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Went out like I normally do fished from about 645 to 8. Caught this one at 745 am on a weightless trick worm in baitfish. She measured 20.5 inches and was just a hair under 4 pounds at 3.9 But I was home because my oldest and wife had to do his kindergarten orientation. So I went fishing again, took the little ones to the pond by our house caught some bluegills, Nate likes to call them bass. They had fun and in about 15 minutes they were done, which was no biggie since it was across the street LOL

What's up guys. I am down in southern Duval/St. Johns. There are a couple threads with a few spots posted already. Check out the shopping center on the right as you come up to beaches on hodges. two ponds in the back look good. Use google earth it is a helpful tool, you can also rewind the time and see how long the pond has been there. Also the mullet run is about be on, give redfish/trout a try check out the little jetties or huegonot, villano inlet, guana park. If you have bass gear, you got what you need to snag one of those.

There is a nice pond off of 202 bulter, take Belfort Rd and turn left onto AC Skinner. the business park begins emediately to your right, there is a huge pond drive to the last or second to last entrance. Beware of the big gator. Baymeadows has a park and there are a good number of ponds off of Gate. Also heard of many folks fishing the ponds near UNF or on campus. That is about all I know that far north. Good luck.

And because it annoys me, the above statement is false. Only some cases do a property line extend into the water and still that doesn't dictate ownership of the body of water itself. Many a property line go to MHW (mean high water) or shoreline and it is a false assumption they extend beyond into the body of water. In those cases riparian rights are invoked. Riparian rights and property ownership are two different things, this is where you get lost on most of my posts regarding the subject. Stasher had the best post with demostrating the ownership/access of the body of water, USACE, and the rights the owners had to the water. This is my point, look to the owner of the water for the guidelines on use and access. As it will be owned and maintained by the state, federal or a HOA institution. Many states and jurisdictions allow the construction of docks with a general permit, they also reserve the right to remove or modify such structures if deemed necessary. Now what you have stated holds some truths, but also holds some misinformation and common assumptions. Property law is very complicated and dealing with waterways etc. should best be left to a professional land surveyor. That is why you should seek the legal documents describing the ownership/access as I and Long Mike stated.

Had a lot of success today with a vibe style worm throwing on the edges of the weeds sticking up in 2-4' of water letting sink for a sec the bringing it to the top and running it through the grass.

Spinner baits, rattle traps, blue gill swim baits, frogs, jigs.

Nice link, thanks. Good looking stuff right there..... Bulldog Brand and Kabar make some knives in the US. I also liked the knife works because of the exhibits they had, it was like a museum and a store.

My 5 yr old uses primarily a 5'-6" zebco with a president 20 on it and 6lb mono. he sometimes uses one of my other outfits which are a 6' rod and 6'6" spinning combos. I think they could handle anything 6-7' range. Like another said the Iconelli combos would probably be a good start.

Nice fish, sounds like if this is the last time this year it turned out pretty good.

Well been out with the zoom mag trick in wat/red flk 4 times now. not really using it that much, have varried results it has been having hits but nothing really nails it, don't know if it is taps on the tail or the fish are too small to swallow it. I haven't really given it much time since other stuff seems to be working better lately. It sinks a lot faster, most of the hits are on the way down versus the regular trick worm it was when I was dragging it. will keep you posted.

Nice day today at the bartram/racetrack pond. Had 2 land,one on a blk/blueflk stick and all the rest on redshad greenflk bitters vibe worm 1 thrown hook, 2 breakoffs, and 1 blow up and miss. Things are cooling down, in the low 70's at night, fish seem fiarly active from 6 am to 8 am.

Same here!

Hope he can stay healthy he is my ticket to Fantasy GOLD!!! Really not a raider fan, just like Dallas less LOL

My favorite for getting bit is a trick worm, my best producer of big fish is a rattlesnake and my favorite to fish is a popper, love the pause then all the sudden a blowup!

Man your on a roll. Nice fish. I fish before work a lot and it sucks having to pull yourself away especially when it is going good.

Awesome pic. I would have to say seeing sunrise and sets are great perks to fishing.

^^^X2 man it looks great. I would buy one.

Capt O your lucky it is preseason and Big D's little d won't be getting a huge dose of McFadden.

Yeah I could get into that, I have had my eye on several. If your ever near Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge Tn. area Smokey Mountain Knife Works is an awesome place to go.

Zoom ultra vibe speed craw

Keeping it simple I would add personally would, a stick bait (blk/blue flake and a green color) and a floating worm like a Zoom Trick worm (Red Shad, junebug) and some top waters like a jitter bug (black), popper (bone or shad) and some lipless crank baits.

Never said it would be legal to hang trot lines. As they would be tied to land. However there are many places that have property to MHW or to Shoreline vague as it might be. I was suggesting to check the regs to see if the lake was shared as in giving him equal acess to fish the lake. Or they both could be wrong and have no right to fish the lake use a boat etc. But checking a deed or plat he will get answer to legal property right issues. When we cut property lines it all has to do with lot size, zoning, maintenance and legalities of things like common/green space and storm water management ponds. Last thing on any surveyor or engineers mind is lake access, last thing on a developers mind is access, it is profit. If there is a blue line stream involved it is most certainly involves the Corp. if there is a dam or control structure then it at least involves the state/county.

^^^ I have the 3x finesse works, virtually in destructible however they melt at a lower temp than most plastics.

Nice fish. That pond does look like some froggn water.