Fishing Forum

Hi everyone, happy to be here. I haven't fished in many decades and I'm just now getting back into it... very slowly. Instead of going out an buying thousands of dollars worth of equipment I haven't earned yet, I've decided to take a decidedly old school approach -- used rods and reels I find at swap meets and pawn shops, no fish finders or other electronics -- just topo maps and Google Earth -- no trolling motors, minimal tackle and baits, etc. I do own a boat, but it's not a fishing boat -- yet -- but at least it gets me off the bank.

I fish entirely in freshwater, and so far only in lakes Mead, Mohave and Havasu in Arizona. I live less than a 90-minute drive from the farthest spot I launch from at any of the lake, so it's safe to say these are definitely my home fisheries. Bass, certainly -- striper, LMB and smallies -- but I also like to go after catfish, carp, crappie and blues. I have't yet tried for trout -- which are released once a week in Lake Mohave -- but they're next.

I don't have a personal best yet, and even if I did i wouldn't know it because I don't own a scale or a tape measure -- I simply don't care how big it is. I'm not in this for the numbers, I wanna catch fish... what kind or what size doesn't mean anything to me.

Clearly, I'm still very new at all this and I pretty much suck at it, but I'm getting better... and that's half the fun!

Looking forward to learning all I can.

Welcome to the site, in case you have not found it already, here is a link to our AZ board:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...w&forum=10
Nothing wrong with fishing old school, we all started off that way at one time.
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Thanks!
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Oh, I forgot to mention, our Nevada board has members that fish Lake Mead too, likely not near the area you fish but maybe you can get some tips on what to use from some of their old post, so here is a link to that board as well:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...i?forum=42
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