Jakestake83 wrote:
Hey cueball, welcome to the forum. I always recommend that it's worth the investment to hire a guide for the first couple of fishing trips. They can show you a lot of tricks and you can then learn to modify those tricks to fit your fishing process. I'm on a NC lake and its a great way to retire. I look at the lake every morning with my coffee and decide when the weather is best suited for the kind of fishing that I do. I fish about four times a week. Good luck.