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I'm going to Okeechobee in March, and was wondering if I need to bring a heavy pole with braid? I have 3 rods that are MH and one that M. I fish in Tennesse and some smaller ponds and lakes and have never really needed a heavy pole for thick stuff. But I see video of Okeechobee and it looks thick with grass. Also, can anyone tell me what kind of baits work well in that lake? The guide we are going with only provides soft plastic worms and I wanted to use other baits than that. If anyone can help me that would be great! Thanks

BigBill, it is pretty much muddy water. It has a rattle and no I don't use scents.... WRB, I know this place has good bass population. There is a guy who caught a 12 pound bass out of it, on a jig.

BigBill, I found this big lake you can walk around the other day and that's where I'm fishing at. It's kinda muddy tint to it. The bad thing about it is you can't see any logs, grass, or brush. So I'm not really sure where the bass are. How ever there is a line of big rocks on one side. Should I start there and fish the rocks?

Thanks for the replies everyone.. Y'all have helped me out a lot! I'm going to go out the next couple of days and use nothing but jigs. Hopefully the more I use them, the better I will get!

I've been using jigs for a little while now, and I can't seem to catch ANYTHING on them.. I've tried swimming the jig, working it slow, working it really slow (lol) and just fishing it at a steady pace. I've used regular jigs, football head jigs, finesse jigs and I catch nothing. Where I fish the water it anywhere from mudy to a little dirty tint to it. I've been using black and blue jigs with a blue craw trailer. I sometimes switch to a black and red/orange colors as well. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong.. Or give me some tips to fish them better. Thanks!