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This is the reason I like Major League Fishing so much. With the sudden death set up, the pro's are using what works for them without the sponsor concerns. They are throwing their go to baits all the time, and thrilled with a two pound bass, like many of us normal folks. I will watch MLF, in place of any staged video show driven by the sponsor sales. It is a refreshing tournament set up.

Wicks Lake, no public access.

My daughter lives in Roswell. I have fished to river and it was flowing so hard bank fishing was impossible. I found Lake Lanier had few good bank fishing areas. I would love to find some good Lanier bank fishing areas. My son now lives on a private lake in Marrietta, so I now fish there.

I have fished both the east/west canal right off SR84, and the north canal at the camp ground in my boat.. I have caught lots of junk fish in the north canal. I have been told there are now snakeheads in the north canal. It has been years since I have fished either. The north canal has a shallow spot in the middle of the big lake. 20 years ago it had a warning marker on it. You could catch a bunch of bass cranking off this shallow spot. It is surrounded by 20 feet of water all around and a sudden drop off. Also the ramps at the camp ground is super slippy so don't get the back wheels wet, or you might not get out. 4 wheel drive no problems! The east/west canal has a shallow spot at the third bridge along 84 to the west. The shallow spot is from old concrete dumped into the canal from the construction of the road. A few guys have lost lower units in the canal during low water conditions. I have not had great days catching bass in either canal. I'm sure there are plenty in both of these canals. From the bank at the park itself, I have had good luck at the road bridges on the park road. I have caught both peacock and bass at these bridges. Most are either under the bridges, or right at the opening.

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Don't overlook Little Red Beach just a mile south of Sebring. I have fished it several times and always caught some decent fish. I had a friend with a small house on the lake. Small lake but seldom fished, especially on the south east side. Just south of the ramps there are close contour lines, good crankbait area. 16 feet deep toward the middle. Just another lake among the ones you named. Ramp is good as long as the water is not too low. Go to Florida Lakewatch for all the contour maps of major Florida Lakes. Go to Bathymetric Maps, it is a great site for fishing florida. Lake June has some deep holes. Big bass sometimes hang on the edge of these deep holes.

If you fish clear water I would go with Floro. Real heavy cover, or dirty waters, I would go with braid. Floro has little stretch also, but not all Floros have the same cast ability. Berkeley professional grade is what I use. I fish a lot of gin clear water.

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Sunday 7:00-12:00, Wind varied 0-15 ENE, bright sun, total clouds, brief showers, water dropped some, clariety clear on the flats, stained in the canals, no current. I picked up Dave (Canesfan) early and we went to Lox road ramps. We fished the spoil bank on the flat side from east to west. I started with a HB Frog and Dave started with a Chatterbait. We had no action on either of these baits. After 20 minutes I switch to a zoom u-vibe and started catching right away. The action was slow but steady throwing plastics. The bass were not big but willing to play. After drifting for several miles along the spoil bank we went to the north weed wall on the flat and caught a bunch in the small pad clumps isolated on the flat. We began running out of water in the thick weeds so we headed back to the spoil bank and caught a bunch more. We threw u-vibes, senkos, beavers, and trick worms all catching fish. We ended at noon catching 28 bass between the two of us. The largest were in the 2 pound range. It was a fun day with the wind helping us stay in stealth mode, and off the trolling motor. Also a lot of bass were caught on long casts since the water was so clear and we didnt want to spook them. Vegetation in real thick in some areas and with limited water its hard to get around in some areas. Before leaving we went to the main canal and fished the drop off ledge and the deep water. Neither of us got even a bite in the canal. The flat was where it was at on this day.

Get as much info before you leave home for any body of water. Google earth will supply you a host of valuable info. Study the shape of the lake and the bank itself. Often you can see down in the water depending on the clarity of the water. Once at the lake, study the shore line. Often a steep slope above the water line will continue under the water. A gradual slop may indicate a flat under the water. Then check your vegetation. If you have vegetation in the shallows, and it suddenly stops, this often represents a sudden depth change. This is often a honey hole area, especially if there is a long line of vegetation at the top of a drop off line. Hit the drop off hard, bass often hang just off the drop-off at various depths, especially in summer. Then look for more then one type of vegetation in close proximity to each other. Several different types together, are always better then just one type of vegetation. Then look for isolated clumps of vegetation in a big flat, this is usually better then a large expanse of weeds or pads. The reason being, the isolated clump will draw bass to one location for cover, shade, and ambush point. A mass of vegetation on a flat, they will be scatter throughout and harder to catch. Then look for culvert pipes, water intake flows, and exit flows, these will provide current at times, and position bigger bass for easy ambush points. These are a few observation I always do before ever casting a lure in a new body of water.

Schooling bass don't have certain bass with specific jobs like lions and wolves that take turns driving the pray or lions that have key lions hid in the grass and the other drive the pray to the hidden ones. Wild dogs have drivers and others that circle to intercept. Killer Whales will throw a live seal to their young to teach them how to hunt and kill. I suggest you watch National Geo. to see the depth of communication during a hunt. Bass are light weights when it comes to brain power. I have watched Big Mouth Forever many times and have a copy at home.

Bass whether big or small are not the brightest bulbs in the package. They don't think much, they react to their surroundings. Big bass will hunker down and ambush creatures that happen by their hiding places. They are not out there chasing other fish like their smaller schoolers. They conserve energy and maximize intake. They are not thinking, what am I going to do today, they just do it when the conditions present themselves. They are not a pod of killer whales planning and executing an attack, a pride of lions organizing a hunt, or a wolf pack chasing a herd of bison. Bass are good at what they do, but compared to other living creatures pretty simple thinkers.

One time I, along with a fellow coach, were fishing a small, seldom used canal in the middle of the everglades. L28 is a small canal off US41, there are 7 weirs, that you can only float a small shallow draft boat over. We were way out there at the end of the seventh weir, and never saw another person all day. Suddenly a helicopter was circling above and landed on the levee bank. The wildlife officer got out, and waded through tall sawgrass up to his waist, separating the weeds as he moved toward us.. He called my buddy to come over in his boat, asked if we had any weapons, and then asked to see our license. Then he checked our coolers, and made us open the live well. When he was done, I asked him if he did all this just to check our license? He stated, someone had been poaching gators, and cutting off their tails for several months. He was checking to see if we were the poachers. Brave guy walking through 10 feet of thick weeds, in snake and gator infested waters.

Went to Okeechobee one time, (45 minutes from the house) got to the ramps at Slim's and realized I left the KILL SWITCH at home. I trolled around the camp grounds and boy scout cut all day. What a bummer!!!!!

When its tough, slow, slow and slower!!!!

I will give you a bait that will catch-em when nothing else will, all over the south. Get a bunch of 4" senko's or BPS stick-o's in watermelon red for clear water, and junebug or black for dirty water. Pair it with a 1/32 bullet weight and texas rig it. The light weight will allow it to flutter through the water column and allow you to get some action with the bait along the bottom. Fish it slow!!!!! First dead stick then slowly jerk and pause and change up on how long it sits. Remember what you were doing when the bass hit. Was it sitting still, was it just just jerked off the bottom, or were you dragging it along the bottom. Did they bite it on the fall. You can throw it in the heaviest cover and with the light weight it will swim through and over without hanging up. This bait has saved many a day for me for over twenty years. It will catch bass of all size if you get it in front of their face. Great in open water along drop offs. Just let it flutter all the way to the bottom. It often doesn't make it, before you see the line jump. Good luck buddy. Remember slow, slow, and slower, in and around the thick stuff.

Thanks I had no clue what that number was!!!

Could you explain the question a little more. You might get better participation.

In the Everglades when the conditions are right we have had 200 fish days in 4 hours. When the water levels drop and the fish are concentrated things can really get crazy. Right now the Oscars have taken over in the canals. They are aggressive and relentless predators, you could catch 200 of them right now with little effort A small in-line spinner and its every cast!!!!

I love his show. Lots of info and always a sense of humor.

I too fish Loxahatchee from time to time. I have probably fished it 10 times this year from the Lox Road ramps. I fish almost everyday and have caught many hundreds of bass this year. I have no idea of how many dinks, up to 22 inches this year. This has been a good month with 6 between 20 to 22 inches. It would drive me nuts to keep count of how many 1 to 2 pounders I have caught. I too fish senkos, u-vibes, flukes,swim frogs, and trick worms, a lot. Good luck out there, maybe ill see you at lox. I have a 18 foot winner bass boat with a 115 Yamaha four stroke.

Big bass will often access very shallow waters. Whether it is chasing an easy meal, seaking shelter in thick vegetation, or some stage of the bedding process, I have caught them in water as shallow as one foot. With the water temps and spring coming, I think love may be on their mind.

Yes, lol!

You didn't go gator hunting with that boat, did you???????

What happen to cause that damage?