fishing their whole lives without realizing it's not the fish that they're after."

 

I am certainly after the fish... but fishing provides us so much more than that in the process.

 

Nice to meet you all, 

 

Names Frank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Frank and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

A-Jay

Welcome aboard Frank.

Welcome aboard Frank. Nice intro !

Welcome to BR!! 

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Welcome Frank from Illinois. 

Welcome!

Hi from the Sunshine State of Fl 

Welcome Frank ?

I saw all the imformercials on the Banjo minnow years back but never tried them.

Welcome!

On 12/19/2022 at 4:52 PM, Bird said:

Welcome Frank ?

I saw all the imformercials on the Banjo minnow years back but never tried them.

Haha, those commercials sold me early on, but when I looked back years later at many different fishing forums it appears most people mocked the banjo minnow as a piece of junk that didn't catch fish.

 

I find it funny looking back at what I would characterize as the best fishing lure ever made (when I was a kid) to today looking back and seeing that others joked about it as a hunk of junk.

 

Just goes to show that many folks have different experiences - how does the saying go? one mans trash is another mans something or other...

 

Thank you for all the warm welcomes. T

Hi, Frank! Welcome to Bass Resource. I like how you led with the Banjo minnow. My favorite lure as a kid was the Creek Chub Plunker, but the Banjo Minnow, as I recall, was a fluke, so you were way ahead of the curve.

Welcome!

Welcome to BR frank! This is a wonderful and helpful community. 

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard, Frank!

Welcome to Bass Resource!

Hello @Lucky6 from Northern California, welcome Frank to Bass Resource and the Forums!

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