Hey guys, I just joined up tonight and look forward to learning all I can and meeting all of you.

A bit about me. I grew up in south Louisiana and have fished saltwater my whole life. The little freshwater fishing I did do was a hook under a cork with a worm attached and let's see what happens. A few brim and cats were hooked this way, not enough to brag on though.
A few years back my wife and I moved further west from my home town, making it an hour and a half drive to do any saltwater fishing as I don't own or have access to a boat. I work a 7 day on/ 7 day off schedule in which I fish reds while I am work.

On my 7 days off though, most of that time my wife is at work all day and my daughter is at school all day so to have something to do I decided to fish. Driving an hour almost everyday is not economical and being that freshwater is all around me I decided to try my hand at crappie- or sakaulait as they are referred to down here (pronounced sock-o-lay, and in Cajun French means "sack of milk").

My equipment consists of a Shakespeare Outcast and spinning reel in which I have a drop shot rig attached, and a 5' Shakespeare light duty ugly stick with a Shakespeare spincast reel rigged with a slip bobber. Both rigs are using 10 pound test. I'm sure this equipment is not ideal but its what I have right now. I have been out once today with no luck but u didnt expect much with the strong wind gust and falling temp.

Anyway this is long enough already, so I will sign off here and get to reading and learning. See you guys around…