Hey All,

 Jim here.  Got tired of lurking and decided to take the plunge.  I'm in the piedmont of North Carolina.  63 yeras old, been fishing since I was 3.  I worked at a few tackle shops/outdoor stores in my 20s.  Fished club tournaments and guided on local lakes in my free time when I wasn't hunting.  Haven't fished for money in a long time, though I did pretty good when I did.  Dedicated turkey hunter.  Hunted deer over 30 years, but don't have that in me much these days.  Never boated a bass over 10 pounds, though I've had a few on.  My P.B. @ 9 lbs. 14 oz. is the biggest I ever brought to the scales. My best day bass fishing was a 10 fish day that weighed just over 60 lbs...all on deep crankbaits, post spawn. 

 

Looking forward to meeting some folks and learning techniques that work in your area.  Happy to share info on what's worked for me. Sold my bass boat years ago. My rig these days is a W.S. Pungo kayak.  I've been catching more and bigger fish because I cover water more thoroughly.

 

Jim

From one new member to another, welcome aboard. 

Welcome!

Hello Jim and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

Nice Intro

A-Jay

What A-Jay said….

Welcome, 68 yo yaker here

Welcome aboard Jim. Good intro. 

Welcome to BR Jim. Sounds like you have it pretty well figured out when it comes to bass catching. 

Welcome from Kentucky!!

Welcome aboard Jim!

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida 

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Welcome from Morganton NC!

Welcome!

On 2/6/2024 at 10:16 PM, CutNRun said:

My best day bass fishing was a 10 fish day that weighed just over 60 lbs...all on deep crankbaits, post spawn. 

 

WOW!

 

On 2/6/2024 at 10:16 PM, CutNRun said:

My rig these days is a W.S. Pungo kayak. 

 

I'm an old paddler too.

Welcome to Bassresource 

Welcome from Illinois 🙋🏻‍♂️

Howdy from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Nice intro, got any pictures of that 9lb 14 ouncer?

Welcome to BR.

 

Glad to see I'm not the only old guy in a kayak.

Welcome to BR from the left coast.

Tom

Welcome to the forums.

Welcome aboard, Jim!

Thanks for the welcome.  As much as I love fishing from my kayak, I sure do miss being able to invite somebody along to fish.  I don't know enough other kayakers around here to fish with.  I see a lot more kayaks on the water these days, which is nice. 

 

The only pic of my P.B. bass is in a photo album at the boathouse where I caught (& released) it.  I've had 2 bigger bass on at the same lake and both pulled the hook.  Caught it in early March slow rolling a 1/2 oz. double willowleaf spinnerbait on a flat beside the river channel. Sad to say that I've had 5 pounders pull harder too.

 

My 10 fish, 60+ Lb. day was in mid-May, post-spawn.  I'd found several sunken trees/logs by deeper water up and down the main body of the lake with jigs in early spring.  The third cast on the first log I pulled up to yielded a 7.5 pound bass.  On a hunch, I went to the next log down the lake @ about the same depth and boated a 6-10.  The smallest I caught that day was 3-15.  All on a 3/4 oz. crawdad colored Luhr Jensen Hot Lips deep diving crankbait.  I'd burn it down, bounce the bottom, bump the log, then stop cranking, and they'd slam it. Had 10 bites that morning and caught 'em all.  Off the water by 1:30 p.m.. It was freakin' magic.  Never had another day like it before or since.

 

I have a picture of my biggest from the kayak (so far).  I didn't weigh her.  It was 8+ caught on a Glass Shad Rap with a black back.  Pulled it alongside a hump by a forked channel and she stopped it dead.  She pulled the kayak sideways and burnt 20+ feet of drag on 3 runs before I got the net under her.  Image is not on this laptop, so I'll have to dig it up and paste it later.

 

Jim

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