AK-Jax86

I have 8# test on my rod off the top of my head I don't know what my drag is set at though. I caught another nice one at 745 weighed 3.8#

4.2#

I was fishing in my backyard around 2pm with my girlfriend. She caught a 2.8# within 10 mins of us fishing, we were using live shiners. Then she cast back out and got a huge strike and the line snapped off the hook, we were using the palomar knot. Then she caught a 2.3# in a different spot. So I went to the spot where she got the big strike and cast out. Not even 30 seconds after it hit the water I get a huge strike I set the hook and the line snapped off AGAIN, still palomar knot. Then about 30 minutes later I see a fish chase a little bait fish, could have been a baby bass or bluegill, to the top of the water and attack it. So I cast my shiner out that way and was reeling it in slowly then BOOM. I was reeling it in the fish put up an amazing fight. It jumped out of the water fully 3 times I thought it was gonna get unhooked. My girlfriend gets the net and scooped it up. I open its mouth and this is what I see.... It was the same fish that took our hooks 2 times in a row, and I was running low on hooks too lol, 3rd times a charm. It weighed 4.2#, the way it snapped the lines and the way it fought we thought it was gonna be a lot bigger.... but this fish was strong as hell and put up one hell of a fight.

I went fishing this morning at 6:20 and I caught the 4.10# AGAIN!!! It has a gash on its left side & I weighed it that is how I know it was the same EXACT fish... caught the same one within a 12 hour period. I also caught this 3.5# about 10 to 15 minutes after...

My girlfriend was wearing sandals when we were fishing at a pond in a development and she stepped on a fire any pile and her foot got attacked lol that was a couple days ago Yea man I like snakes and gators I just haven't seen any outside of an artificial habitat or a fish tank lol I am gonna check out some of those spots

I have been in Jacksonville since feb. and the only place I have seen a gator is alligator farm in Saint Augistine lol. You know any places around here that have em in them I am from NJ so I would like to see one in the wild when I am fishing. I also haven't seen a water moccasin yet either

I caught this 4.10# in my back yard today. He put up a really good fight I thought it was gonna get away from me

I caught these 2 bass today around 5:20pm. I caught the smaller one first, 2.5#, and then I caught the big one after, 4.10#. I caught 6 fish today in my pond and I was fishing for a little over a hour. There is something even bigger out in my pond because I hooked it twice and it took the hook right off. I just saw its body flash about 5 feet off shore and it was huge! 4.10# 4.10# 4.10# 2.5#

My girlfriend pulled out a 2# and a 2.6# last night around 7pm. So far we haven't caught anything under 2# there so I am betting that there are some MONSTER FISH in there somewhere it's just a matter of time before I get em on my hook!

Man that 9#er is HUGE!! Congrats man they are all nice fish. You and your partner killed it

I use the trilene knot and I have 8# test on my line, might even be 10# I forget which I put on this time. My knots are usually reliable so i guess the fish that take my hooks are monsters lol. But I am gonna try to learn a different knot

Funny MCS I was gonna ask him the same question I google Earthed the area and saw a couple ponds out that way and was wondering which one held the beasts he was talking about.

You talking about the one on the corner right before the light on racetrack and bartram? Me and my girlfriend saw someone and their son fishing there in a silver or white SUV could have been you? We were gonna check it out but we went to the Publix pond instead then went to grab some dinner. Today right before dinner around 8:20pm I was fishing my backyard and I hooked a HUGE one easily 6lbs and was well over 22 inches jumped straight out of the water and took my hook right off! I need to learn to tie better knots because this was at least the 3rd or 4th one i lost like that today. Yes it is man I didn't know I had fish this big right in my back yard and I have seen much bigger I think they are spawning or something because I see them close to shore and in groups of 2.

Thanks man

I love using spinner baits, and this lure that resembles a shiner, but my favorite but the most expensive are LIVE SHINERS

I usually get excited over anything over 2.5lbs. I caught 2 today that were over 4lbs. I just enjoy catching anything really. I moved to Jacksonville from NJ and EVERYTHING here I have caught has been bigger than the biggest I caught in NJ. I LOVE FLORIDA BASS FISHING!!!

All along since I have moved to Jacksonville, about 3 months ago, I have been searching for a lunker pond and it has been in my backyard this whole time.... Here are some of the fish I caught today. I was fishing for about 1 hour and a half and I caught 8 in total all over 2.5lbs. Should have been 9 because I caught one that was easily 4lbs and I brought him on land and was about to lip em to get the hook out and he jumped, hook popped out, and he rolled back into the lake and swam off!!! I also had a huge one jump out of the water and the hook flew right out of his mouth, easily bigger than any of the ones I have in these pictures. I caught them using spinner baits, black and pink power bait worm, and a lure that resembles a shiner. Here are some pics of the fish I caught....

I went to the pond behind publix for about a hour but I didn't catch anything. I was there from like 7:20 and left about 8:30. I fished in the little cove behind bonos didn't get a bite though.

I never fished in the pond by Batrum and race track but I have seen people fish there too. I am gonna try to get out tomorrow and Sunday and try some new spots. I went to those ponds on Batrum that you were talkin about by the old industrial place but I had no luck. I fished the last one that has the tall grass things around it and has a couple openings. I was driving through orange park today and there are a lot of nice ponds by developments that look decent I am probably going to check them out on Sunday. I haven't fished the pond behind publix yet either. I was there on Monday during the break in the weather but then it started to down pour so we left. Hopefully it doesn't rain too much this weekend so I can get out at fish

I went to my normal spot got there around 6:40am and landed my biggest at 7:00am The pond is on the right if you are heading towards San Jose Blvd from Racetrack in the Julington Creek Plantation the pond is right there once you turn into the development. I caught 2 fish this morning only stayed for about 45 mins because my girlfriend was complaining that she was tired. The first one weighed 1.5 lbs. Then I casted out and about 5 mins later I got a huge strike and I must have not tied my hook right and when I was reeling it in the hook snapped off, it was a monster by the way it hit the line. Then about 5 mins later after that I landed this beast...

Those are nice man where was this pond at? Me and my girlfriend are going to get up early around 5:45am and try a few ponds out. This weekend we are going to be fishing a lot since it is going to be sunny and hot. I tried some of the lakes over by the hospital in the business complex but I didn't get any bites. My spot on race track has seemed to die down a lot as well. We were pulling them out left and right but the past couple days we have only caught about 2 to 3 small ones.

Thats a nice one man was the lake you caught that in close to Race track? I am going to post some of the onces that I caught on here, I have a couple nice ones that I pulled out of my usual pond on race track where there is a rumored 11lb (IDK if i believe that) and a 5lb (more believable; that was landed last weekend) swimming around.

I just moved down to FL and I have a lake in my back yard and so far I have put 12 hogs in there, minimum of 2lbs. Starting my own fishing spot so I can wake up drop my line in and catch a big one.

Nice one man I have been fishing off of Racetrack road in Saint Johns County in Jacksonville and me and my girlfriend have caught a total of 12 fish (all around the same size and bigger as the one in my pic, that was the first fish i caught here since I moved to FL) with in 48 hours at this one lake off of Racetrack (and that is just the amount that we were able to net). We have had at least another 6 to 10 snap the line or get unhooked. I just got back a couple hours ago and this guy who was there said that his buddy landed a 11 pounder (IDK if i believe that) and he caught a 5 pounder there last week both were released back into the lake. So I will be there EVERY day tryng to get those 2 on my line.

I am 25 and looking for a fishing partner or a few. I just moved here from NJ with my pregnant girlfriend (she loves to fish too hopefully our son will too). I live off of race track road and fished a couple ponds around here. Today around 3pm I caught 5 bass within a 40 minute period with the smallest being 2 lbs. I am looking for a couple othe good spots and people to fish with. Also does anyone know of any bait shops around San Jose Blvd, Phillips Highway, or anywhere close that sell live bait? Thanks