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In south florida we have a lot of shallow body of water with deeper centers. Water temps often get into the 90's this time of year. With real heavy rains in a short period of time, this can cause an inversion. Rain water in the 70's sinking to the bottom and and forcing poor quality deep water to the top. This causes a rapid rush of poor O2 water rushing into areas with concentrations of bass. This can cause a massive kill off. The only ones to benefit are the turtles, gar, and gators.

Learn how to roll cast and don't worry about distance. This is easy on the joints.

One time fishing with a friend in my boat, I made a extra long cast into 12 feet of water and almost immediately hooked a monster. I set the hook hard, and felt a little movement. I was using heavy braid line so felt comfortable I could bring in whatever had my bait. The rod bent and again I felt movement and it started to glide to the side. I told my partner I had a monster and she was running. Even though the drag was tight it was taking some line. The boat was also being pulled during the fight. You would think I had a big gator on the line. With 30 yards of line out it was quite a battle. I could feel it gliding right and then left, and then up, and then with my thumb off the spool down again. It just never stopped moving. Bye now I was convinced this was a big gator since I've caught several of them before. But unlike the others, this guy wanted to stay deep. After about a 5 minute fight, I pulled up a basketball sized rock of limestone, an epic battle that I won pulling it right off the bottom, with heavy line, strong hook, rod and reel. The hook was embedded into the rock crannies. It had to weight 20 pounds minimum, and for about 3 minutes I was sure a new state record catch. It was always on the move, and constantly hitting other bottom derby. It put up a hell of a fight! Oh well that's fishing for you!

I fish from both the boat and the bank often. One thing I've learned is when fishing from the bank don't use a heavy weight with lures. Between the ledges, and the thick bank veggies you will get hung up on rocks, stems, and wood. A light weight will free itself by just a little slack and then some little jerks. The lure will ride over wood and rocks without getting caught. This will not happen with heavier tungsten bullet weights. I have learned this after losing countless terminal rigs especially with limestone ledges, and walls.

Unless your in real thick veggies, I would go with a thinner wire hook. They stick a lot easier yet strong enough, unless your back in the real thick stuff.

I don't agree with that. Both require concentration, both require constant adjustments, both require observation of surroundings for possible interactions, and both are enjoyable experiences that I have loved my whole life. Music enhances all experience for me. They are more similar than different, and I would include my cycle in the equation. I love cars, cycles, bass boats, and horses, music just adds to all. That's my experience, and I have been at it a long time, obviously it's not yours, and you can do whatever you want! I'm out on this discussion!

Do whatever you want, I do what I want. It makes me happy and relaxed and that's the only thing important!

It's a lot like gambling. You play your game and you never know what your dealt. It's always a surprise, there are no sure things in fishing.

When you drive a car do you listen to music? You have to concentrate while driving, so it doesn't negatively effect my fishing. If it's early in the morning and I want to hear the sounds of nature I won't turn on music. But the rest of the day I will listen to it because I enjoy music. Sound carries on water so I don't play it loud. If I'm approaching other fisherman I will turn it down. When fishing gets tough, it sometimes gives me different rhythms from different music I'm listening too, until I find a pattern in my movements that the fish like. It relaxes me which is important in fishing. I usually listen to 70's and 80's music, and modern country. Fishing and music are two of my favorite things in life!

They do not lose effectiveness once torn up a little. When one end gets torn up I turn them around, I will then bite off the torn end and rerig. Then I will use them wacky when the ends are badly torn up. I catch many with one senko, or senko type bait. I get the most out of my baits.

What product do you use to clean fish finder screens?

I don't think I am superstitious, but there is two things I do. #1. I have a lucky penny I found at the ramp on my boat's maiden voyage. The penny has been up front on the deck of that boat for over twenty years. #2. I do everything I possibly can, to not catch a fish on the first cast. I will throw out and reel in fast. You can't believe how many times, I have caught on the first cast and then the bite just died. This new technique has worked out pretty good for me. Makes no sense but I like it!

There are spots to fish, but lots of shore veg. and low hanging trees. Lots of better places then wolf lake. Vista View park in Davie would be a lot better, and more bass willing to play.

Great job Glen!

I would definitely go to southern Louisiana, don't ever come to Florida. We are getting too many here!

Have you ever watched MLF? Do they ever get frustrated catching fish, whether 14 inches or 20 inches. They get frustrated when their not catching. When your catching your doing things right. There are a lot more smaller fish then bigger ones. The smaller are often quicker to the bait then bigger ones. Keep catching and a bigger one will come along. The tug on the line and placement of the bait is what makes me happy. If I am casting and pitching well, I'm having fun. I don't worry about how big they are, I'm having fun and that's the most important thing!

When I go out to locations I know well, I will have three or four confidence baits I know work for those locations. I also have two or three baits that I want to give a try because of conditions that day. I usually start with the baits I want to try because of wind, light conditions, and water clarity. Example a frog early, a top water, high winds a spinnerbait, or a chatterbait. Once that experiment is over, I will move to confidence baits. Confidence baits for me are plastics like flukes, senko's, trick worms texas rigged and wacky. finally U-vibes. These I know will catch most days in my areas, all I have to do is find out how they want it that day, that hour. I will start in weedy areas and change cadence from rapid moving, to jerk and stop, to slow pull, then dead stick. If that doesn't work I will change depths, to drop-offs, and ledges, doing the same cadence changes I did in shallow weedy areas. This game plan usually does the trick for me to bring bass to the boat. I use this plan almost every trip and it usually finds bass of various size.

Sounds like your well prepared. Everytime I take a long trip I always touch my wheel hubs on the trailer to feel for excess heat build up at every stop for gas. Never had a problem but I know friends that have. Bearings and trailer tires are your biggest worry.

This time of year in the southern states is often tough for a lot of us. When it's really tough I will go to plastics that you have confidence in, and slow down. I will go to thick cover and fish the pads and weed lines changing cadence until I find what they want. If that doesn't work, I will go to drop-offs, and ledges and do the same thing trying to find what turns them on. Most often recently it's been small movements with long pauses. Most bites have come while the bait was a rest. Drop-offs as much as 15 feet have produced bites when shallow flats with thick weeds have not. Most fisherman fish too fast during these hot sunny conditions. I hope this helps you catch a few more bites. Good luck.

First fishing experience was in the Boy Scouts in the late 1950's. We used worms with small hooks, salmon eggs also for trout and small fish in the rivers. My parents went out and bought me a Mitchell 300 that I still have, and still works, although I retired it a long time ago. It started a life long love of fishing that I still do at least 5 days a week. A lot more expensive these days with a bass boat, 10 bait casters, three spinners, and 50 pounds of extra plastics, boxes of hardbaits, and all the other things that go along with fishing. Teach a man to fish, and his wallet becomes thinner! Still love it.?

With lots of thick weeds, and big pad fields, keep the pressure on, never give any slack and get them in as quick as possible.

Lol, some of these will stick you if you try to rip them out of vegetation, Setthe hook on a ghost fish, lose a fish right at the boat, Lip a fresh fish with one of these baits. All these have gotten me stuck over the years. Danger danger!

Join a local club and hook up as a back seater. You will learn a ton from more experienced guys!

Remember the TV guys get their plastics for free, we have to pay for ours with hard earned cash. If they want to give me 28 different colors I'll take them. Throw where they live and they will probably all catch fish. Example I have caught on bubble gum, given to me at X-mas.

When the bite requires a subtle technique, I will change up from a dead stick, to a slow pull, to a stop and shake. I wait to see what they want and then repeat until on a pattern. The fish will tell you what they want, that day, that hour. It often changes as the day goes on and the light conditions change. Its seldom the same trip to trip. They are often in the same territory but technique often changes.