Welcom to New Members

[Becky]

We have several new members to American Bass Anglers and to this forum. Welcome to our family of bass anglers. Watch this site for announcements and other information. Ask questions; post comments. Just keep it clean and of interest to our members. Be sure and check out our list of local sponsors. They help us, so lets help them.

[ScottChapman]

Thank you Becky. I look forward to fishing with all of you, as I am passionate about this sport. If anyone wants to do some preseason angling please shoot me an email. I certainly would not be opposed to driving down from manhattan to wet a line, as I have the "Fever" so bad right now I can hardly stand it. I can be reached at scottmchapman68@yahoo.com. Again, thank you for the welcome Becky.
Respectfully,
Scott Chapman

[ScottChapman]

P.S. I also wanted to discuss some of the preferred baits to use at Big Hill as I have only fished this lake once from the shore and that was for a very short time. I caught a few smallies and few lm's on senko's. Anybody care to weigh in on some suggestions. I'm guessing a jig n pig would do the trick, as well as shad or craw patterend crankbaits. Let me know what you think. THANKS.

[MMesplay]

Jigs are my bait of choice at Big Hill Scott. Check out Richard Fitzwater's website. http://www.fitzwaterlures.com/ He is a sponsor and if you ask anyone they will tell you that Richard makes a top-notch jig. He makes some special colors that work really well in this area. Many can attest to their fish-catching ability! Look forward to seeing you at this years' tournaments. Welcome!

[ScottChapman]

Thank you for the response and the link. Those jigs look super. They kind of remind of the eakins jigs that I have been using for years. Pig and Jig is my all time favorite lure to use, in terms of catching quality sized fish. I dont care what anybody says, they can catch fish ALL year long. Havent looked at that link in depth yet but judging from their homepage, I can already tell that is a very good jig. Do you mind giving some advice on the colors you prefer? Im guessing Black/Blue or Pumpkinseed/Orange depending on water clarity. My two favorite colors anyways. Thanks again for the input, I too look forward to fishing with you and learning as much as I possibly can.

[fitzh2olures]

Matt,
Thanks for the plug, I appreciate that.Scott,Welcome to the ABA! I would be glad to help you in any way I can with colors and styles that work in this area.Just give me a shout and I can have your jigs Friday night at registration or at take off Saturday morning.

[chris_tinberg]

Hey all im new to this circut but excited to do some fishing. scott if your ever in the pittsburg area i would like to do some fishing with ya. and for any one else that wants to get out i would like to do fishing with any of you guys also. i havent ever fished big hill but egar to find the big ones. good luck on saturday excited to compete with you all.