Who was the most help teaching you how to fish for bass? 2024
BankBassing reply :
I am just learning myself, and while I don't know anyone who fishes for bass, I've been really thankful for the willingness of strangers to teach. I've picked up a ton from watching YouTube videos like the ones Bass Resource puts up, even some of Rob Terkla (LunkersTV), Alex Peric (APBassin), Jon B. (Fishing the Midwest), and Andrew Flair (Andrew Flair Outdoors).
I also greatly appreciate the help I've already received on the forum here. Thanks guys!
Then yesterday, I took my son to the county fair where they were having a pitching, flipping, and casting contest he took part in. Turned out it was run by the Northern Mountaineer Bass Club, and I was able to sit and pick the brain of one of the older gentlemen there who told me the best spot and specific bait that was sure to help me catch some smallmouth locally, along with inviting me to join their club (even though I'm a total noob).
I know guys are secretive sometimes about their "honey holes" but as far as general teaching, the whole community has been very welcoming and encouraging. I just wanted to say thanks, and ask others to share their similar experiences.
N Florida Mike reply :
A friend that I played baseball with lived on the lake I now live on.He taught me all the basics of bass fishing.The first time we went out he caught 6.I had some good bites but didn't know how to set the hook right so I got skunked.
But I got the fever from seeing his fish.I learned quickly enough that when Him and me fished a tournament later on he caught 8 and I caught 7 and we came in first!
But my dad taught me FISHING.
Have met a couple friends on the forum I am learning from also.
ww2farmer reply :
There is no more valuable lesson than spending time on the water and learning for yourself what works for you.
That being said, some of the people whom I have learned a great deal from over the years have been:
#1 My grandpa, he taught me the basics when I was a kid that has led to a lifelong enjoyment of fishing
#2 bass resource member, and friend wnybassman. I was very very "green" in tournament bass fishing when he and I first met, and just by fishing with him both for fun, and in a lot of tournaments over the years, I have learned on an expidited curve the past 10+ years several things that might have taken me ages to figure out. Especially when chasing smallmouth, and tournament fishing.
#3 almost every other single person I have fished with.............too many to list. Your never too old to learn.
#4 this place............the wealth of knowledge, and the good people willing to share it here is nothing short of amazing.
Gundog reply :
Bill Dance and Hank Parker. Long before there was the internet there was tv. And every saturday morning during the long cold pennsylvania winters I would watch and learn new baits and techniques. Everything after that was pure day to day experience.
BiteFiend reply :
We fished more saltwater than freshwater, but I learned the basics of how to target bass from my grandfather. I lived with my grandparents for much of my childhood and we were fortunate enough to live on a pond. In the pond was a deep ditch that we caught a lot of bass from, which taught me the importance of fishing structure. He also taught me how to flip jigs and live bream into holes in grass and taught me how to feel out the bottom with T-rigged worms.
I learned other things from reading books and watching fishing shows like BillDance, Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, etc. when I was a kid (pre-i ternet).
I learned the most from simply putting in the time and being on the water. Sure, you can learn things from the internet, books, shows, seminars, etc. However putting in time on the water is where one puts what they learned into practical application. You get a feel for what works and what doesn't in the waters you fish. Nothing will teach you more than just going out and fishing.
everythingthatswims reply :
My neighbor's pond, and an incredible amount of evenings after school. I learned to fish a lot of different conditions by fishing the same place week after week, seeing how fish reacted to changes in their environment.
Senko lover reply :
BassResource is huge!! The wealth of information on here is astounding, and the members are so incredibly helpful.
Glenn taught me an incredible amount. YouTube in general as well.
And time on the water. Nothing beats time on the water.
MIbassyaker reply :
Dad taught me the basics of live bait fishing for catfish, pike, the occasional walleye, and whatever else would bite in the river back home growing up. But he is not and never was a bass fisherman, doesn't know anything about them, and neither did anybody else we knew.
Bass I taught myself, starting from that background, but with lots and lots and lots of trial and error added on over many years, many fits and starts, and some help here and there from random books, magazine articles, and fishing shows, and a smattering of academic knowledge of aquatic ecology, and vertebrate physiology and behavior. It honestly took me years to pick up on things I could have learned in an afternoon on somebody's boat. But I didn't have somebody or his boat. I didn't even have my own boat. All I had was some curiosity, inconsistent time to spare, and inconvenient places to spare it, and lots of distractions in the way. I've managed to claw my way up to some moderate level of skill, perhaps, regardless.
"hamma" reply :
Bassmasters magazine and time trial by error. seeing as most of the stuff they printed back then was intended for southern fishing I had to tweak it.
and joining a bass club
crypt reply :
Bassmaster,Fishing Facts, Bill Dance,Jimmy Houston,Hank Parker,Virgil Ward,Jerry McKInnis. ……spending time outside,on the water. just going and paying attention to what's going on was the best teacher. But the one person I owe all that to is my father. He was not a fisherman but he just knew I would take to it.God was he right. thanks Pop !!!!!!!!!!
Catt reply :
1965: Spend the entire summer working on my uncle Joe Addison's charter fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico and learned how to locate deep water structure.
1972: Started bass fishing seriously on Toledo Bend at my father-in-law's camp on White's Point in the mouth of Lowe's Creek.
1974: Joined two bass clubs whose members included John Torian, John Hall, John Dean, Villis P "Bo" Dowden SR, Harold Allen, Larry Nixon, Tommy Martin, & Zell Roland all guides at Toledo Bend's Pendleton Harbor Marina. Ray Scott would latter come up with the "The Hemphill Gang" moniker arguably the most successful group of professional bass anglers to ever emerge from one small region of the nation.
1976: Attended a seminar in Houston Texas that totally changed my outlook on bass fishing. The man putting on that seminar was Elwood L. " Buck" Perry, not only did I buy his books but I became a devout student of his teachings.
I'm an avid student of the following
Elwood L. " Buck" Perry & Bill Murphy: Finding & understanding deep structure
Douglas Hannon & Shaw Grisby: Understanding bass behavior
Rick Clunn: Mental aspects of bass fishing
Bobby Murray: Big bass can be caught on light line
MassYak85 reply :
My dad was the one who really got me into fishing, he taught me a lot of the basics. But it wasn't until a few years ago that I started really trying to learn about bass fishing and all the little nuances that neither of us really knew about. Before that a day of fishing basically consisted of me throwing a weightless worm, and he would throw a spinnerbait, and if we didn't catch any, or that many, we just chalked it up to be a bad day of fishing and left the lake stumped. Articles online, YouTubers (Glenn probably gave me the most help early on), and online forums like this one especially have provided invaluable insight and information and we both have benefited and it has really shown in our success the last few years. Last spring I got my first fish over 4 pounds (5.40, and my PB), and this year not only did I tie my PB again (5.40....exactly), but I have gotten four fish over 4 pounds. Once we got a rough grasp of the spawn a couple seasons ago my dad got a couple nice ones pushing 5.
WRB reply :
My mom was more help then my dad because he worked. My bass fishing mentor was Red(Jerry Cohan) who managed Pleasure Boat landing at Big Bear lake in the 50's. My older brother worked for Red and I tagged along between age 8 to 10 years old and Red taught me how to cast a bait casting reel using a Hawiian Wiggler #3 weedless spoon. Red shown me how to retrieve over weed beds into open pockets or along the weed bed edges. I caught lots of bass doing this and learned when and where to fish for bass.
The man that broaden my interest was Jason Lucas editor of Field & Stream magazine and read every issue plus his book Lucas on Bass. When 12 years I wrote Jason Lucas a letter asking what rod and reel to buy, he wrote back suggesting Conolin rod and Langley lure cast reel. Saved up and bought both, still have the reel. Jointed Pikie minnow plug became my favorite along with River Runts, Injured minnow, Jitter Bug. Hawiian Wigglers #1, 2 & 3 and Doll Fly jigs thanks to Jay and Red.
Tom
scaleface reply :
My dad got me fishing . Virgil Ward probably was my best teacher . At the end of every episode , he would demonstrate the lure he used in an aquarium . Almost every show , no matter what the lure , he was raising it and letting it fall . That has become my strongest suit , bouncing lures off the bottom . Lipless cranks , spinnerbaits , spoons , T-rigs , jigs , grubs , Little George , Gay Blades.......
Bankbeater reply :
My Dad taught me how to fish for bass using crankbaits when I was about 10 or so. He turned me into a fisherman. When I got back into bass fishing seriously, after about an 11 year break, it was this forum that helped me the most. No matter what the question there is always someone with the answer. If I couldn't find an answer, someone always pointed me in the right direction.
hoosierbass07 reply :
Professor YouTube taught me all that I know with a little thrown in here and there from this forum.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 8/22/2016 at 5:11 AM, Catt said:1965: Spend the entire summer working on my uncle Joe Addison's charter fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico and learned how to locate deep water structure.
1972: Started bass fishing seriously on Toledo Bend at my father-in-law's camp on White's Point in the mouth of Lowe's Creek.
1974: Joined two bass clubs whose members included John Torian, John Hall, John Dean, Villis P "Bo" Dowden SR, Harold Allen, Larry Nixon, Tommy Martin, & Zell Roland all guides at Toledo Bend's Pendleton Harbor Marina. Ray Scott would latter come up with the "The Hemphill Gang" moniker arguably the most successful group of professional bass anglers to ever emerge from one small region of the nation.
1976: Attended a seminar in Houston Texas that totally changed my outlook on bass fishing. The man putting on that seminar was Elwood L. " Buck" Perry, not only did I buy his books but I became a devout student of his teachings.
I'm an avid student of the following
Elwood L. " Buck" Perry & Bill Murphy: Finding & understanding deep structure
Douglas Hannon & Shaw Grisby: Understanding bass behavior
Rick Clunn: Mental aspects of bass fishing
Bobby Murray: Big bass can be caught on light line
I have to say, you don't seem like the fairy wand type of fisherman
DogBone_384 reply :
Bassresource.com.... combined with my daughter reaching her teen years and 'not wanting anything to do with Dad anymore' and the boss, err, wife, going back to work full time....
papajoe222 reply :
With me, it was a bunch of guys that wrote for Fishing Facts magazine back in the day. Them, Buck Perry and some contributions by the Linder brothers.
The Young Gun reply :
Glenn has been a huge driving force for me to learn fishing. But what has taught me more than anything, is going out there being as stubborn as I can trying to learn and make a certain technique work. And seeing other people succeed made me work my butt off to be able to be the angler they are.
gimruis reply :
I learned how to walleye fish mostly from my Grandfather. He had 65 years of fishing under his belt and taught me a lot about it. However, I learned to specifically bass fish myself. One summer I worked for the MN DNR as a Surveyor and I was assigned to conduct creel and scientific surveys on three lakes as a part of a specific study. When I had down time though, I passed it by fishing. The lakes were all pretty small and the primary predator was largemouth bass and northern pike. I had a DNR owned 16 foot Lund Rebel to use for the survey and it was a basic setup but it worked fine to fish out of. I knew how to cast before this, but I really honed my use of a bait caster and the finesse techniques using soft plastics during this time period. I've passed along my knowledge and information about bass fishing to several of my close friends, my brother, and my father about it now.
You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing reply :
My family is fortunate to have two homes, one of which is on a small lake. We (my family) has always been outdoorsy. My dad and I would always spend weekends fishing for perch.
My grandfather would always want to to go fishing with me, and he still does today.
My uncle is a commercial fisherman, and i always have things to learn from him.
Last summer I went on a road trip to the Smokey mountains of Tennessee. My dad and i packed two Ugly Stiks. We stopped at a campground that had a small lake with many small bass. We were near a Bass Pro, when we went to the store, we picked the brain of a worker. He gave us a rig for using live bait. Without a net, I managed to catch bait with my bare hands (my former strong suit). That day I caught 3 small bass. The rest of the trip was spent fishing.
Once I found the internet...GAME OVER. I would spend 4 hours a day (and still do) reading articles, watching tutorials, or memorizing the specs of every product made for fishing, literally.
Bassreasource also helped a lot.
I now fish 6 days a week along with doing 3 other sports competitively.
IamNewbie reply :
I credit 1Rod1Reel the most. First Youtube fisherman I got hooked on about 2 or so years ago. I have no one in real life that can teach me so I go to people like Glenn and 1Rod. Lunkers has some good tutorials in his older videos, but I've never really learned anything from Peric, Jon B, and now Lunkers. Their videos are purely for aesthetic and vlogging purposes. I should also give thanks to Extreme Philly Fishing/Leo, he really got me into Pan fishing. 1rod got me onto Bass fishing, and Leo got me onto multi species/panfishing. Uncut Angling also got me into fishing a little before I got into 1Rod1Reel fishing.
Anyways, while I think Jon/Peric/Rob are great video producers, I've never learned anything from their post-2014 era newer stuff. They're also great fishermen but in their latest videos they don't explain much about their choices, it's just them catching the fish. Rob's underwater footage in his pool has helped me tons as to which baits are better and how they look in the water as most of the lakes I fish are stained or muddy. Credits to: 1Rod1Reel, EPH, and BassResource.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
My dad is the one to blame for my fishing addiction.
j bab reply :
I have learned quite a bit from youtube. Matt Allen taught me most of what I know about big baits. Besides that I prefer watching clips of pros giving tips rather than kids my age (Flair, 1rod, Jon B...).
Then there's the stuff my dad and friends from the lake have taught me, you can't beat that.
Bluebasser86 reply :
My dad taught me the fundamentals, like casting and tying a knot. We moved to the area I grew up in and found a semi-private lake that my dad bought the family memberships to when I was 9. When I was 12 or 13, I bought an old used 2 man from a dock owner for $50 with whatever money I could make doing odd jobs for anyone. Once I got that boat, I lived on the water every second I had. I learned everything through trial and error (mostly error for the first several years). I bought my first bass boat when I turned 16 and got smacked in the face with the realization that big lakes were way harder than my 30 acre lake I'd basically lived on. I started fishing in an adult club when I was 16 and learned a lot by watching the guys I was fishing with. I learned some from reading BASSMASTER and watching the few fishing shows that were on TV then. I learned some from the fishing buddies I made along the way. Mostly, I learned from hours and days and years on the water, just trying to learn what does and doesn't work.
CNYBassin reply :
My father is mainly a trout guy, but my uncle was a big time Pike and Bass angler, especially since he lived on a private lake loaded with medium sized pike and boat loads of good sized smallmouth. That being said, he is the one who got me started. Before I learned the nuances of bass fishing, I learned a lot about stream fishing for brown and rainbow trout mainly, as well as learned how to utilize a fly rod and even tie common flies like nymphs, etc. I loved fishing for trout, but I had incidentally caught bass on local ponds when pan fishing, and I loved the way they fought(much better than Trout I thought).. so I wanted to learn more about it.
So one year I visited my uncles house, told him I wanted to learn how to bass fish, and he took me on the boat and gave me a top water lure. It was an old grey snag proof moss mouse. Teeth marks all over it. Told me to throw it out as far as I could and aim for the grass... then just wait. And that's when I saw my first top water explosion, and landed my first adult sized bass that was roughly 3 1/4 lbs, then I was hooked.
I ended up going on long hiatuses from bass fishing as I was growing up, especially with school and work. I ended up getting back into it in my mid 20s heavily, and that's where I really started focusing a lot on watching pros, reading forums, watching youtube videos about baits and techniques. In the past, all I had were fishing magazines that I would get at the grocery store. There was so much to learn. After a while I started setting goals for myself. I would find a new technique I wanted to try, and then I would devote myself to using that single technique until I gained some confidence in it, before I switched to anything else. So for example, if I wanted to learn how to jig fish, or texas rig soft plastics like senkos, I'd spend the whole day throwing them and nothing else and I wouldn't stop until I caught fish on it. Then I did the next thing with spinner baits, crank baits, and other moving baits... drop shot, shaky head, punching grass mats, etc. Then I started to learn WHAT baits worked best at what times. Moving baits or finesse baits. Hard baits or soft plastics. Etc. How to find fish. How to pattern fish.
So in summary: I would have to say my father is the one who put a pole in my hand, my uncle is the one who opened my eyes to how much fun bass fishing is, and got me started but it was the internet age, forums and communities like this one, as well as youtube(Glenn is one I follow regularly) that really expanded my knowledge well past just what lures you throw. It was within the last 2 or 3 years that I really started getting in-depth with the science behind bass fishing. I've lurked here for a number of years, and it was only recently(like within the past 2 months) that I made an account. Bass anglers in this day and age have it far easier than guys did prior to the internet and youtube age, that I know for certain. Back in the day all you had was magazines, and maybe Bill Dance on TV lol. Now there's a vast wealth of knowledge being shared on a daily basis all over youtube.
Catt reply :
On 8/22/2016 at 9:27 AM, papajoe222 said:
I'm gonna shot a cell phone 
On 8/22/2016 at 8:31 AM, everythingthatswims said:I have to say, you don't seem like the fairy wand type of fisherman
The deep south during 70s was definitely "Bubba" bass fishing!
By 74-75 I went from fishing 25# Original Stren, to 17#, to 15# Berkley Big Game. 15# & under back then was light line!
visagelaid reply :
I pretty much taught myself bass fishing. With the internet, and this website, you can learn a lot. I grew up trout fishing with my grandfather, and he taught me most everything about general/trout fishing. I have recently joined the North Alabama Bass Club, and hope to learn a lot from some of the older guys in the club. With just having moved to Alabama, the learning curve with these lakes on the Tennessee River is steep. I hope to figure this place out. I'm really excited about the opportunity to catch some big Alabama bass.
IgotWood reply :
I too am new to bass fishing. I started bass fishing this spring, and I owe huge thanks to the kind folks on this site for replying to many of my redundant threads that I've posted.
I also owe many thanks to Glenn for his videos on YouTube. It takes a lot of time and effort for those videos between the recording, and the editing...not to mention their decades of time and experience on the water.
Having said that, my time on the water has been the biggest and most invaluable learning tool for me, and without the information from the videos and the advice I've gotten on this site, my confidence on the water has resulted in a fantastic season. I hope it only gets better from here. I hope I can give back and shed some of my experience with new anglers in the future. Thank you all!
whitwolf reply :
My daddy started me on the fishing journey with a cane pole and cork. I have always loved to fish from that day forward. It was back in the late 70's that I really got Into bass fishing. There were two buddies that were heavily into bass fishing and I must have asked them a dozen times to take me out fishing but they were quite reluctant because they thought I would be like many others and get bored an hour into the trip. I finally got to go and "we" became best of friends and fishing buddies. I can never thank those two of those guys enough as they taught me everything I needed to know to get me started. They were generous with Information and like me they simply loved to fish. They gave me 5 baits(I still have 4 them) to get started, taught me how to use a baitcaster, and were always "coaching" me. The biggest takeaway from those times was the art of staying positive, having fun, and to be persistent.
It was after we went our separate ways that I dedicated myself to learn as much as I could; little did I know that the learning would never stop. I have had many folks on this forum teach me many things and share so much Information that I do my best to give back to this family! The single biggest lesson that I have learned and did my best to pass on Is this: While I have asked many questions, observed, read everything I could get my hands on, the greatest single way that I learned to do something on the water was to get on the water and put all those questions and answers, observations, and what I have read, Into practice. There's no greater way to learn than to do! Also remember this: Information overload is as harmful as not going fishing. I think you need to relax, do what you need to do to master whatever technique you're trying to learn and be aware that you'll learn what you need to with time. Lastly, have FUN!
Fish the Mitt reply :
My father was the reason I began fishing. However, it was more perch and panfish and never anything else. My love for Bass fishing is completely self-taught up until finding this site. From there, it blossomed into what it is today. Fishing, like any thing else, must be passed on and passed around as to not lose it in a generation or two. Peers are invaluable in learning as much as you can but going out yourself and being on the water, is second to none. The most important part of that though, is to pass this on to others. - which ia what makes this site so wonderful.
A-Jay reply :
Learned quite a bit from this Man. Manual Salazar (and his brother Narlin) are two Big Bass Catching humans.
A-Jay
Ratherbfishing reply :
The one fishing personality that lit my fuse was Virgil Ward-though it wasn't confined to bass fishing.
I have a couple of friends who were very instrumental in expanding my "repertoire" to include soft plastics. Before I was mostly a "hard bait" fisherman but I've caught a lot more since I've added worms, "flukes", crawdads, and creature baits to the list.
thomas15 reply :
I grew up literally at the Jersey Shore and we did a lot of fishing. But that is salt water. My Dad was a commercial fishermen and he also operated for the owners one or two party boats from the Shark River Marina from time to time. So we had boats and access to plenty of fishing. Also, the marina was there for after school fishing and it wasn't unusual for half of my class to be at the marina on any given day when certain fish were running.
My Grandfather would take my brother and me trout fishing In the spring. And once in a while he would take us to a pond to fish for panfish. Grandpop talked about LMB fishing from when he was a kid but I never caught one nor to my knowledge did any of my friends catch one when we were growing up. I was probably well into my 30s before I actually saw my first LMB in person.
When my kids were old enough to start fishing I decided to start them on fresh water for the convenience and when fishing from the bank I think it's just more pleasant fishing fresh water vs. salt water. So I actually had to ask around to find a pond that held fish and so we started on a pond and quickly found out that in south jersey an easy fish to catch are cats. And we caught a bunch of them.
Anyway, me being me, I decided to expand my horizons and started trying to catch LMB. I read a few articles and asked a few people for advice. But I have had to work exceptionally hard to get where I'm at now which is really nothing to brag about. I have a bunch of books and have watched a lot of vids but when I actually catch fish it's doing it in a way that I just learned to do trial and error. It is surprising just how many good bass lakes and ponds there are in NJ. I think because there are bigger fish to fry that these lakes get ignored. We lived in Tuckerton NJ for 20 years when my kids were little. Tuckerton is a destination for stripers. There is a little pond within spitting distance from a prime striper beach that is full of lunker LMB. You would drive past this thing and never imagine that there are bass in it.
Now I'm in NE PA and the fishing is in my opinion not easy. Have to learn all over again. As far as Bass go I have received some help but mainly I'm self taught.
scaleface reply :
I also learned a lot from Harry and Charlie . Who remember what Harrys favorite bait was ?
stk44 reply :
My Dad taught me the basics of fishing, but he is a trout guy. He fly fishes and is pretty good at it and so am I.
I'm going to say that YouTube, Bassresource, and trial and error on the water made me a better bass fisherman. I'm probably twice as good this year as I was last year, and I hope to keep improving at that rate for quite a long time. If it weren't for being able to ask a million questions on BassResource, there would've been A LOT more error and a much harder learning curve.
thomas15 reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 8:28 AM, scaleface said:I also learned a lot from Harry and Charlie . Who remember what Harrys favorite bait was ?
Wild guess, their special formula stink bait?
blckshirt98 reply :
My dad introduced me and my siblings to fishing from when we could first hold a pole. Being an Asian family, fishing is kind of a cultural thing, and other sports not so much. A little bit of freshwater fishing, but mostly pier fishing for perch/mackerel. As for bass fishing specifically that's not a species my dad targeted, and one I dabbled with a little bit back in junior high with limited success.
About 4.5 years ago, after about a 20 year break, I started fishing again, but only from the pier/surf. 3.5 years ago I started focusing on bass. A lot of my learning was trial and error based on time on the water. I did try to read up on posts in a couple of online forums, and bought and read bass magazines whenever I could. The availability of information on the internet has really sped up my learning curve, something that wouldn't have been possible 20 years ago when I was doing everything wrong and could only learn through word of mouth from friends or by watching "The Fishin' Hole" on ESPN.
I now try to go fishing with my nephews, and even my niece has said she wants to go fishing so I'll probably take her out next Spring when the pre-spawn/spawn bite in on fire.
soflabasser reply :
Time on the water and applying what you learned well is the best teacher any bass fisherman can have.
Torn Thumb reply :
My dad and Grandpa taught me how to fish for trout. Mostly just nightcrawler and bobber snoozefest style. I spent most of my early years just throwing whatever out there I imagined might work. Up until a few years ago my knot tying was atrocious, just knot on top of knot on top of knot... Couldn't figure out why I thought that was smart until I brought my dad fishing this summer. Same thing with the knots.
So, in more recent years I have learned a lot from my boss (topwater), co-workers(senkos), Nick the informative guy, and most recently Glenn. I still have to rewatch videos sometimes as I struggle to retain info if I don't use it right away.
So thanks to all of the above mentioned people. Honorable mention to alot of the frequent posters here. Thank you.
BrianSnat reply :
My family has had a small cabin at a northern NJ lake since I was 10(late 60's). My dad taught me to cast and how to bait a hook and tie a clinch knot, but he was more of a saltwater guy and knew little about bass fishing
I started taking out the boat fishing at about age 11 once I tired of catching sunnies off the dock. I had no idea what I was doing. There was an old man, Mr Reynolds, who had a house not far from ours. He had a old wooden row boat. He wasn't super friendly, but he was acknowledged to be the best angler on the lake.
So I shadowed him for several years. If I saw him go out, I'd go out. I'd stay a respectful distance away, but paid attention to where and when he fished, watched what lures he was using, where he casted them and how he retrieved them.
Old man Reynolds was a superb teacher even if he didn't know it (or perhaps he did).
Reel Guy reply :
As a relatively newbie, I have learned a lot from You Tube, from the Bass Resource videos, Bass Resource website and time spent on the water. I am also learning from reading some of the threads here on the forum as well. Thanks for all the information!
JT Bagwell reply :
My 3 biggest Bass fishing influences (that helped me learn the most) as a kid were my late Grandpa Arnie King, Hank Parker and Bassmaster (magazine & tv show).
bigbill reply :
I have learned about bass fishing from Glenn here on this site and watching Bill Dance and Hank Parker tv shows. I applied everything on the water fishing. Listen to the bass they will tell you what they want too.
My first encounter with lures one night I was feeling in a night crawler and had a strike. I thought to myself the bass just told me they want something moving. I just purchased a Mepps bass assortment of #3 inlines. The feeding frenzy was on. After a hour of catching doubles me and my son were hooked on bass fishing.
The pros contribute so much to bass fishing by giving tips. I say listen to hear what they say. But watch what they do with there hands. How they handle the rod setup and presentation. Bill Dance is the one I watch closely.
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