Hi guys, new to the forum and to freshwater fishing in general. I've been saltwater fishing for years and consider myself pretty skilled, but with not having a boat or really any friends with a boat, it's a little difficult and getting old fishing just from the shoreline/under bridges, so I've decided to try to start giving bass fishing a shot. After 3-4 weeks (probably a total of 20 hours fishing) of getting skunked everywhere I've tried, I decided to try the retention pond behind Publix on Beach/Kernan (based off of some people in this thread). The temp was about 50 degrees outside and it was extremely windy, but my friend told me the only thing he's been having luck with lately was Jerkbaits using a One-Two-Three, One, One-Two-Three, One cadence while slowly reeling in, so I decided to try that out. It took about 30 minutes or so of walking the pond and casting, but I finally hooked my first freshwater fish ever! Not massive, but it actually put up a little fight. I caught it on a Gary Yamamoto Baby Bass tenkuu jerkbait. I live right by FSCJ South campus, and have tried there, but crank/jerkbaits just kept getting snagged, and I don't really know how to fish using worms/soft plastic yet. No bites off of spinnerbaits, either.
I've tried fishing UNF Lake Oneida (Donut Lake), FSCJ South, A bunch of the other UNF ponds.. And then also Kensington Gardens blvd pond.. My friend that goes with me catches 5-6 fish every time we go out and I never have luck using the exact same bait (senkos or jerkbaits) and trying the same methods. Landing this first one definitely upped my confidence and hopefully it starts a good streak! Thanks for all the helpful tips in the forums.
