First Fish of the season.Crankbaits!

TennesseeBassHawg · 03-14-09, 11:40 AM

We went to a small pond in Mississippi expecting a good day. IT started off slow and had me a little frustrated. I had only caught 1 bass after an hour. I was using jigs, worms, spinnerbaits, and flukes. I took a friend of mine with me that is not really a bass fisherman. He had a 5500C Garcia real, but it was on a 8' Rhino rod. I tried not the laugh the first time i saw him. But wouldn't you know it, he made it happen. I had noticed that he was throwing a rattle trap and was rippin' it thourgh the water man! As fast as he could real. Well i saw him catch a fish and i figured he must of snagged that fish. But just a few seconds later he catches another one. Well, i tie on a crankbait and soon i catch one. Meanwhile, my other buddy just hates crankbaits and will not tie one on. To make a long story short we caught 15 1.5-2lbs bass. we had a nice fish fry that night. My buddy with the 8 foot rod, he's a computer scientist and had actually done his homework the night before. THe moral of this story is you will never know what and who you may learn from. I've been bass fishing for 30 years and i still learn something knew almost everytime i go fishing.
Now, lets go rip some lips!!!

bamabassman · 03-14-09, 03:01 PM

first of all, welcome to the site pal. this is the best there is on the world wide web. you are now offical fodder for the bait monkey.
now...congrats. you can always count on a friend to help ya out huh? i want to get my fathers ol 550 garcia. love them reels. great reels for cranking cranks.

MallenManson · 03-14-09, 03:15 PM

Sweet! A poster newer than me! Welcome Hawg

aikenyounggun · 03-14-09, 03:33 PM

yeah welcome to the nuthouse... glad you found this website and glad you caught some fish

Jim80 · 03-14-09, 07:18 PM

welcome aboard man , it's always good to learn something new on the water.

Jim

keithdog · 03-15-09, 10:32 AM

Welcome to the forums! Liked your story. How often over the years have I witnessed something similar. One guy tries something that others would snicker at, and by days end, guess who has the last laugh. Experimentation can work wonders, even if it seems weird at first. My brother once was fishing with a spinnerbait at a lake he'd never fished before. He slipped on a 9 inch black Manns Jelleyworm as a trailer. I got a good laugh out of that, asking why he's put such a big trailer on that spinnerbait. I told him, to downsize that trailer. He ignored me as usual. But he was catching about 5 bass to every one of mine. It seemed like every other cast he was nailing fish. I couldn't believe it. Sometimes the unusual is just the ticket.

03-14-09, 11:40 AM	#1
TennesseeBassHawg BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: collierville, tn Posts: 2	First Fish of the season.Crankbaits! We went to a small pond in Mississippi expecting a good day. IT started off slow and had me a little frustrated. I had only caught 1 bass after an hour. I was using jigs, worms, spinnerbaits, and flukes. I took a friend of mine with me that is not really a bass fisherman. He had a 5500C Garcia real, but it was on a 8' Rhino rod. I tried not the laugh the first time i saw him. But wouldn't you know it, he made it happen. I had noticed that he was throwing a rattle trap and was rippin' it thourgh the water man! As fast as he could real. Well i saw him catch a fish and i figured he must of snagged that fish. But just a few seconds later he catches another one. Well, i tie on a crankbait and soon i catch one. Meanwhile, my other buddy just hates crankbaits and will not tie one on. To make a long story short we caught 15 1.5-2lbs bass. we had a nice fish fry that night. My buddy with the 8 foot rod, he's a computer scientist and had actually done his homework the night before. THe moral of this story is you will never know what and who you may learn from. I've been bass fishing for 30 years and i still learn something knew almost everytime i go fishing. Now, lets go rip some lips!!!

03-14-09, 03:01 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	first of all, welcome to the site pal. this is the best there is on the world wide web. you are now offical fodder for the bait monkey. now...congrats. you can always count on a friend to help ya out huh? i want to get my fathers ol 550 garcia. love them reels. great reels for cranking cranks. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-14-09, 03:15 PM	#3
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Sweet! A poster newer than me! Welcome Hawg __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-14-09, 03:33 PM	#4
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	yeah welcome to the nuthouse... glad you found this website and glad you caught some fish __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

03-14-09, 07:18 PM	#5
Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	welcome aboard man , it's always good to learn something new on the water. Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

03-15-09, 10:32 AM	#6
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Welcome to the forums! Liked your story. How often over the years have I witnessed something similar. One guy tries something that others would snicker at, and by days end, guess who has the last laugh. Experimentation can work wonders, even if it seems weird at first. My brother once was fishing with a spinnerbait at a lake he'd never fished before. He slipped on a 9 inch black Manns Jelleyworm as a trailer. I got a good laugh out of that, asking why he's put such a big trailer on that spinnerbait. I told him, to downsize that trailer. He ignored me as usual. But he was catching about 5 bass to every one of mine. It seemed like every other cast he was nailing fish. I couldn't believe it. Sometimes the unusual is just the ticket.

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