i just wanted to thank everyone for the informative advice and all the reading i have done on this forum for the past 6 months.  it has finally paid off!!!!  i was out at the Little Miami River in Cincinnati, Ohio this past weekend and landed my 1st and 2nd fish.  the first one was a crappie and the second was a Small Mouth.  I was using a square Bomber Fat A lure.  before i caught the crappie i was getting a lot of hits by them on this lure.  i could see in the water and crappie were coming from every direction.  it was crazy.  but only one bass though.

it definitley changes the attitude!!!!!! bring on number 3!!!!  ;D

Congrats reds, glad to hear you got a couple. This site is loaded with great advice and tips given by some nice anglers. Your fishing addiction has started  

Congrats reds, glad to hear you got a couple. This site is loaded with great advice and tips given by some nice anglers. Your fishing addiction has started

my words exactly. welcome to your new addiction, your in for a long ride and have tons of things to learn. I have been fishing for 25 years and still learn things everyday.

Congrats  ! Go out and catch a few more. When you catch a big ole smallie let us know and show it off with a few pics!

Mottfia

You can read and read -and that's good! But the fish are the real teachers.

You're over the hump! (The first one anyway LOL).

Man, you must feel like when Ohio State football team won the national championship.

Oops. Wrong comparison.

OK, you feel like a newlywed on his honeymoon.

Keep going and pulling in those LMB.

This is the start of something great.

Congrats.      

WTG reds...keep at it..

good to hear.......

you got the fire started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now keep up the good catching my pal ;D ;D ;D

Oh Yeah!  It's like a shot of the best drug you ever had.  The feeling I get when I land a nice one, ho man, indescribable.

Go get um but understand, sometimes they ain't gonna get got.  And that's a part of it's attraction as well.

People that don't love fishing?  I just don't understand.  Maybe they never caught one.

 It's all GRAVY now ...

skillet