bassTaco Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hi everyone. Just a quick introduction. My name is Rick and live in the Austin area. Started taking an interest to swimbaits after seeing the portofolio of toads caught by Top Ramen and SeanM. Top Ramen then showed me the Southern Trout Eaters DVD and what a great footage on swimbait fishing. At that point I decided to try it out and Top Ramen and SeanM have been showing me the ropes to get started on swimbait gear and fishing. I have two combos right now, a 7'11" Okuma MH and H setup and a small collection of softbaits primarily Hudds to throw for the winter. Been fishing swimbaits for two months now and just caught my first swimbait fish about 2 weeks ago. Caught them on a 6" Hudd and 8" RS. Talk about a major confidence booster and looking forward to catching a fish on the 8" Hudd. Anyhow, thanks for the wealth of information provided in this site and hope to contribute soon! Thanks! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Just follow Sean around and you'll be fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arai Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Howdy Rick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassTaco Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just follow Sean around and you'll be fine! Now if only I could go out fishing as much as he does. By the way, your toad count for 2012 speaks for itself so don't count yourself out. Howdy Rick! What's up Chris! Glad to see you here too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanM Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 It's good to see you on here, Rick. There is a wealth of knowledge coming from some really helpful guys. We'll try to keep you from depleting the bank account too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWIMBO Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 It's good to see you on here, Rick. There is a wealth of knowledge coming from some really helpful guys. We'll try to keep you from depleting the bank account too much LIES!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishaholic211 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanks8123 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome Rick! I also live in Texas but in Houston. What lakes do you mainly fish in Austin? I wish I had the great number of lakes close to me like you do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassTaco Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome Rick! I also live in Texas but in Houston. What lakes do you mainly fish in Austin? I wish I had the great number of lakes close to me like you do! You are right about that. There are a ton of lakes/ponds/rivers to fish in the Austin area. I really enjoy it here. I primarily fish Lady Bird Lake, Lake Pflugerville because its right behind my subdivision, and once in a while Lake Austin. LBL and Lake Austin are good big bass fisheries. We also have some power plant lakes nearby like Decker Lake, and Lake Bastrop but those lakes are good for numbers, however, I have seen some toads pulled out of Decker Lake. I would say those are the main lakes I fish at. By the way, I fish from a kayak and I am also part of the Austin Kayak Fishing forum (AKF). Maybe sometime in the future I can afford a small bass boat but for now kayak fishing is so much fun I don't see myself breaking away from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Baiter Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassTaco Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks for the welcome everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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