How did you get hooked?

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bigkano

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Howzit sealiners,

Before I joined Sealine I was a weekend carp angler.."Papgooier" (I had to be the only papgooier without a keepnet, 3L smoking ford and a cooler box full of brannas :blah:blah:blah:blah). . And after joining SL:woohoo, I found interest in the bass forum section and started reading all the great posts from all bass fanatics and fell in love with this facet of angling. (Just by reading articles on this forum).::slr::

I soon decided to learn more and posted a question on how to get going and what I needed to hunt  LGF's..My question was answered soon after posting the topic and the tips/advise was one after another. (Thank you guys for all the tips) ::slr:::beer::respekt:::respekt:::respekt:::respekt:::respekt:::respekt:::respekt::beer:beer::slr::

With all the info I gathered and offcourse a tight budget (R2.5K) I headed without delay to our local dealer looking for my first time bass setup. My setup consisted of a Shimano Chromica B series baitcaster reel filled with 12LB Fluor line & 6'6 Loomis & Franklin MH Rod, soft Zoom plastics in basic colors and essential terminal tackle.

The first free day I had open I headed off to buffelspoortdam and after about 3 hours of fishing from the banks I managed to hook a little rat of about 400grams on a light Texas rigged super fluke.

Since then I fished Riekertsdam, Buffelspoortdam, swartruggens dam, Oppiekoppie bass farm and a PVT venue in RTB and landed numerous small rats with the biggest been 1.4kg.(Do not manage to fish that often)

My target is to break my PB before end December ^^..^^..^^..^^..^^..as I will have more time to go bassing and in the meantime I have upgraded my tackle and have a huge variety of plastics, cranks and spinnerbaits. ::S::S::S

Well guys this is basically my introduction to bass angling. I would like to hear how you started out.

Keep well

Bk


 
 
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Herman Nel

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Come to the Lowveld, I guarantee you a new pb of at least 2 - 2,5 kgs...
 

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100% African

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I was an accidental angler... lol. Did saltwater fishing here and there but nothing serious... decided to buy a kayak for exercise and general fun on the water. After a few trips I decided to buy a cheap setup to try my luck at fishing... Untill then I wasn't even sure that there were bass in SA waters. Got a daiwa megaforce rod and regal reel and lets say the rest is history....
 
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bigkano

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Ian I think ya smoking da green yum yum leafs. Thats me wife.:) Herman, I wish I was that rod..She can throw me around anytime...hahahah
 
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basslover

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I started of in the suikerbos with a R150 rig...and man the first outing, i caught 12 fish, all tiny, but thats the day i got hooked!!

Didnt really know how to handle a fish in those days...lol...Oh and dont worry about the green hair!!!LOL
 

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basslover

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a Few years later, im still fishing and the guy that got me into bass fishing doesnt fish anymore....
And this is the end result!!My new PB!
 

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bassist11

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i never thought much of fishing until our school had a trip to orange river.For the trip you could buy a small package wich consisted of a cheap telescopic rod a reel and some bait sinkers and hooks, my friend then convinced me to buy the package wich i did.When we arrived on the river i had no idea what to do because i had never fished before. After three days on the river without catching a thing a more experienced friend helped out, on my first cast i landed a small yellowfish, i was thrilled and for the rest of the trip the teachers had to pry the rod out of my hand when we had to leave,shortly after i returned from the river i had urgent need to fish it drove me crazy! I then started watching bass fishing on tv and i was really impressed. When my birthday came around all i wanted was to start out bass fishing. I then bought all the basic tackle plastics rod reel etc. Ever since then i have never looked back!::S::S:wfish:wfish:fishn:fishn:fishn
 
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Blanky

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Been bassing since i was like 4 or 5 years old... started off bass fishing at our local golf course dam basically every evening with a mate of my brothers. Used to use "Crazy Crawlers"... and the explosions you get when a hog hits your topwater is what got me hooked for sure!!!
But i must saythat the fondest memories i have of bassing was when i used to fish a local quarry dam thats not far from where i use to live... and alas...i fell in love with the most exciting species ever.. the "Smallmouth"!!!!
Damn!!!... i LOVE catching smallies!
 
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