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Texas rigged trick worms and stick-os fished slow. Most bites come while sitting still. The place holds big fish but heavily pressured. All of a sudden, there are a lot of live bait guys. Some of these idiots take fish out of what was a super fund dump site. I'm sure some of these guys glow in the dark.

Looks like you've caught a few keepers!

Went out today in the boat and took Steve Johnson of Miami. We found some clean water on the Alley and found bass. We caught over 50 bass and Steve caught 8 big mudfish. One was the biggest, widest, mudfish I have ever seen. Thank God the rod he was using had 50 pound braid. Later in the day a big 10 foot gator suddenly surfaced right next to the boat and a fish I was landing. It looked like he wanted to come in the boat and visit. We caught them today on stickos, flukes, speed worms, beavers and trick worms. Most of the hook ups occurred in the pads close to the canal drop off. It was another nice day on the Alley.

Lol, as we get older you have to watch that ODER!!!!!!!!!

I catch them occasionally in Broward. The general rule is, the further south you go in the state the more likely you will catch peacock. There are areas like the Ida / Osbourne sytem that have good populations, but the bigger more populated Peacock areas are in Dade County. The guides for peacock will more likely take you to the airport lakes in Dade County. The earliest test stockings by the state, took place in a few land locked small lakes along the turnpike. These probably hold some of the biggest fish. The Snapper Creak canal system is full of them. Behind the Falls Shopping Mall holds a good population.

Aleve is good. I take two to start and then one every twelve hours.

The lake has been extremely hard to fish recently. Lots of spraying going on. Water is very dirty with brown clumps floating around. I would drive a little further and hit Okeechobee. Lots of information on Florida Bass Network site.

Don't worry about it, we all know what you meant!

I use a sea anchor, or drift bag, under the right conditions. If the wind is blowing from my back and above 15MPH I will but out the sea anchor and it will reduce the forward movement greatly. I tie it to a back cleat and if I'm moving down a canal it keeps me in stealth mode and moving forward slowly even though the wind is stiff. It has saved many days when the wind would blow me past the targets I'm trying to fish. It is a great tool in the fishing arsenal. Slight adjustments with the trolling motor keeps you on the correct path. If you deal with stiff winds all the time it is a cheap tool to save your day. Its well worth the money.

I have done quite well with an east wind, many times. An east wind with cloud cover is one of my favorite situations in the glades.

If you not having problems with the hook up, do what you feel comfortable doing.

Very interesting study!

Sorry to hear that happened to you and your friend. Its so hard to figure out some of the jerks walking around among the masses. We can cure cancer, have a heart transplant, but you can't do a dam thing for plain old fashion stupid!!!!! Don't let this effect your life one bit.

I once unhooked a 12 inch bass in Weston and dropped him in the shallow weeds about a yard from the bank. The fish was immediately hit by a 5 foot water snake in the weeds. I didn't even see the snake, but it sure reacted to the fish. I watched for a half hour while it swallowed the entire fish. It was quite an experience. I felt bad for the fish, but that's mother nature in action.

We have always had salt water crocs in South Florida and Florida Bay. They were all over the Caribbean when Europeans got to America. Turkey Point Power Plant has a large number of breeding crocs. They even found a 6' Nile Croc in the South Dade Fruit and Spice Park this past year. Now that's some scary stuff!!!!! The Nile Crocs are man killers. Some Idiot must have released it. A common practice down here.

I went to the Alley on Saturday 4/11/15, and caught a bunch of fish, but only three bass. Lots of Rock Bass. The water was super dirty east of the river.

I see snakes about every other trip while bank fishing in Weston. Most are not poisonous, but I have seen a few cotton mouths. I always wear boots and always watch where I am walking while bank fishing. I have had a snake follow the boat in the glades looking for a place to hang out. I easily out ran him with the trolling motor. A snake in the canal is an easy target for just about any size gator, and the canals are full of gators! In the Everglades, the state has done stomach content study of captured gators, and have found most of their diet is reptiles, frogs, turtles, not fish. So snakes are an easy target. There is a picture on the internet of a python under a bridge along Alligator Ally and it is a big one. That picture was taken about 4 years ago. The state just announced another python hunting season with a cash prize for most caught, and big python. I read the pythons are having a negative effect on the nesting birds in the swamp.

I could not agree more with J Franko. It obvious to almost everyone that although the package says lizard, it represents a salamander. If you want to get technical, some lizards are quite aquatic and spend a great deal of time swimming., even under water!

Congrats Lois, that's an great looking girl!

If I had to pick one bait with fish on a bed, it would be a big lizard or a crawfish. Fish on a bed are going to defend their territory and they flat out don't like lizards or crawfish except in their stomach.

As we all know, not all bites are bass. I had plenty of practice this past weekend in the Everglades, with over 50 rock bass, several mudfish, Oscars, 5 blue gill, and only 3 black bass. I can pretty much tell by the initial bite if it is a bass or baitfish. Bass will strike and hold, gar rip violently, Rock Bass and Bluegill machine gun little hits, mudfish solid bites but almost immediate head shakes. The question is why has the bass bite almost gone nonexistent after months of prolific action. I believe it is the explosion of baitfish dumped into the canals on the east side of the glades from the rapidly dropping water levels in the flats. Add to this an explosion of tadpoles by the billions. These bass are just stuffed! Its like a Thanksgiving Feast every day, three times a day, in the glades right now. This is especially evident on the east side where the water is the lowest. This could also explain the unusually dirty water from the draining of the flats. As soon as the feast subsides the real explosion of bass fishing will begin east of the river.

Nice job, thats some pretty water to fish.

Keep those pics coming. You guys are doing great!

Boy do I miss those days, Lol! That why I moved to Florida 40+ years ago!

Perfect bait choice for the conditions.