A little introduction of a novice fisherman.

Let the introduction begin, my name is Jesse as the title implies I am a novice fisherman in all forms of the word. I have spent most of my 20 years of my 23 years of life fishing for trout of all shapes, sizes and species. My favorite trout however is the Cutthroat, I am assuming however that most of the people reading this know what one looks like, but for those of you who do not... Behold the majestic Cutthroat... ogle at it...admire it and respect it...

Born and raised in eastern Washington the fishing for trout has been the normal routine weekends, weekdays, whenever it was possible to go out and fish we would go out and drown some worms. When I was growing up I was only taught how to catch trout or bluegill, the bluegill was the first fish I every caught because...well it is easy to catch, I have caught many of bluegill on bare hooks. 

To rapidly shift gears, in the last few years the bass fishing has skyrocketed in the pacific northwest. At least in my eyes it has. Now don't get me wrong people have been fishing bass in these waters for a long time, I just now started to notice it. And for the one or two people who have never seen a large mouth bass... Behold the submarine of the deep.... The predator of the pond... The one...The Only....LARGE MOUTH BASS...(cheering ensues) 

The last two years I have began to fish for Large mouth bass and that is about it. So this challenge is really about us growing into better fisherman and I suppose the (as cheesey as it may sound) brotherhood that is built between friends and family with the aid of fishing.

Now I have know Tim for probably 14 years give or take a few, and we have been fishing on multiple occasions, in multiple areas. So even though it says it is a challenge it has a competition aspect between us. We have been trying to one up each others catch count for the last 6 years I think. Well I think that is all I have to say really, I just hope people come here to see how it is doing and give us advice on how to catch some of these fish. 

Now I do not know about Tim, but I am going to try and review some of the gear I have caught fish with when it is slow fishing and whatnot. If anyone wants something reviewed let us know, we will do our best to get to it when we are not drowning worms or setting our hooks. 

Now a picture of yours truly...from five years ago...