AK-Jax86

Nice fish

That's exactly what we should do! I'm not sure bout coming in the summer since its hit or miss. You guys would just have to let me know when it's really active down there so the trips worth it around spawn or something. If we could set it up where we could have two people to a boat that'd be cool, none us of Jacksonville anglers have one tho. I know my boy Bass Czar would be down to make that trip with me.

I agree with everything you said. I love this thread and use it as a good source of information. I'm glad that all of use on here are open to sharing our successes as well as short comings. Baits, techniques, etc have all been useful to not only myself but I'd bet basically all of us. I'm surprised other people from other areas haven't followed this threads lead. Just goes to show us Florida anglers are a different breed of fishermen. It's cool how numerous people have linked up to do some fishing together and sharing our spots. When I take that south FL trip I look forward to fishing with you Lou and fstr

When I can barely cast my lure to where I want it to go

Yea I have hooked numerous bass in the eye. I even hooked a fish in the tail before

I wish I could say I am goin out and buying a Jon boat today... Eventually Good luck man, but basically any lures you use bank fishing you can use on a boat... Maybe a few extra deep diving crank baits and get familiar with the drop shot rig

If I am with someone and we both get skunked then I get mad, but if it's only me who gets skunked and they are catching fish I don't get mad. I just like to see a fish out the water everytime I go out, that's the goal, so if its someone else pulling em out then I'm cool

What were you using? I have been having luck using shallow diving crank baits (orange and black, yellow blue white colored) I pulled in a few last night and 5 this morning in a little under 2 hours, I got out later than I wanted to, but nothing big.

It depends if I am by myself or fishing with someone else. If I am by myself and I get skunked I get mad/frustrated but if I am fishing with someone and I get skunked and they are catching fish I am cool with that. But to me I'd rather go out and not get a single bite than go out and see a bunch of fish and have a bunch of missed hook sets and not land a single fish

When u hooked into that 7#er ur boy got up like holy s*** before u got the beast to shore then he clarified his initial reaction with his response lol I thought that part was funny

Congrats on your new PB

Nice videos, I like that little spot you got there. Seems like a big body of water there are probably multiple double digit fish in there.

Those are some nice fish man! What did you catch them on?

Yea I like the movement of it. I don't crank that often but a few times I break it out when nothing else is working I have caught fish on it, I only have 1 in my tackle box

I think that's the case in FL. All those retention ponds on the side of the highways have fish and hold some massive ones. I occasionally see people fishing them I need to start

Agreed with that GYS are very expensive and IMO arent that durable when these FL bass hit em they rip em apart

I only have luck using the 6" never used the 4" before

I haven't had any success using the Shim e sticks. I went to Walmart a while ago and they had them on sale for $2 I think so I bought 5 packs in various colors. I have never caught a fish on them before and with senkos it's like you can't keep the fish off them

Figures I picked the wrong Walmart! I went to the one on Phillips and I didn't see anything. I figured the one on Phillips would have better selection than San Jose but I was wrong

Czar nice fish out my spot I put you on lol. Ima be mad if u beat me with fish out my spot ha

Yea I would wait til spring to make the trip around spawn its way too inconsistent to make the trip in the summer

Lol yea I am definitely taking that trip to south fl and goin out on the boat. I bet I will go all the way down there and end up not catching anything but u will pull em in left and right lol. Happens when I go out with Bass Czar hah but as long as I see people pulling in fish I enjoy myself even if I catch nothing. I want to do some peacock fishing down there I have never seen or caught one before

Last year I didn't see any snake or gators while fishin here in Jacksonville, you guys got a lot of em in South FL. This year I have seen a lot of gators. I even hooked into 4, 2 of them I snagged and the other 2 attacked my lure (spro frog and KVD crank bait) it was pretty cool but obviously I lost all 4 of those lures lol. As far as snakes at my one spot I see moccasins a lot. One time I was in the same spot for about 45 mins and noticed no movement in water bout 1 foot in front of me. I catch a fish bend over to pick it up unhook it bend down and put it back in the water. Then I stand back up and look to my right and there is a huge moccasin just sitting there head and body in water tail on land. Tail was dry so it looked like it was there for a while and I had no clue, I have no idea how I didn't notice it that whole time

Nice pics I bet your girls had a blast spending time fishing and BBQing with their dad.

Went out last night around 6:30 til dark got skunked. I was using a spro frog and a swim jig. Went back out to same spot this morning hooked into 2, 15" and 17". I'm going to try to figure out the fish in my backyard and give the golf course a break. I can't seem to locate the big ones like I was doing this time last year, MCS and couple of the older members remember last years thread http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/102869-my-jacksonville-backyard-pond-big-ones/ I caught a 2lb out of there few months ago and every since that nothing of any size. Last year I would see them swimming around and chase my lure to the shore this year only small ones. But I did see 3 nice ones yesterday when I was out back so that gives me some confidence. But man if that bite turns on and the fish are 1 year bigger it will be over as far as these competitions lol. Everyone has to gear up go to their spot when all I will have to do is go out back in my flip flops lol.