How Much Have U Learned From Bassresource.com 2025

James Beck IV reply :

I personally have learned so much. From different rigs the mojo and rage, to handling the fish correctly, water temp and clarity for tackle color selection. This is by far the most well thought and put together forum I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. The people are great and friendly. The pics of everyones catches are fantastic. Hopefully I will get to join u all on the next road trip. Thanks and save me some of the big uns

Tuckahoe Joe reply :

I've learned a ton. When I started out I was just Google searching my questions about bass fishing and just about every time one of the top search results was a Bass Resource thread. After a while I figured I should join up. Best bass fishing site ever!

Dyerbassman reply :

No matter who you are or how much you think you may know, you don't know it all. And this is the best place to learn. I know that I have.

Hyrule Bass reply :

ive learned many things here. the best and probably most useful thing i have learned though is the through the gills hook removal method for gut-hooked fish. before learning that i wouldve either just cut the line or ripped a fishes guts out, not anymore...

00 mod reply :

More than I will ever be able to give back! And it seems I learn something new everyday!

Jeff

Darren. reply :

So much. Very grateful for the forum and all you guys! The experience here is the Wikipedia of Bass fishing.

Bassipedia = Bassresource.com

A-Jay reply :

The amount of info I have gained is simply hard to access but it's massive.

What can be measured is the number of wonderful friends I've made and met as a result of this great site.

And I have to mention that these friendships have enabled me to fish places I would have NEVER fished.

This might seem a touch melodramatic but there is no doubt in my mind that BR changed my life.

There's just no denying it.

Thank you Glenn.

A-Jay

slonezp reply :

I learned Raider wears man thongs...

I learned there is no cure for the Bait Monkey

I learned "How to send a PM to JFranco"

I learned I can never have too many HawgTech handles, NorthStar Jigs, Megastrike attractant, Ragetail Craws or any other fine products the sponsors may offer.

I learned that no matter what divides us, race religion, political views, I cannot talk about them here which makes for a MUCH more enjoyable site than many others I visit. It's just fishing.

I learned I know enough to know I don't know enough. As long as I'm still in the dark, I'll keep returning for the members to shed some light on me.

Still don't know what the Scrounga Club is. Would either of you 2 members care to explain?

00 mod reply :

On 5/18/2013 at 9:34 PM, slonezp said:

Still don't know what the Scrounga Club is. Would either of you 2 members care to explain?

There are 3 members!!! But I am just the Photographer!

Jeff

slonezp reply :

On 5/18/2013 at 9:37 PM, 00 mod said:

There are 3 members!!! But I am just the Photographer!

Jeff

Sorry Jeff

whitwolf reply :

The willingness of the majority of the members here to share what they know freely Is uncommon. There are certain things I have practiced(jig trailers for example) since I learned to bass fish and through reading and questions something will pique my Interest and I learned a different way to do something that Is much better.

This place has taught me to think about different ways to do things, different baits to throw when conventional wisdom said "no way", and as much as anything a confidence to give back to a place that continually gives.

I couldn't agree with Slonezp more about how great it Is to have a relatively drama free place that Is "just fishing".

trailer reply :

A ton. Mostly techniques and what to look for in structure and fish patterns. Those would be the most useful. I've also learned that everyone has an opinion on everything and they all vary. Oh, and Glenn May is the man! My apologies to the rest of the members. I've also learned that despite the annual Thanksgiving melee, LSU fans and Arkansas fans can come together and have a bipartisan conversation about bass fishing...

JellyMan reply :

I have been fishing most of my life and have quite a bit of knowledge and experience but reading on BassResource.com has help me with little things like techniques and new product discussion. Also new lures and bait discussion helps. I've been trying a few things I typically don't try from reading things here. It has also helped me understand Bass behavior much better. That is a big key in seasonal changes.

I would imagine for a newbie angler, this place would be the place to learn all you could learn and then some.

gripnrip reply :

I have learned WAY to much to list! As well as refreshing my memory after being out of the fishing "game" for a number of years, I have learned so many techniques. I have met some great people during Classic week and I feel like even though I have not met some of you, I still feel like we are developing friendships.

I would say the biggest plus from this sight, my terminal tackle box has grown by leaps and bounds. I have numerous options out on the water now. If I don't have a bait that is hot, my boater has more than once offered to hand over some baits to help my catch. To have that option and not be a pest is a major plus! He tosses me the bait and I can be very versatile in my presentation.

MarkH024 reply :

On 5/18/2013 at 8:39 PM, 00 mod said:

More than I will ever be able to give back! And it seems I learn something new everyday!

Jeff

X100

Grizzn N Bassin reply :

I've learned a lot.. ive got a binder filled with pages of things I read on here and bring it with me Every time I fish. So I have immediate feed back on what happens to write down.. also techniques and rigging baits diff ways are in there... and I keep a log of moon phases time fish are caught plus air temp , wind pressure etc.. I learned to do this from here so thanks every one who's helped!!

mtaag3 reply :

I am continuing to learn every time I come on this site. The people so far have been very helpful and I hope to meet quite a few in the future.

BassAssassin726 reply :

I've learned an incredible amount from this site. Pretty much everything I know about bass fishing I learned here. I just started fishing two years ago. Me and a buddy would go drown bloodworms in the Delaware and usually not catch crap. After some searching I discovered the wonderful world of bass fishing and this site. Since then I've learned so much. This site is a great place to learn anything you wish to know about our great sport. The mods work hard and keep us informed, you guys rock!

OK Bass Hunter reply :

I've learned disposable income needs to be hoarded because there will always be something next week you have to have.

Nitrofreak reply :

My dad got me started, Bass Resource keeps me in it, what has this place not given me should be the question, I have shared personal things and fishing things and in some cases both, no other site I could ever imagine doing such things with.

It's brought my family closer together with a lot of the things I have learned, it has not been just about fishing, but it's also been about new friendships.

It's opening a post and reading responses, some, you wish you never read, like Raiders Thongs lol !!, some are funny as they can be, some are just what you needed, but all have been there to help you succeed, in laughter, in fishing, in life, this place always brings a smile in some form or another.

I think, if I may use a caption, DB said it best, there are " little bit's of wonderful " would be the best way I could put a description to this site and what it has done for me.

Bankbeater reply :

Spinnerbaits, jigs, and wacky rigs just to name a few things. Any bass question you have can be answered from this site.

BlackMagic82 reply :

I found the club that I fish with through this site and it's been an awesome experience. I also learn something on here every time that I log on... Whether it be a new lure, technique, something to waste money on, creative boat storage, or something random about a poster. Great website and really glad that I found it.

Felix77 reply :

I have at least $100 worth of DVD's which don't even compare to the quality of the learning I have done through this site. I even feel more confident in my tactics on the water because of the validation (or corrections) which came through discussions on this site.

MDP4BASS reply :

Anything and Everything! Thank you BR team!

J Francho reply :

What I've learned is immeasurable. I can only use my successes on the water as proof that this site will accelerate your learning curve.

*Hootie reply :

I've learned about $2000.00 worth of new tackle. Doggone you guys and your suggestions....lol

But seriously, I practically live on this forum.

Hootie

B@ssCrzy reply :

Three years ago I started getting into bass fishing with artificial baits and was completely lost. Then I found this site and started reading, posting, and reading some more. Then buying, reading, and buying some more. Over the past couple of years my success has improved immensely. This past weekend I went with my brother and dad on a weekend fishing trip for the first time in 4 years and it was the best trip we have ever had. Caught more fish and made more memories than we had ever done the previous years. The amazing thing was that we went to some lakes that we had never fished before, where previously we had gone to fish on a lake that we grew up on our whole lives and even knew the best spots. Being able to go to a lake I had never fished and still be successful was a direct result of the techniques and knowledge that I had learned on this website. Thanks so much Bass Resource!!

Bassfink86 reply :

On 5/18/2013 at 8:45 PM, DarrenM said:

So much. Very grateful for the forum and all you guys! The experience here is the Wikipedia of Bass fishing.

Bassipedia = Bassresource.com

couldn't have said it any better

roadwarrior reply :

For me it has been having the opportunity to meet so many avid anglers, both locally and throughout the country.

I hope everyone will at least consider attending the RoadTrip next spring. The fishing has been good, but meeting

so many great guys and gals is what makes the get-together special.

slonezp reply :

On 5/21/2013 at 9:48 PM, roadwarrior said:

For me it has been having the opportunity to meet so many avid anglers, both locally and throughout the country.

I hope everyone will at least consider attending the RoadTrip next spring. The fishing has been good, but meeting

so many great guys and gals is what makes the get-together special.

Where are you going to find lodging for 40,530 members? and trailer parking?

pbrussell reply :

I've learned most people here are a lot better at fishing than I am and ya'll make me look like a noob

Sam Fisher reply :

On 5/22/2013 at 8:32 AM, pbrussell said:
I've learned most people here are a lot better at fishing than I am and ya'll make me look like a noob

2nd that...

Bama55 reply :

On 5/18/2013 at 8:04 PM, Red Earth said:
ive learned many things here. the best and probably most useful thing i have learned though is the through the gills hook removal method for gut-hooked fish. before learning that i wouldve either just cut the line or ripped a fishes guts out, not anymore...

This! I saved a 4lber last week!

On 5/21/2013 at 9:48 PM, roadwarrior said:

For me it has been having the opportunity to meet so many avid anglers, both locally and throughout the country.

I hope everyone will at least consider attending the RoadTrip next spring. The fishing has been good, but meeting

so many great guys and gals is what makes the get-together special.

I would have been there this year had I come back to the site a little sooner. I'm only about 40 miles from Pickwick. I hate to admit it, but I've never had the chance to fish it. :/

bassin is addicting reply :

way too much to be able to express...

everything possible about bass fishing can be found here....

it is incredible the knowledge that is shared.

it was awesome to meet everyone at the Road Trip.... i'm looking forward to next year's already..

i also joked with Glenn about "how much money the forum has cost me"

it's all good.... i've stepped up the quality (based on the recommendation of others) of every piece of equipment i own. i'm convinced i have caught more fish, better fish, and not lost fish..... with the upgrades.... and if it's all mental...then so be it...but it makes me have more confidence....which is a big part of it all...

thanks guys.... (and Kerri)

Pleiades reply :

I have learned about more techniques than I can become proficient at! There's so much I want to try on a given day at the lake. I've definitely started catching bigger bass. The number one thing that I've gained is confidence with a jig. I caught my first fish with a jig about a year ago.

run23 reply :

reading this forum got me interested in breaking away from my comfort zone of tossing soft plastics into the tules.

i watched Gene's videos on fishing the fluke and had moderate success the first time out. last weekend i was in my float tube and a school of stripers started breaking the surface literally 10 feet from me. i went 6 for 6 in those few minutes of madness. i was so pumped up on adrenaline my hands didn't stop shaking for 15 minutes. after the school moved on i threw one last time towards the shoreline and hooked into a 4lb large mouth kicker. 7 for 7. are you kidding me? without

the motivation to try the fluke, i don't think i would have been in the right spot and with the right bait to take advantage

of that situation. thanks BR! could you imagine if i had a double fluke rig tied on? haha. maybe next time...

MCS reply :

I learned that Shimano and Rage products rank right up there with the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel

PABASS reply :

What blows my mind is that I have been fishing for many years and in the roughly 2 years I been visiting this site I have more than tripled my knowledge about bass fishing. I have just about read every article under fishing articles lol.. Sadly I didn't grow up with anyone putting a pole in my hand, I grew up loving to fish and learning fishing on my own, wish I had this resource back then.

My first year doing a tournament and I am 4rth overall in my club, never really been in a bass boat before this year and never in a tournament setting, caught the biggest lunker this year and continue to catch 17+ inch bass every outing I have this site to thank for that. In the past I used to think a 13inch bass was nice, now a 17inch bass is nice and anything under 19 doesn't even get a photo lol..

Texfisherman reply :

I've learned so much from this site, I don't know where to begin. But, here is my favorite lesson learned:

I had been going to a lake filed to the brim with huge bass! But every time I would hook into a 7+ pounder, they'd get away. Either wrap around something like a lily pad and suddenly disappear, or throw my hook, etc.

I came here posting this problem and describing all of my gear the best I could. The problem was quickly recognized as me using medium action rods.

The advice was given to use medium-heavy or even heavy rods from then on.

I took the advice and the very next time I hooked into a monster, I brought her in and she was... and still is... my personal best, at 8lbs, 4ozs.

deaknh03 reply :

I think we all have learned, from the beginner to the expert. What I appreciate the most is the people I have met as a result of this forum. I have met and fished with a couple of members, and that never would have happened if not for Bassresource.

JT Bagwell reply :

I have been a member here for around 10 years and while I can't recall specifics, I know I have learned a great deal of things here.

The members have almost all been great (there have been a handful of complete jackholes over the years but Glenn usually boots them after giving them a chance to fix their stupid ways) and there are some that have been here as long as I have been.

Even old Glenn is better than kick in the head most of the time. lol

I think if you (people in general) just stay open minded and listen to everyone's opinions and use what you want and ignore what you don't like, you can really increase your skill level as an angler.

There are some really good folks on here and I consider them all my friends (yes even you Roadwarrior). lol

BassinLou reply :

I just came home from my fishing playground using the split shot rig that I just read today from another thread. You gotta love BR. I caught 4 bass and one exotic (jaguar capote) all inside an hour. Awesome.

JT Bagwell reply :

Wonderful video.

Nice job bro.

slonezp reply :

OK Gene. Can't be the best without something to compare it to. So what's the worst bass fishing website?

Diablos reply :

No matter how slow I fish, it's never slow enough.

scrutch reply :

I learned what "slonezp" was!

Every time I relieve myself I think of you buddy!

slonezp reply :

I can die a happy man just knowing I touched another persons life.

GeorgiaBassBros reply :

I have learned a ridiculous amount from here, but the most useful would have to be how to take a hook out of a gut hooked fish through the gills without really hurting the fish or leaving a hook in em.

roadwarrior reply :

On 5/23/2013 at 6:26 AM, JT Bagwell said:

I have been a member here for around 10 years and while I can't recall specifics, I know I have learned a great deal of things here.

The members have almost all been great (there have been a handful of complete jackholes over the years but Glenn usually boots them after giving them a chance to fix their stupid ways) and there are some that have been here as long as I have been.

Even old Glenn is better than kick in the head most of the time. lol

I think if you (people in general) just stay open minded and listen to everyone's opinions and use what you want and ignore what you don't like, you can really increase your skill level as an angler.

There are some really good folks on here and I consider them all my friends (yes even you Roadwarrior). lol

I wish you would plan a few days of your vacation time to join us next year's RoadTrip. You have a lot

of fans here and we would all like to meet you in person. Maybe you could convince that Texan that molds

worms for you to come along, too!

Gatorbassman reply :

On 5/26/2013 at 6:09 AM, slonezp said:
OK Gene. Can't be the best without something to compare it to. So what's the worst bass fishing website?

Glenn put the name of it on the filter list a long time ago so it won't show up when I type it. It's the big one that allows all the bickering and fighting. They are the reason that pros turn their nose up when they find out I moderate a fishing forum.

MarkH024 reply :

On 5/27/2013 at 10:20 PM, scrutch said:

I learned what "slonezp" was!

Every time I relieve myself I think of you buddy!

Fill me in please.

jignfule reply :

Learnd a lot. Good Forum . I appreciate it.

slonezp reply :

On 5/30/2013 at 3:49 AM, MarkH024 said:
Fill me in please.

You're going to have to use the search feature.

deaknh03 reply :

On 5/27/2013 at 10:28 PM, slonezp said:
I can die a happy man just knowing I touched another persons life.

that sounds dirty.

slonezp reply :

Found it MarkH024 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/96474-what-is-the-meaning-behind-your-screen-name/?hl= screen name

MarkH024 reply :

On 5/30/2013 at 4:06 AM, slonezp said:
Found it MarkH024 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/96474-what-is-the-meaning-behind-your-screen-name/?hl= screen name

lmao. nice man.

Tuckahoe Joe reply :

On 5/27/2013 at 10:20 PM, scrutch said:

I learned what "slonezp" was!

Every time I relieve myself I think of you buddy!

On 5/30/2013 at 4:06 AM, slonezp said:
Found it MarkH024 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/96474-what-is-the-meaning-behind-your-screen-name/?hl= screen name

That's too funny...I literally LMAO when I read it!

mikeeasttn reply :

I have been bass fishing since the late 70's and thought I pretty well knew all there was to know about my type of fishing. After lurking on this site for several months I joined and what I have learned has taken my fishing to a higher level.

There are many of the members on this site that have forgotten more than I will ever know about bass fishing and I learn something new each time I sign in on this site.

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