Hey all! my names Chris. Im a city boy. grew up in southern california. never really fished my entire life except for a few times my grandpa took me when i was around 11 (23 now). Money became an issue so i packed up and shipped out to Idaho, and am now in the process of becoming a bonified cornfed country boy.

As you can assume, i plan on doing TONS of fishing. I have a cousin who fishes every day, and ive been going out with him quite frequently. as of now, im using my grandpas old rod, a Kunnan rod. i would tell you the brand of reel if i knew, but over the years the logo wore off. (it must be an older pole since the kunnan factory burned down in the early 90's).

Its nice to be here. Theres TONS of great info on this site. I plan on stickin around for a long while.

Shall we do the bit where we go in a circle and tell everyone a bit about ourselves?  ;D

Welcome

Welcome.

Hello and welcome,

I am new to the site as well and if I cant give you feedback on what you should buy I can tell you what works for me.

I started with a 6.6 and a 7 foot rods medium/heavy,

Spincast or open face, I prefere a bait caster ( but they take lots of practice and can get quite expensive ) get a medium size open face reel if you get one too large you decrease the distance you can cast.

10 to 14 lb test fishing line works really well ( clear in color works good in most places for me )

A tackle box ( nothing really big ) and fill it with 3 to 6 inch plastic worms and lizzards, colors that work anywhere watermelon, pumpkin seed ,chartreuse work great, 3 to 5 inch suspending crank baits I like ones that have black on top and either gold or silver on the bottom.

I like 2/0 or 3/0 offset hooks with 1/4 to 1/2 oz bullet style weights.

You can get all of this stuff at your friendly local wal-mart for around 100 to 150 bucks !

But I cant express to you enough BE SAFE and take your time and you will have a lot of fun!!!!

Hello and welcome!

Welcome to BR

Hello and welcome. The Bait Monkey can hardly wait to introduce himself.

Welcome aboard!

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Welcome neighbor!

Welcome aboard

Welcome to the forum, Chris.

Welcome to BR!

Welcome to BR from Sunny CA. There's lots of great people and information here so pull up a chair and stick around for awhile!

Welcome aboard.

Welcome..........................

Welcome, Nice to have another Idahoan here.

Welome Home!

Welcome to BR! It's a great resource. You're gonna like it here.