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I do not like the though of keeping my more expensive rods in a vehicle in the hot Florida sun. The heat is not so great for your line, or plastic lures either. The heat down here is intense during our summer months. I believe it will shorten the lift of your rods for sure.

Lucky your not in the far southern states and have to deal with all the prehistoric lizards. Good luck with the find, the go pro idea sounds like a winner. Once found mark it with an anchor or something easy to find. Let us know how it goes.

Get a bag of 4" senkos in watermelon red. Rig them on a #3 EWG thin wire Gama hook, and a 1/32 bullet weight. You will catch fish in Fkirida with this rig. Change up the cadence from a dead stick to a hop and stop, to a slow drag, to a steady jerk Change the cadence until you find what they want. You will catch bass when nothing else will, it has worked for me all over Florida.

Great article, I continually learn new facts about bass and fishing almost every week. Thanks for posting that!

I have a field and stream rod that I got at Dick's, and I like it a lot. 7'2", very light, MH rod.with good backbone, and a great price. I don't think we have any new stores in south Florida, I would definitely give them a try.

Not at my Wally World, nothing on sale.

I like MLF because you can see what their throwing, and how their working the bait. The B/S stops there!

As pretty as that looks to some people, I would go somewhere else to fish. Just picking the junk off the lure constantly would not make it worth it.

I usually have six on the deck and usually use two.

Under 12 feet, running aground is going to be a problem all over the O in certain places. Places that were safe a month ago may be too shallow to set down on. Once you set down you may have to pole your way out. Years ago I saw two guys out of their boat in their underwear pushing the boat off a mud flat in the Kissimee River mouth. I also lost part of my skeg in the monkey box years ago. Be careful if your not sure of your surroundings. Under 12 is a real warning sign.

I watched it and liked what I saw. I will watch up coming episodes.

buy every pack they have for that price.

No thanks!!!!!!!! There is nothing worse then wet, damp, heavy snow.

I often use the drift bag on the big flats at Loxahatchee. The flats are 3 to 4 feet deep and full of thick weeds almost to the surface. The drift bag goes right over the vegetation and never hangs up. They work great in shallow water, and always seem to fill without catching weeds. Mine is also thick coated nylon and does not bring water in the boat. Maybe its just the brand I bought. They have saved many a day that mother nature tried to ruin. Get the right size for your boat. They come in all sizes.

On a big shallow lake like Okeechobee, find clean clear water and you will find bait fish and bass.

Wow I feel for you guys. We are having a cold front tonight it should drop to the lower 60's!!!! Lol

Your not the only one buddy. I have been fishing for over 50 years. 40 years from a bass boat. I am surrounded by clear lakes loaded with bass, peacock, and exotics. I fish everyday. The wife knows I'm going, and never asks. She just says good luck, and I have to show her the pics when I get back. When your married for 47 years there is no need for words, she just knows!!!!!!!! I never buy a lot of tackle. I just buy what works, and I keep replacing. I buy a reel when something wears out. I have confidence in what I do, and have no need to keep buying new stuff just to try it. I know guys that have to have the latest of everything. I think there nuts! Manufacturers often make stuff to catch fisherman, and not so much fish. You buy it, they vacation on their big boats.

I know your feeling when they park right in front of you while fishing a bank. Less then 50 yards away just gets my blood pressure up. I fish canals all the time in the everglades, and I would rather have them run past me wide open with a bass boat, this puts out almost no wave. If they slow down the wave becomes far greater then running wide open. The wave action from a small wave actually stirs up the bait fish along a bank, which sometimes activates the bass bite. Its like wind driven wave action on an exposed bank. That thought actually reduces the anger level created from the ignorant low life. Nothing better then catching bass behind these guys while their catching nothing. I go Ike on every bass including the dinks. They soon move away from the crazy guy behind them.

I have hit the lakes in south Florida and there have been millions of tadpoles everywhere along the bank. I have found this a difficult time to be on a decent bite because I think the bass population is just gorged with little black tadpoles. It is wide spread from Weston lakes to the everglades all at the same time. Its amazing how many there are at one time. Sometimes this happens in March through May. The frogs all seem to get the message, its time to have babies!!!!!

You showed great restraint by doing things the way you did. I don't know if I could have been that restrained. In retrospect you did the right thing. Its amazing how these low life's justify living the way they do. At some point it is going to catch up with them!

Sea anchor or drift bag is a great tool. I use mine a couple of times each year. As long as the wind is pushing you in the direction you want to go, it is great. It will reduce you drift speed significantly. Another important thing is it keeps you in stealth mode and off the trolling motor. In clear water this is an important factor. I love mine when the conditions are right for it.

Years ago several tournaments were won in the canals among the Buckhead residential community, lots of docks and canal walls. When big winds hit, you can always find protected areas to fish.

I know a big part of having a successful pond is the chemical make up of the soil around the pond. If the soil does not have the right chemical make up it could cost you tons of money to treat the pond year after year to sustain a healthy fish population. Before digging have soil samples taken by a professional to test the viability of a healthy pond. I know friends in Alabama that spends over ten thousand a year to treat and maintain a healthy pond on their farm.

In south Florida we have thousands of miles of canals that cut through the sallow flats of the everglades or suburban subdivisions. There are limestone ledges all along these canal banks. Bass will often bed along the exposed rock shelves and anywhere there is a hard bottom crevice. They are also close to deep water, where it drops from 3 feet to 12 feet in a matter of a yard. Females will often settle deep right after spawning to recover. Many years you can see loads of beds in close proximity to these rock ledges.

I love classic 70&80 music. Always keep it quiet enough I don't bother others fishing. I fish for fun so it adds to my enjoyment.