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Its been a while since i've been out to west miramar. i do have a nice little spot in southwest ranches west of 75 south of griffin that always seems to produce a pea or two. Never really attempted to fish in weston, everything there is always so restricted. i'll have to get on google earth and search out some spots in west miramar. I bought a silver/black x-rap last week for spillway snook that i think can work out just fine. Good luck to ya Lou! Matt

Peacocks love the hotter weather. In the dead of summer they are more active at 2pm then they are at 6am. I don't think there is any possibility of a 15lb peacock down here. 10lbs i could believe, even thatll be a stretch. Most of the ones i catch are in the 1-3lb range. Every once in a while i MIGHT get one about 4. I couldn't imagine a double digit pea. They are absolutly ferocious!

x2 on great customer service. I had a vendetta about 6 months ago snap as i lifted a 4lb peacock bass onto the shore. i emailed them, took pics, and gave them all the info. Didn't hear back for a few days, i emailed them again while i was at work, I got home that night and there was a brand new vendetta waiting for me! They did an excellent job and have certainly earned my future business! Matt

As said already, just more practice with the bait will help you get better. Frogs IMO are probably the most exciting way to catch bass. As far as hook sets go, as soon as i get a blow up, i reel up the slack(which takes a second or two) and if the fish is there i drop the hammer! I always try to make sure the fish still has it before swingin though, don't want a double hook flyin back at my face! I also use pad crashers, and i've found(which i read on these forums) trimming the legs about an inch helps them "walk" better. If you can walk a spook, i generally move the rod tip MAYBE half as much as i would with a spook. And experimenting with different cadences and rythms is key. Matt

golf courses are great for bass!!! My favorite honey hole is a lake in between an apartment complex and a golf course. Caught many 4lb and 5lbers there! Give it a shot! Matt

awesome! i need to get up to springs, its been too long since i've wrestled a snakehead!

thanks guys! The first few months i lived there i never really attempted to fish this lake(water is always VERY clear). Really tryin to talk the wife into letting me get a kayak. The other side of the lake is riddled with docks, walls, and cover that i could spend weeks picking apart on a yak. we will see though! Thanks again! Matt

After a few weeks of nothing worth mentioning, i caught this 4 or 4.5lb girl saturday afternoon on a stik-o at my lake. Worked my way to the corner which has a culvert, made a cast to the opposite bank, i barely engaged the real and the line took off!. So i reeled up the slack and dropped the hammer! I was happy to get a good hook set considering the fish was 30-35 yards away. A couple jumps and got her in. Made the rest of my day! Matt

Just adding to what was already said, i would concentrate my efforts on the eastern shore. Looking at the pic of the pond it looks like the eastern shore is more fishy. Seems to be more cover, and as MCS said there is surely a culvert connecting the pond with the canal underneath university drive. Culverts are always a good spot to start especially if there is water moving through them.. And not all hard lures have to be complicated. i prefer soft plastics myself, i have 2 rods dedicated strictly for plastics(1 for weighted plastics, and 1 for weightless), one for a hollow body frog, and one for hard baits. And as far as hard baits go, i have 3 cranks, 2 spooks, and a chatterbait, lol. Good luck and let us know how it went! Matt

stik-o's are awesome! That is my #1 go to bait down here. Favorite colors are green pumpkin and texas smoke. I use either the 5" or 6" sizes and i prefer to wacky rig. I only T-rig when there is quite a bit of cover. Someone earlier mentioned a Gomakatsu #1 finesse hook. x2 on that. The bait just seems to fall and move more natural wacky rigged. The T-rig i'm normally throwing at a target(pads, mats, stump, branch, etc) if it doesn't get nailed in a few seconds i burn it back and make another cast to another target. Wacky rigging i'll throw it parallel to those targets or work it along a ledge or weedline, deadly! matt

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If i didn't have to work tomorrow i'd be in. If you plan to target peas in the miramar area i wouldn't go in the am. THey love the hotter weather. So early afternoon is a much better time. Snakeheads you would have to drive up to coral springs and would be better to hit in the am IMO. The snakeheads love the topwater buzz frogs and spinnerbaits. Sunday i'm fishing but i think i'll be hitting the rickenbacker causeway for some saltwater action. The tides seem to be right. Good luck. We can meet up in the future at some point and fish just PM me Matt

Horny toads are great baits. This time of year i like them in lower light conditions or overcast and around pads or any other type of cover. Getting out at dawn would be a good idea. Dawn tomorrow is at 605. So you can have almost 30 mins before the sun comes up. I caught a 3lber the other night at my lake in pines at about 830pm. Just before total dark. good luck! Matt

I have both the carbonlite and lightning shock. NO complaints from either one. The carbonlite is 7MH for weightless plastics, flukes, buzz frogs, senkos. The lightning shock is also 7MH and noticebly more limber so i use that for treble hook baits, cranks, and spooks mostly. Both are great for as much as i use them and would buy either one again. Matt

Have you tried going west? i live off hiatus in pembroke pines, i head out west to SW ranches sometimes, its pretty good out there. Use google earth and pick out some spots. Thats how i've found all my "honey holes". I try to stay away from the big main canals and concentrate on the finger canals. I'm surprised you haven't had any results with senkos. Thats normally the go to bait for me. Try wacky riggin em also in watermelon seed. Thats pretty much the only color i throw in those haha. Good luck! Matt