CountBassula

i was frogging it for an hour and got nothing, so i switched rods and went with zoom lizard and that's when it really picked up. some spots i was landing fish on every cast and no, no troopers to be seen, only drivers entering highway and honking at me LOL

One other thing, I started off with a hollow body popping booyah frog, got NOTHING, so an hour later I switched to t-rigged zoom lizards with 1/8oz bullet on the line and the rest is history! i think a lot of those turnpike ponds are the money spots, just gotta find out which ones! i'll be systematically going from one to the other in the following weeks. stay tuned...

6" zoom lizard

BTW what time you going? If you want to go in the evening, I MAY be able to come along

i highly recommend you try the one from Sample Rd North Bound entry onto turnpike, there are two, it's the larger one. I nailed 20+ fish there today on a green lizard casting out right past the vegetation

LOL! Well I like laughing at myself a lot, so I figured I'll share what gave me a great laugh today. I fished this turnpike pond and nailed 20+ bass, largest was 18", smallest was, well, you see it Figured no point taking pics of 18" fish with the monsters you guys have been catching though

WINNING!!!

yea except he's more interested in the worms than fish, and digging for them and my 3-yo girl nearly got a heart attack when a 4 inch sunfish started flopping on the grass LOL!

Bad! Is sooooo baaaaad, I got worms and fish for sunfish with my 5-yo boy

a while ago i did a tune up on my shimano curado. the problem was that casting a hollow body frog on a 50lbs braid would not get very far. after cleaning up the bearings and oiling them, my casting distance nearly doubled! i imagine putting nicer bearing would have done the same thing. also, i'm a novice and only been fishing baitcasters for 6-7 months and i don't really know how to harness the spool speed etc. i just know that better bearings, with all other variables being equal (spool tension, # of breaks) significantly improved my casting distance.

man i was fishing on a large canal a while ago and this idiot drops jet ski and starts hitting it HARD! right over my line too! i was tempted to throw a heavy lure on a 50lbs braid....

OMG I would have so much fun taking apart and tuning that reel! does it still work? nice find!

i have this large shoe box that i keep lots of baits in (in original boxes/bags); have a 6 rod holder on my garage wall next to the gun safe; tackle box and few items i always use on the safe; a nice backpack with everything else that's a must. i don't really have a lot of stuff for fishing so this system works for me... maybe i'll post a pic later

Picture or it didn't happen You know, in FL it's perfectly legal to open carry a firearm while hunting, fishing, or camping, assuming you have a CCW license Might want to think about that one... LOL

+1, but i also recommend getting the Junior version for even better hook sets!

went out with my brother today, he got 15 bass!!! and one snakehead on a SENKO!!! i clocked in at 7 bass on lizards, and in the evening i switched to jigs and pulled two more. over all a great day of fishing for the two of us, but all were small i told him next time he has to visit in march-april, we'll be killing them bass!!!!

yea ton of catfish in the canals, they're not really interested in what we throw in the water for bass, but i did manage to pull a few on a bobber and a worm...

yep, tons of them in coral springs, my brother got one on a SENKO!!! today!!! no kidding!!!

funny you ask, i was just there today at the one at turnpike north entrance from sample, we pulled a ton of bass, but all small, largest was 3lbs...

Not too get too deep into politics, ethics, and a danger of getting suspended from this website, so I'll just say this... ...most of those idiots have absolutely no problem with killing of unborn human babies, and therefore they are clueless hypocrites and I can never take them seriously.

I remember when I got my first baitcaster last year and went out to this spot where a neighbor sometimes watches me fish. I swear he must have thought I was on drugs or something. It took me about 30 minutes and 10 professional overruns before I got basic hang of it. Biggest problem for me was figuring out when to release the spool when casting, how to slow it down with my thumb, and finally stop it once it lands. Also the hand switching was awkward. fast forward to few weeks ago when I tried a spinning rod and I put it down after one cast. i just couldn't do it, it felt so unnatural. also, i've invested in good quality casting reels and with proper adjustment of the spool tension, i don't even have to touch the spool during the cast, only at the end to stop it once the bait lands. the cast control is incredible, i can control the distance by slowing down the spool, this way i can place a bait inches from bank's edge, either on the grass or in the water, depending what i need it to do. and amazingly i can also steer it left or right in flight using the rod. it's like your reel and rod are a joystick and you have a direct control of the bait's trajectory. but that took few more months to get a hang of. i can't imagine not fishing bait casters...

LOL! i have a little go to plastic bag with different baits, and the other day colors from a red worm leaked onto green lizards, made them look freaky awesome! like some super painted custom bait! oh and they did catch fish

that makes two of us

why would the glades be a bad place to fish after all this rain?

man you have no idea how many stink eyes i get fishing my favorite spot near my house. i'm walking along the easement, not on private property, and people still give me trouble