Clear Pico Pop, age 5. Little pond on the ranch when we lived in San Marcos.

...(Daiwa, I think, 5'6" Med)

6" Black/Chart tail worm, bought in bulk (100 for $10 from The Sportster, here in Waco)...first bass I remember "trying" to actually catch on a t-rig on Tradinghouse...the bass was barely over 1 lb probably, but was I ever givin' it to my brother....hollerin' like a fool...

Caught a few on Lake Mead way back in the day on little H and H spinners, but the memory is faded some...

Awww the SLUG-O! I still throw those in "Senko" situations... sweet bait... sorta paved the way for the fluke and senko hua?

H&H spinner in chart.

Creme purple & white worm.

I used a cork cut into a plug slid onto a hook and then I put an all whtie crappie tube over the hook and I twitched it next to the brush along the creek at mission san juan. Had to work hard for my first bass. Took me weeks to create that rig.

First one was 6" and I never looked back!!!

I used an old French Fry t-rigged, but i had my weight upside down. (This was when i was trying to learn on my own)LOL

bomber long A

I'm pretty sure my first bass was on a black and yellow beetle spin. Ultra lite spinning gear.

Caught my first bass in 1958 on a pre-rigged worm (the one with a spinner and red beads up front). Using a spinning reel with 6 lb. mono, casting and steadily reeling in. On a private lake with "Posted No Trespassing" signs. Probably 3/4 lb., but I remember it as a giant!

Pic in my sig. Lake Fork 1984 6 inch motor oil chartreuse tail lizard on a zebco 202 that I got for my 3rd b-day.

they were, I remember them.

Probably a Red-Fin but that was many, many years ago and I can not be sure.

BigDozer66

H&H White spinnerbait.

Bagleys Small Fry