SFL BassHunter

Pfft. Photoshop. That fish didn't come out of that park. I'm just kidding Lou! That is a great looking fish! That's it I'm throwing away all my baits and starting over! lol

Hey bassinOut89, I am curious if you ended up going out there? I was there yesterday, fished Ida and Osborne off the bank but I was skunked in a major way. There is tons of Bank Fishing area on Osborne and a lot of it looks excellent. I was hoping to find pads like last time I was there but I couldn't find any. Not sure what happened but there was a side canal that was just full of them last time. The only pads I saw were way to far for me to cast into. The water was pretty darn murky and there was a ton of boats and jetski's out there. It was extremely hot out there too, I mean I am talking about melting hot. I haven't sweat so much fishing in a very long time.

I second Geo on that. I was just out on Ida/Osborne bank fishing and saw quite a few peas. Nothing to big but that doesn't mean they aren't out there. I've heard Markam Park has Peas and like gotfishyfingers said Pines and Weston do have em. In the canals find bridges or any type of post structure that goes into the water. Good chance to find some peas hanging around them.

Great job Lou! Keep it up!

I caught a peacock at sundown on a black and blue swim jig with a big 3 inch big bite swimming craw as a trailer. Swimming it real fast. I also caught one on a tiny spinner bait. The One in the pics was with the Jig. I just saw SirSnooks comment so I am editing this. Yes it does seem like the jig is great to anger them perhaps. I noticed them schooling up as the sun dropped till there was a big dark spot in the water. I knew they were peas because one had broke out and went after a crank but didn't follow through. I am so used to the start stop of largemouth fishing that my instinct was to slow down the crank. Fail. Keep it going fast, they hate it when it stops and will just turn away. So I threw 2 other cranks their way each time on the sides of the school. Finally I switched to the jig and 1 pass with that forced the one I caught to break out and just wack the crap out of the jig. This 3 pounder put up a better fight than my PB largemouth of 4 lbs. They are amazing to catch, very fun and there is no quit in them. A largemouth get tired, peas just keep on keeping on.