Beginners Luck?

[Bishop169]

If it wasn't for beginners luck I wouldn't be in debt with all the gear I bought and out most free nights in the spring summer.....

Me and my ex were at the beach I had some fresh water gear in my trunk along with a cheap shore caster I got at a yard sale that day. we were bored and figured may as well wet a line. So the both of sitting on the jetty in Hampton using 6' fresh rods with 10# test and a 8 ft shore caster with ??# on it and some hooks and weights we got from the tackle shop near us we start chunking clams....

Not even a half hour out she pulls in this huge fluke on the fresh rod and about a half hour after I pulled a huge striped bass had no scale didn't even have a tape this fish went from my shoulder to past my knee.....

Caught a few more smaller ones that day but I can tell you this that was 8 years ago and since then I've been back to that jetty many times and only pulled crabs out.

so beginners luck got me hooked

[bassballer]

i got one. i was about 12 which was only 14 yrs ago but me and my father were trolling tube & worm in buttermilk bay catching schoolie after schoolie. By younger cousin she was about 9/10 at the time wanted to try one. We set her up and began a pass when the rod was doubled over. and looked like it was going to pull her into the bay. When my dad realized there was a decent fish on the end he tried to help her and she began to yell at him! He laughed and then just held the top of the reel seat for some support while she cranked on the reel. Fish was landed and measured 48" and was released. We got back to the dock and no one believed us.