Hi I'm new to the club My dad took me on my first fishing trip when i was 3 then we went a few more times we'll e stoped going fishing until i was 11 i was kinda bored the first few times then i caught 2 three pounders that is what set off my fishing fever and me and fshing cannot part. Now at 16 and a half I want to start fishing Bassmasters classics and elite series one i'm really looking foward to is in 2012 at the red river here in shreveport louisiana.

Thats cool just keep on learning and fishing best of fishing for you

I fished on and off when I was very young, like most kids do. Only got into it about 3 years ago, and since then I've been completely addicted. I've tried fly fishing, saltwater, freshwater(Started out in freshwater, still my favorite), and soon I'll be trying ice fishing.

There's nothing more addicting than fishing, skewl.

You got that right



GEAUX SAINTS GEAUX

Bassassasin1...this is for your book if you want...I'm almost 49 years old and basically just really started fishing about 3yrs ago. Like most folks I fished as a kid with Grandpa and the like, mostly cane pole fishing for Bream. However due to life changes and such, only fished every now and then (twice a year ..maybe) up till the age of 14 or 15. After that there was no more until 2007 when the company I work for took me on a fishing trip to Canada. It was one of those "Fly-In" Wilderness Lodges. Literally no way there except be Sea Plane...very cool!!!! I was extremely nervous because I hadn't been around or thought about fishing for 30 plus years. I was basically starting over!!!! With a little research ( thank goodness for the internet and the lodge web site) I found out most of what I needed and how to use it. I borrowed a fishing rod and reel, went and purchased the few lures that the lodge web site said they used up there and the rest is kind of history. We caught Lake Trout,Walleye,Small-mouth Bass, and I lost a Northern Pike that I thought was going to pull the rod out of my hands (I was definitely not prepared for a hit like that). From that moment on I was H*O*O*K*E*D as they say. When I got back home I started fishing with friends that I never knew even fished...because we had never talked about it....and now own a bass boat,more rods and reels than the law should allow and we better not even start talking about lures and other tackle. Only if my Grandpa could see me now....oh he would still be using a cane pole and night crawlers but still loving it none the less. Some of my friends and I now have started an annual fishing trip to Lake George in Florida for the Shellcracker spawn and a little Bass fishing. I hope to make to your neck of the woods one of these days,I hear fishing is great there.
Keep in touch on your book progress;;I would like to be one of the first in line for a copy!!!
Greg

Man that is awsome as always fishing has you in it's hooks even if you stray away from it no matter what you'll always come back to it

My Grandmother taught me to fish from the bridge over Cypress Creek right next to their home in Pompano Beach Florida using a Mitchell 300 reel., that was 1964 and I was 13.  Thanks Grandma! Fishing became a life long passion for me as did playing music, which I started doing that same year. I have been a pro/semi pro musician nearly all my adult life (electric and upright bass) which led to my web site posting name, bass or bass?. What's on the agenda this weekend, bass fishing or bass playing?

Hey thats great i'm learning how to play piano and gutair also am a great cook to finding time to do all that i love is hard but i'll eventually do everythinf=g i like
thanks fo postin that great story

Greg, really enjoyed your story about Lake George--have fished there several times with my family but lately it is just me.  Let me know when you plan to make your trip and maybe I can drive down and we can get together in one of those massive shellcracker beds and share a few "tails" about previous trips or create some new ones.  Good luck and good fishing!  Uncle Tom

Hay bassassassin1, I also own my own business (a dental laboratory), so between the business, band, home remodeling, family life (including grand kid's activities ,got 5 of 'em aged 17 [awesome pianist], 14 [he's a drummer], 11 [another great pianist, and she fishes and wants to hunt], 10, and 6) I have a hard time finding time to fish, lucky if I get out once every 6 weeks. Enjoy all your activities, they make for a fulfilling life.

I started fishing since I could tie my shoes. My mom really got me into it. She gave me one of my Grandpa's old poles. She took me on the river to fish carp, never caught one. My first fish was a white bass out of Lake Marie at age 6.  By the time I was 13 I really got into it. I read books and watched a lot of In-Fisherman DVD's on Largemouth Bass. Now I am 18 and fishing is my greatest passion and I just had my best season ever. 491 fish. A lot of them were 3+ pound bass! I plan to fish until the day I die.

Posted By BassWhisperer67 on 14 Jan 2011 01:32 AM
I started fishing since I could tie my shoes. My mom really got me into it. She gave me one of my Grandpa's old poles. She took me on the river to fish carp, never caught one. My first fish was a white bass out of Lake Marie at age 6.  By the time I was 13 I really got into it. I read books and watched a lot of In-Fisherman DVD's on Largemouth Bass. Now I am 18 and fishing is my greatest passion and I just had my best season ever. 491 fish. A lot of them were 3+ pound bass! I plan to fish until the day I die.

That's awesome! Enjoy it while you have the time. Not that I don't still enjoy it, I sure do, but fishing time will get reduced by other things in life. And you'll love those things too.

hey bass or bass u should compete for bassmasters

Posted By bassassasin1 on 18 Jan 2011 06:19 PM
hey bass or bass u should compete for bassmasters

Everyone's a comedian now!

To tell you the truth, I first wanted to try fishing when I was 8, just becauss of all the colors in my uncle's tackle box. Landed my first 4 pound bass on a frog with him at camp.
Im still at it, and the hook, line, and the sinker are still with me.

I started around 3 when my grandpa took me out on his boat for the first time. My dad had been hooked for years, so when he found out that I liked it, he took me out to fish several times a month. Ever since then, I've been hooked for life because I love the peace and quiet mixing with excitement all of a sudden.

I started fishing when i was four, i fished mainly with whatever i could find and when ever i could. as the years went on i gained new skills, and developed new technique. Then two summers ago my dad got me an old alumacraft 14ft. I worked all that winter makinging i my bassboat. I extended the front to make a platform. Added fishfinder, carpet, electronics, and all new seats.