Bass fishing firsts this year 2024
Tweek1106 reply :
I'm actually relatively new to the bass fishing scene. Only about 3 1/2 years and counting.
Due to that, YouTube, and the limited fishing season in Western Pennsylvania my experience doesn't match my knowledge (example: I can tell you how to rig and fish a punch setup for heavy vegetation but have never actually done it). So I actually regularly experience fishing "firsts" that wouldn'tbe noteworthy to many others.
Some firsts this year are.......first time keeping track of how many bass I caught this year (140 and counting) 1st bass on a lipless crankbait, first bass on a chatterbait, first bass on a swim jig (now my favorite type of lure), and this past week my first bass ever on a top water frog.
Just wanted to thank you guys (or yinz, if you're from Pittsburgh as well) and BassResource.com for helping me learn the art and get more enjoyment from what has quickly become my passion and see if any of you are still experiencing "firsts" in bass fishing?
Spankey reply :
This is a great site. It is site is full of class act dudes on here that are willing to share their knowledge. There are site that don't operate like that. I've been doing this a long time and I'm always picking up things .I'm eastern PA and one of these times I'm going to come out and fish the three river area. I'm a bit of a river rat and that's a bucket list item I want to do. Good luck and have fun.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Great to hear the site is helping in your journey! Never stop learning, that's one of the biggest keys in getting better at this sport. I've been doing it 30 years and still experience firsts and strive to learn something new all the time. I caught my first bass on an underspin this year and it has quickly become a rig I reach for quite often now that I understand it. It's a great feeling when the light bulb comes on.
TOXIC reply :
The quality of the members here is much better than a lot of other sites I am on. No senceless bickering, not over moderated and a lot of information. Oh yeah, I had a first this year as well.......my first double digit Northern Snakehead.
BCline reply :
I have only been bass fishing for 4 years and also am still experiencing many firsts. Like you 2017 is the first year I have kept a fishing log to record weather conditions (temperature, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure and moon phase) and the number a size of the bass caught (194 to date). This year saw my first 7+ pound bass (the one in my profile picture), first bass on a weightless Senko and the first bass not hooked in the mouth (I managed to get a hook in the top of his head). Other firsts I hope to see this year are my first double digit bass and catching a fish out of my first bass boat. I have been given a 1984 Bayliner Trophy 1710 which needs a lot of restoration before it will ready for the water.
scaleface reply :
Does first bass of the day count ?
Scarborough817 reply :
for as long as people fish i dont think they stop learning i am on my 3rd year as well and i am experiencing many firsts, i still haven't caught a fish on a deep crank, or a football jig
Dtrombly reply :
First time I've set the hook on what I thought was a big smallmouth, ended up being a dink and he went flying past my head and landed a few feet behind me. Lol. He was ok though!
Steveo-1969 reply :
I caught my first spinnerbait bass this year.
Darren. reply :
For me, this year, a "first" was the Ned Rig.
And it has not let me down ONCE, saved me from
certain skunk days.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 6/13/2017 at 9:27 PM, scaleface said:Does first bass of the day count ?
Every time.
pondbassin101 reply :
On 6/13/2017 at 6:05 AM, Tweek1106 said:
I'm actually relatively new to the bass fishing scene. Only about 3 1/2 years and counting.
Due to that, YouTube, and the limited fishing season in Western Pennsylvania my experience doesn't match my knowledge (example: I can tell you how to rig and fish a punch setup for heavy vegetation but have never actually done it)
I'm even newer to bass fishing and my experience is NOW-WHERE near my knowledge. I know how rig and fish pretty much every lure but have probably actually fished only half of them. I also caught my first topwater fish on the 2nd cast this year
BuzzHudson19c reply :
Saw a bird go head first from about 30 feet up into the river and come up with a fish.
Caught a 6lb channel cat on a wacky rig shim e stick.
Scarborough817 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 12:07 AM, pondbassin101 said:I also caught my first topwater fish on the 2nd cast this year
isn't it addicting when that happens? you cant put it down after you get a blow up on topwater
pondbassin101 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 2:53 AM, Scarborough817 said:isn't it addicting when that happens? you cant put it down after you get a blow up on topwater
IMO topwater is as fun as fishing gets and I've only caught a few topwater fish
gimruis reply :
I think I posted in a previous thread earlier this year that I would like to catch some smallmouth on a jerk bait because I had bought some on sale 2 years ago and couldn't catch a single fish on them all of last season (not even a slimy pike that often bite anything). Well I stuck with it and yesterday I caught 3 of them on one! They were all nice smallies too, 17+ inches long. I was noticing a lot of fish on the sonar suspended in 12 feet of water about halfway down so I picked a jerk bait and fished it at that range and literally within 3 casts a fish hit it.
XpressJeff reply :
Go ahead and laugh as I'm sure some will find this very humorous,
I caught my first fish on a Senko!
I have learned a whole lot, laughed a lot, and have explored MANY facets of Bass fishing since I became a member of this forum and I thank you all!
Yeajray231 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 5:11 AM, XpressJeff said:Go ahead and laugh as I'm sure some will find this by humorous,
I caught my first fish on a Senko!
I have learned a whole lot, laughed a lot, and have explored MANY facets of Bass dishwashing I became a member of this forum and I thank you all!
Hahaha!
Wait... Why's that funny ? Senkos catch fish !
Now if you said you're best in town with a bobber you might raise a chuckle or two.
CoBass reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 5:17 AM, Yeajray231 said:
Hahaha!
Wait... Why's that funny ? Senkos catch fish !
Now if you said you're best in town with a bobber you might raise a chuckle or two.
I proudly claim the title of best in town with a bobber. A three inch hair jig fished float n' fly style under a bobber is a bass slayer at one of the ponds I fish regularly. I've had many 20+ fish days with that rig while others fishing around me struggled to get a fish or two.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 6/14/2017 at 6:11 AM, CoBass said:I proudly claim the title of best in town with a bobber. A three inch hair jig fished float n' fly style under a bobber is a bass slayer at one of the ponds I fish regularly. I've had many 20+ fish days with that rig while others fishing around me struggled to get a fish or two.
I was teasing jeff. That's cool tho ! I was meaning more like I'm the best live bait fisherman type deal .
Catch em how you catch em bro.
Leftymuk reply :
First ever Muskie
N Florida Mike reply :
• Caught my first fish on a swim bait.
•The first year I've ever done well with a spinnerbait.( So far I've only caught 15-20 but that's more than the last 40 years combined !! )
A-Jay reply :
End of Last season I caught my first ever December Bass (smallmouth).
And on a trip early this season I caught 2 smallies that went over 11lbs ~
A-Jay
Darren. reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 11:28 PM, A-Jay said:End of Last season I caught my first ever December Bass (smallmouth).
And on a trip early this season I caught 2 smallies that went over 11lbs ~
A-Jay
And here I thought you were gonna say your first DD on
a wacky rig... 
A-Jay reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 11:31 PM, Darren. said:
And here I thought you were gonna say your first DD on
a wacky rig...
LOL ~
Well I'll tell you this my friend - there's another trip south of the border in the works for this fall.
If the opportunity presents itself, I may just do that. Especially since that's the place to do it.
And YOU Sir, can expect at least one photo.
A-Jay
Darren. reply :
On 6/17/2017 at 11:40 PM, A-Jay said:LOL ~
Well I'll tell you this my friend - there's another trip south of the border in the works for this fall.
If the opportunity presents itself, I may just do that. Especially since that's the place to do it.
And YOU Sir, can expect at least one photo.
A-Jay
I will eagerly await such a pictorial delight!
Only wish I could join you for my first DD 
JohnnyRebTX reply :
I'm experiencing many firsts as well. I'm learning a ton through Web browsing with a lot of info right here on this forum. My first topwater catch was on a whopper plopper yesterday an hour before sunset. That was awesome.
FreddoB reply :
Last year was my first ever serious bass fishing year. My first on a rubber worm, first on a squirrel tail jig I tied (I fly fish and thought to try tying a bucktail type jig), first on a plastic craw (my PB too at 3.8 lbs). All this no doubt put the fire in me and I bought a kayak last fall. If you can't find me, call the lake and have me paged! HA! Year two, I found chatterbaits are deadly on bass and missed a new PB when this PIG of a bass jumped and threw my bait...UGH! Next time maybe...
Also this year... first on a jig w/trailer for new PB (4-1/4 lbs).
Pacoac10 reply :
Go ahead and laugh, got my first bass on a tube this year and my first on dropshot. Before I got on this site everything was spinnerbait, buzzbait, crankbait, or frog. This site has helped a great deal. Next up jig.
BuzzHudson19c reply :
Today I caught a frog on a frog (spro poppin). Pretty d**n big too. That was a first for me.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 6/13/2017 at 9:52 PM, Dtrombly said:First time I've set the hook on what I thought was a big smallmouth, ended up being a dink and he went flying past my head and landed a few feet behind me. Lol. He was ok though!
I call this "astronaut training" (or "basstronaut training")
Doelman reply :
"Caught" my first snake this year while fishing. I almost filled my shorts when I stuck my hand in there.
corn-on-the-rob reply :
Caught my first topwater catfish. Was about 5lbs on a frog. Absolute explosion.
BuzzHudson19c reply :
I've had fish hit right at the boat but today was a first. I was burning a buzzbait back to the yak thinking I was out of strike zone. As I pulled the bait out of the water a nice smallie jumped about a foot out of the water and grabbed it. Scared the hell out of me and I couldn't stop laughing.
Koz reply :
For years I fished with a limited arsenal of Senko, jerkbait, and lipless crankbait. This year I've mixed it up a bit and had my first catches on a jig and pig and a frog. The other day I bought my first chatterbait and I'll try that out tonight.
Mike L reply :
We were cruising a small flat on the Big O in very clear 3 fow when to my left something caught my eye. I turned and saw an approximate 2lb fish with 1/2 a blue gill sticking out of its mouth.
Its tail was flipping like it was just caught.
I yelled to my boater to "drop the poles right here"
Mike
Mike L reply :
We were cruising a small flat on the Big O in very clear 3 fow when to my left something caught my eye. I turned and saw an approximate 2lb fish with 1/2 a blue gill sticking out of its mouth.
Its tail was flipping like it was just caught.
I yelled to my boater to "drop the poles right here"
Mike
scaleface reply :
On 6/23/2017 at 2:27 AM, corn-on-the-rob said:Caught my first topwater catfish. Was about 5lbs on a frog. Absolute explosion.
I've only had that happen once and it was at night on a buzzbait . He exploded all over that lure . I thought i had a double digit bass .
MNGeorge reply :
Had given drop shot some half-hearted efforts in the past with no results but decided to give it a real honest effort this year...finally caught my first drop shot Bass last week and have been gaining confidence in it ever since.
spencer12 reply :
I caught my first bass over 8lbs 6oz. this year which was my previous best. I caught a 9lb 2 oz. largemouth a few weeks ago around the middle of June.
When she came up I knew for sure she was going to bust the 10lb mark. I came up just a bit short but I'm still impressed. The lake I caught her in is pretty small and gets fished heavily. If she would have still been in her fat stage from the pre-spawn/spawn I know she would have went over 10.
The base of her tail was thicker than any fish I've ever seen. The thickness of the fish is what amazed me. I couldn't imagine seeing what a 15+ would look like.
DomQ reply :
Though it was weeds at first, didn't even move after my little squarebill connected.
9.8lb
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