well i am new hear and well i want to say sorry now has never been and will never be good but i do the best i can.
Well i really wanted to say i am happy to be here and well i do love fishing but i lack a lot the money to really have a lot of things to fish with so i tend to use a cheep pole and real i got fom wal-mart so i do what i can with what i have and well i love bass fishing so i try and go out when ever i can i do live in Elgin IL so if any one would ever like to go out fishing let me know i will see if i can make it

A lot of us, including myself, are on a low budget, so don't feel bad.

Low budget? More like NO budget! Flat broke and not even sure how many times i'll even get to go bass fishing this summer.

hey duggan welcome to the club. it seems alot of us are on tight budgets. Thats the great thing about fishing, you can still do well without putting out alot of money.

Brian

one can find stuff left behind some times and fish with that I have grabbed line out of a trash can and tied on a 1 /64 oz hair jig and caught crappies of the dock .
so one can fish with out much expense if the need is there .

plastics and jigs is also a good place to start . I was nice enough to leave me tackle box behind once when fishing before work and welll some one was kind of nice and cleand up after me so i had to start over from scratch and money was tight so i started of with jig heads and plastic trailers added in some crank baits.

If you live near a river some times when the water level goes down you can walk the banks and find stuff.
or you can make your own lures.
example :
SOUP CAN trolling spoon
take a soup can cut a oval out of it with one end smaller then the other then file the edges
Mark the center line then
drill a hole near each end and and add a split ring to each end
add a hook to one end
adjust bend in spoon for different speeds or action .

here or hear? hmmm

Posted By hoch04 on 13 May 2011 05:52 PM
here or hear? hmmm

I noticed that too...

you guys need to quit picking on a brother

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BIG MONEY RODS AND REELS TO CATCH FISH. I'VE BEEN FISHING FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, AND THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR YEARS I USED NOTHING BUT A HAND LINE WROND AROUND A CLOROX BOTTLE. I COUGHT HUNDREDS OF FISH ON MY HAND LINE. WHEN I GOT MY FIRST ROD AND REEL, IT WAS A HAND ME DOWN. THE FIRST NEW ROD AND REEL I BOUGHT COST ME 15 DOLLARS WHEN I WAS FORTEEN YEARS OLD. ALTHOUGH THE REEL FELL APART YEARS AGO, I STILL HAVE THAT ROD AND STILL USE IT TODAY FORTY FOUR YEARS LATER. 
    THE MOST MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT ON A ROD OR REEL WAS FORTY DOLLARS, FOR BOTH ROD AND REEL.  OVER THE YEARS I HAVE FOUND THAT THE CHEEPER TACKLE IF YOU ARE CAREFULL, CAN BE JUST AS GOOD AS BIG MONEY TACKLE, AND LAST JUST AS LONG AS LONG AS YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. 
   AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF FISHING I HAVE ABOUT TEN BAIT CASTERS AND FIFTEEN SPINNING REELS. ALONG WITH RODS FOR EACH REEL. RATHER I BOUGHT THEM OR RECIEVED THEM AS GIFTS, NONE OF THEM AS I SAID COST MORE THAN FORTY DOLLARS FOR ANY COMBO I OWN. 
   LOOK AT EVERY YARD SALE YOU PASS BY, I HAVE FOUND 25% OF MY TACKLE AT YARD SALES AND MOST THE TIME FIVE DOLLARS WILL BUY ANY ROD OR REEL. aT ONE YARD SALE I PICKED UP SEVEN TACKLE BOXES FULL OF TACKLE FOR TWENTY DOLLARS. THE TACKLE IN THESE BOXES WERE WORTH OBOUT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, AFTER I WENT THROUGH IT ALL. PLUS THERE WERE TWO PUSH BUTTON REELS IN ONE OF THE BOXES.
   WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAYIS YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON FISHING TACKLE. BETWEEN YARD SALES AND SALES AT YOUR LOCAL BAIT SHOP, YOU CAN SUPPLY YOURSELF VERY WELL ON A VERY LOW BUGGET IF YOU LOOK AROUND FOR THE RIGHT DEALS. 

                                                                                                KEEP AN EYE OUT,
                                                                                       THE EVERYDAY FISHERMAN
                                                                                            J. RICHARD HANKINS
                                                                                                      ( RICK )

P.S. KEEP AN EYE ON THE YARD SALE AROUND YOUR NEABORHOOD

Posted By RHank1 on 19 May 2011 07:24 AM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BIG MONEY RODS AND REELS TO CATCH FISH. I'VE BEEN FISHING FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, AND THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR YEARS I USED NOTHING BUT A HAND LINE WROND AROUND A CLOROX BOTTLE. I COUGHT HUNDREDS OF FISH ON MY HAND LINE. WHEN I GOT MY FIRST ROD AND REEL, IT WAS A HAND ME DOWN. THE FIRST NEW ROD AND REEL I BOUGHT COST ME 15 DOLLARS WHEN I WAS FORTEEN YEARS OLD. ALTHOUGH THE REEL FELL APART YEARS AGO, I STILL HAVE THAT ROD AND STILL USE IT TODAY FORTY FOUR YEARS LATER. 
    THE MOST MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT ON A ROD OR REEL WAS FORTY DOLLARS, FOR BOTH ROD AND REEL.  OVER THE YEARS I HAVE FOUND THAT THE CHEEPER TACKLE IF YOU ARE CAREFULL, CAN BE JUST AS GOOD AS BIG MONEY TACKLE, AND LAST JUST AS LONG AS LONG AS YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. 
   AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF FISHING I HAVE ABOUT TEN BAIT CASTERS AND FIFTEEN SPINNING REELS. ALONG WITH RODS FOR EACH REEL. RATHER I BOUGHT THEM OR RECIEVED THEM AS GIFTS, NONE OF THEM AS I SAID COST MORE THAN FORTY DOLLARS FOR ANY COMBO I OWN. 
   LOOK AT EVERY YARD SALE YOU PASS BY, I HAVE FOUND 25% OF MY TACKLE AT YARD SALES AND MOST THE TIME FIVE DOLLARS WILL BUY ANY ROD OR REEL. aT ONE YARD SALE I PICKED UP SEVEN TACKLE BOXES FULL OF TACKLE FOR TWENTY DOLLARS. THE TACKLE IN THESE BOXES WERE WORTH OBOUT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, AFTER I WENT THROUGH IT ALL. PLUS THERE WERE TWO PUSH BUTTON REELS IN ONE OF THE BOXES.
   WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAYIS YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON FISHING TACKLE. BETWEEN YARD SALES AND SALES AT YOUR LOCAL BAIT SHOP, YOU CAN SUPPLY YOURSELF VERY WELL ON A VERY LOW BUGGET IF YOU LOOK AROUND FOR THE RIGHT DEALS. 

                                                                                                KEEP AN EYE OUT,
                                                                                       THE EVERYDAY FISHERMAN
                                                                                            J. RICHARD HANKINS
                                                                                                      ( RICK )

P.S. KEEP AN EYE ON THE YARD SALE AROUND YOUR NEABORHOOD

He's totally right.

I agree with RHANK1, you can get a lot of stuff at yard sales or your local flee market that will last you a very long time and wont break your bank acc. Money is tight with the economy the way it is right know there probably is not alot of people going to bass pro shops speniding alot of money..

Posted By hoch04 on 13 May 2011 05:52 PM
here or hear? hmmm

Wow, last time I checked grammar was not a requirement for loving the sport. Im pretty sure there are not any requirements. I am new HEAR as well. I am here because I my husband and I like to fish, not attend spelling bee's