Greetings from South Bend, Indiana.

[dbassman]

Hi all, my name is Dan and I'm a 43-year-old new member from South Bend, Indiana. I've loved to fish, ever since I was old enough to hold a pole and as far back as I can remember bass fishing has always been my favorite! One thing that sets me apart from probably everyone else on this site, is I’ve been a C-4/5 quadriplegic for the past 28 years as a result of falling from a tree at age 15. I’m paralyzed from the shoulders down and fish with an electric fishing reel that I operate with a slide bar on a headrest, someone has to cast out for me but I take over after that. I’ve fished ever since I could hold a pole & after my accident just had to find a new way to do it. Check out my website: (DansFishinHole.com) for a video segment that our local news station did on me in 1998 and a Fishing with Roland Martin TV show I did in 1984, so you can see how I actually fish. There’s been some modifications to my equipment, but it’s still pretty much the same. Most of the pictures in the "Photo Gallery" on the site are from a lake in lower Michigan that I have been going to for two weeks out of the year almost every year my life.

My best fishing experience was when I got to go fishing with Roland Martin on Lake Okeechobee and caught a 9 lb. bass while doing it.

Other hobbies are NASCAR, football (especially Notre Dame), computers, being outdoors (when it's warm) and just getting out with friends.

I'm always looking for new fishing partners to go out with, so if you're interested in going out fishing with me, drop me a line (no pun intended).

Motto I. live by:

Yard by yard, life is hard, inch by inch life's a cinch.

Lifetime member of North American Fishing Club

[deerhunt45]

Let me be the first to welcome you to OhioSportsman.com ! I have a good buddie who lives in South Bend area (Granger).

I think you'll enjoy the forums.

I really like your motto!

45 :coolgleamA:

[BuckSlayer]

Welcome..I have an uncle who lives in Nappanee...hows the deer hunting up there?

[dbassman]

Yea, Granger is real close to us... Maybe we can get together sometime... Nappanee is a little further, but still not bad.

The Deer hunting is GREAT (as long as you have a place to hunt, which fortunately we do!) Being a quadriplegic, I don't hunt an longer though, I can't take the cold or even cool weather since my injury 29 years ago, so I hate to see summer coming to an end. :Protest_emoticon::mad: However, my Dad, brother, nephew & neighbor all hunt so we get plenty of delicious venison! :):):)

[BuckSlayer]

I heard the public hunting is terrible. You have to have permission on private land to get away from the other hunters.

[eschatts]

Welcome to the forum Dan.

[hunTer06]

welcome to OS dan

[Steve]

Welcome and don't forget to check out our sister site http://www.indianasportsman.com

[Lucky]

Welcome to the site. My wife has an uncle who lives in Mishawaka (SP), he is an engineer for Hummer.

[oxmos]

Welcome to the forum!

[ohiobowhntr1]

Welcome and enjoy the site!