First Ever Bass!!!

[samsteele115]

I headed out with a mate to some of the local creeks this afternoon to try and catch a few bass.

I've been to the same place before without any luck probably due to the fact it was the middle of the day and they must have been hiding!

It was my first afternoon in ages without work/cricket training so i jumped at the chance to try and catch a bass in the prime feeding time of late afternoon!!

Started off very slow with no luck using soft plastic grubs with a jigspinner. My mate changed to an orange hard body and i changed to a cheap tsunami super bass and on his second cast got a little bass!

He always outfishes me so i was determined to match his little sucker!

The next hour was pretty slow and we moved spots for the 3rd time. (not by choice, we were asked to leave by some old man claiming it was his property. Didnt know a creek could be someones property but we were polite and moved on anyway).

Lucky we did because on my 4th lure change (jitterbug) I cast out towards some rocks then "BANG!!! zzzzzzzz" the jitterbug was taken by a bass! my first one! Adrenalin was pumping through me as i tried to keep cool and keep him on. Measured him at 38cm. Not too bad for a first!

Anyway enough of the rambling, very very excited to get my first.

Sorry for the poor photography and i didnt really get a good hold of the fish but was too pumped up!

Released it back where it came from straight after a quick photo.

Hopefully the start of more successful bass catch and releases for me! (i think ive caught the bass bug now. Oh dear.)

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Thanks for reading my poorly written report

Sam

[samsteele115]

Quick Q: For future posts, how would I put the picture into the report instead of the file links at the bottom?

Thanks,

Sam

[Manni79]

nice one mate

for inserting pics in to your post, select the line on your post where you want the pic to appear and press the insert butting down the bottom where you added the pic

Hope that makes sense

[samsteele115]

Ahhh gotcha. Thanks mate.

[Jords]

Nice one mate. You guys didnt happen to see two blokes with headlamps and white cars getting into their yaks as you got back to your car?

Nice one mate, and so the addiction begins!

[samsteele115]

Nope I dont think so!! Probably staring at the photo on my phone in amazement haha.

Definitely will be going back there again.

I was addicted to bass fishing before I even caught one!! If that's possible...

[Terry H]

Sam, I've inserted the images to your report for you.

When you attach the images you have to hit the little "Insert" button for each image

Well done on your first bass! Seems like it will be the first of many!

[bersim]

Great work Sam!!!! Glad all your persistence paid off

James

[mottly crew]

well done mate 38 is good for a first bass now its upgrade time my first bass was 52 bit hard to upgrade fram that but i keep trying

[Damien2Rad]

Yet to crack my first bass myself, so congrats on the first.

[Luvit]

38cm off the surface as a first is excellent.

Less work/cricket training and more fishing is on the cards.

Keep up the reports.

[samsteele115]

Yeah I think I'll be sick next week every day at 4pm.. Strange, I have no idea why :whistle:

[Bommie]

well done Sam on your first bass, looking forward to future reports :cheer:

[Milan]

Welcome to Bass fishing. More addictive than Crack.

[Doobsy]

Nice Bass for your first and on the surface too! :woohoo:

Keep up the good work.

[Gregpen]

Congrats on the first bass.

You know there is no cure for any form of fishing bug, just an ongoing expense for medication....