Humble brag post, I have only been bass fishing more regularly for the last few years. I grew up wade fishing never much fresh water. That all changed when my In laws bought a lake house.

I am pretty limited still as I only have a 12’ tiny with my electric trolling motor. But with that said it is enough to occasionally get me out and I was blessed right before this quarantine [censored] to get out and fish some beds.

I caught this big girl on a Texas Rigged black and blue Bandito Bug, I was just happy to be able to scramble and get her in the boat. Thankfully the people’s property I was in front of came down and gave me a hand securing my boat as well as took some pictures for me and let me borrow their scale. (When I got back home I ordered my own)

Nice!

Nice and much respect for using the CU200 "old greenie" !

Nice one.

cool boat and nice fish

It’s a nice PB start

Keep at it and that number will increase over time

Good job!

Ironically I caught another fish about an hour later that in hind sight I totally ignored unnecessarily. It was almost 19” and probably about 4lbs. Would have been my PB...,instead he just got released. Didn’t help I was fishing while having a conversation with an old timer on his dock.

Congratulations and a nice job. Thanks for sharing and giving some of your time to the old timer. Just like a good fish spot; never pass one of the old guys up.

Nice Fish

Thank you. The wife bought the hull for Christmas and I decked it out, I have an old 3hp Johnson I’m trying to rebuild for it but it’s a slow process. It works well for shallow water and working banks but too many pleasure boaters to feel comfortable taking it in deeper open water. So it limits me a lot. In the next few years I’d like to get something larger, around the time my son can really start going out with me more, he’s only 6 and loves fishing but can’t last long stretches on a boat. We have lots of fun on the dock though and on ponds at home.
His first fish caught on a boat.


First completely solo fish; cast, hook, reel, unhook and release


First solo bass






He loves taking picture with every fish and especially loves releasing them. He likes to give them farewell speeches!

Congrats, having fun is what matters!!

Super pictures of your son. Lots of memories there. Keep up the good work.

The Toyota truck of fishing reels, they never die. There's a guy on the pro tour, Steve Kennedy, that still uses them.