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06/14/24 11:43 PM
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Joined: Jun 2024
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fishmusic
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Green Horn
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Green Horn
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Hello lad and lassies,
I am new to the forum but have fished for most of my adult life (more on that if you request it). Mostly I have been fly rodding in California and Texas but my elbows have started giving me problems (and I don't even play tennis) so my focus now is on more traditional tackle. I have seen YouTube videos and am aghast at how much has changed since I last did bass fishing. Never heard of a whacky rig or a shaky head. Rods are now 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 feet, braided line looks like the standard along with fluorocarbon leaders. Is there a place on the forums for oldy but newbies to catch up on the new stuff?
I live in the Austin, Texas area, have no boat except a pontoon boat so I will probably be a bank fisher. Looking forward to how y'all respond.
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Re: Introduction
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#15102241
06/14/24 11:47 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 65
TheDster.
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Welcome to the TFF... Hope you enjoy the ride, don't worry so much about what has changed as fishing is fishing.. Not much has change except lots of drama and more folks fishing now than in the past..
When I pass on I want to go like my grandpa, in my sleep.. Not like the screaming folks in the car with him..
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Re: Introduction
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#15102281
06/15/24 12:45 AM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 6,084
Minner Bucket
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You said California and Austin.... 
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Re: Introduction
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#15102357
06/15/24 01:49 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 27,419
SteezMacQueen
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You said California and Austin....  If you’re rich, bass can be arranged. Haha.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Introduction
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#15102381
06/15/24 02:15 AM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 17,867
grout-scout
TFF Guru
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You said California and Austin....  I joke…not sure a person could even begin to explain the changes, but what you used 20 years ago will still work just fine. Hopefully you’re not just trolling us.
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Re: Introduction
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#15102433
06/15/24 03:13 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 513
T-Slab
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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Cali!
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Re: Introduction
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#15102444
06/15/24 03:40 AM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,917
4Weight
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Welcome to the board man. There are some good folks here in between all the keyboard warriors. Don’t be afraid to PM folks. Most will help out when they can if not in the thread but in PM’s.
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Re: Introduction
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#15102524
06/15/24 11:58 AM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,156
fishnfireman
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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You could always troll from the pontoon.
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Re: Introduction
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#15102535
06/15/24 12:22 PM
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Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 5,865
pop r
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Re: Introduction
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#15102671
06/15/24 03:04 PM
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,045
bronco71
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2006
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Pontoon > bank fishing. Mount a trolling motor and graph on it and go 
1987 Nitro MX185/Mercury Black Max 150 (needs lots of work, put motor on nephew's boat)
1994 XSC-2200 "Jaguar" AKA Shadow 22 Magnum (restoring w/Mercury 200 XRI)
1994 Pantera II (restoring w/Mercury 200 EFI)
1999 Triton TX21/225 Mercury Optimax
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Re: Introduction
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#15102697
06/15/24 03:34 PM
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 26,620
outfishdya
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This is the bass section.. All of the pros are lurking around. The information is here as is so much more
Those spinning rigs can. Be tough on your elbows.
Sometimes a bitter man trying to be a better man
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Re: Introduction
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#15102895
06/15/24 08:45 PM
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Joined: May 2019
Posts: 9,422
avid_basser
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Welcome to the insanity. One thing to note, you're going to need thick skin around these parts. Not everyone is going to be chummy, not everyone is going to provide you with answers you may like, but it is the internet so take that into consideration.
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Re: Introduction
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#15103066
06/16/24 12:07 AM
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Joined: Apr 2022
Posts: 20
Beartetta
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Welcome. Austin is cool, but it used to be so much cooler back in the 70's when I was there. Texas is great. So much better than Oklahoma! 
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Re: Introduction
[Re: Minner Bucket]
#15103152
06/16/24 02:37 AM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 770
nb_one
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
Joined: Sep 2007
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You said California and Austin.... That's a double negative for sure!
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