Hi. My name is Richard. I'm new at this fishing thing, and really want to get into it, but other than the 101 basics I'm lost. Right now I am only able to go to a couple lakes in Michigan that have boat rentals. (I like boat fishing the most.) It just seems to me that I don't catch much of anything. I smallmouth, here or there, and some small panfish. I usually only use night crawlers. Someone told me to stay with that, and not to worry about other types of lures. I'm just looking for some help to up my level in the world of fishing. So, if anyone is willing to gve me some advise on how I can further my career in fishing, then let me know.

1 st ?.......... were abouts are you from in michigan?
2nd ?......... have you posted this ? in the michigan thread part of this site?
3 rd ?......... are you using a crawler harness with or without spinner blades? or are you useing a straight hook with a whole crawler or half?
4 th ?.......... when out in the boat are you anchoring or drifting?
5 th ?.......... are you going out and fishing structure or are you fishing blindly?

without the 1st 2 things, you most likely will not get person to person help. but there is allot of good guys on here that can and most likely will give you some kind of advice and it will work most of the time. as you answer these ?'s you will becoming a better fisherman, by the means of more and more guys will be able to give advice.

also richard i would like to welcome you to the bb and i hope we all can be of service to you. oh ya i forgot to tell you to wear your wadders in here, sometimes it can get deep

a good beginner lure tostart out with would be a senko, it is rather easy to work and catches fish.

I agree I started with a senko, and I still use them. A good brand is yum!!!! Have fun fishing. And good luck!!!!