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This is a great thread lol. I am sure I do something super amusing but at this point I think I might black out because I can't think if I do haha. I am bad about always wanting a pic...even if it's a dink... .

We fished lox on the north side this morning with no luck. It got really windy and we came in. This evening we tried a new place thanks to Trickerie and I also used the Gambler Big EZ in Florida 5-0 as he suggested and using some of the things I learned here, I caught this guy... I know he still isn't huge, but this is the biggest one I've caught to date and this newb is thrilled lol.

The beginning of the month we did ok at Lox. You saw my thread an pics I think. We went out today and not a bite from our canoe or land. Keep in mind we are newbs so it doesn't take much to impress us yet and don't have a boat lol.

I know him through work so not personally but over the years. I saw a pic of it on CL and was impressed but that is a picture. I was thinking the same thing about your last statement lol. I am a sucker for throwbacks though. I'm a Chevy kind of girl but I will take a mint 1960s/1970s Ford truck anyday lol.

Interesting thank you. I saw a pic of it and didn't consider it a big boat. Currently I can't really compare how I fish now to how I would fish with a boat. My bf has a cummins diesel right now so I assume that would tow it however this would be my boat and I drive a lifted Tahoe so another thing I would have to look into!

I'm just throwing this out there for conversation as I am just a newcomer to bass fishing and this is probably getting in way over my head... My short bass fishing experience has been mostly from land and occasionally from canoe. Of course I always "wish I had a boat" to fish from. Ironically, today someone I know happened to mention he is selling his boat. He's an older gentleman who is hanging up his fishing pole. He has an '83 Ranger Commanchee 90 hp Johnson on trailer with a 54lb thrust GW trolling motor. He's bought it new/top of the line and it's been garaged since day one and it is immaculate. He is asking $3900. So my questions are...assuming excellent condition, would you consider a boat this old? What would be your concerns or questions? Thanks!

I think so! I uploaded them to an album and then added them to my post. I'm guessing it was right cause I think the showed up. I can see them at least... Idk it doesn't look right but they are there lol.

TY! Looks like we are headed to Bass Pro today lol.

Thanks Glades! You guys are awesome! We tried a frog today but I think the problem was color. I think we needed something brighter. The one we have is just green. We did take PFD's we also rigged up a very "custom" pvc and stuck a Florida Gator (orange) flag on it hoping that we would be seen rather than run over lol.

OH and on another cool note...we got to see a little gator flirting. There were two gators just down the way from us and one of them was bellowing. He carried on for a little while. As much as I have been around gators they are usually sleeping so that was fun.

Cool thanks! All I know is it was rather large and put up quite a fight. There was another one with it that was a little bigger. We weren't really sure how we were going to get him unhooked and then he took care of that for us lol. Lox is down the road from us but we fished it from land once or twice before and only got a few little guys so we didn't want to fish from land again. We borrowed a canoe, lugged it down there, fought the wind and the best catch of the day was from land...go figure!

Thank you Shane! Here are pics from today. Sorry for the quality they are from my POS droid.

Thank you all! @Darren we tried today! I posted a thread in the southeast forum and as soon as I figure it out I will post pics lol.

As I mentioned in my intro, I am pretty new to freshwater fishing. I have fished saltwater since a teenager. I've had a hard time finding good local non-urban fishing from land in South Florida although it might have to do with my skill too at this point lol. Anyway my bf and I decided to go to Loxahatchee with a canoe and brave the gators to try and improve our catch. We launched from the airboat side at dawn and fished around with topwater lures. We were doing ok until the wind picked up and we headed back. I only caught two bass and he didn't catch any. Interestingly enough we only saw one gator. Now I have always said gators = fish as that has been true for us at Corbett. So...we packed up and on our way out stopped by the spillway where we usually fish from land. There were a few gators hanging out. As soon as he threw his lure out he landed a nice bass. Apparently my job is to get the hook out *rolling my eyes* and so after getting it out and snapping a pic he throws the lure again and gets another just a bit smaller. Again...hook duty and I still haven't had a chance to cast! Third throw...he snagged either a mudfish or snakehead. I hoped to get a pic to ask you all but it broke the line. I have a fish id card but this guy didn't have a single spot on him and on the fish id the mudfish has a tail spot and the snakehead had several spots so idk. Dorsal fin looked more like a snakehead to me. Super long story short...the bite stopped and I missed out! Anyway, I was happy with the morning as I feel like we are slowly but surely improving. Ironically this is the first time we used a canoe and we did better by land lol.

Hi! New here from South Florida. My name is Andrea and I grew up saltwater fishing but have recently been learning about bass fishing after a lucky stint in Wisconsin gave me the bug!

Hey everyone! I joined back in October but I don't think I ever posted. My name is Andrea. I grew up in Ft. Pierce fishing the IC and Atlantic Ocean. I moved to South Florida for my job and don't find much time for ocean fishing anymore. I've got the freshwater fishing bug now and am trying to learn how to get away from the concrete jungle down here lol.