N Florida Mike

Purdy fish.Looks 6 pounds to me.

I got a bag of them today in green pumpkin /pearl.I had 7-8 blow-ups on it in app. 20 minutes.Caught only 2 of them.Was using a 3/0 wide gap hook.They were nailing it then letting go.Any suggestions? ..

I hope you do better than me .I struck out on new river .

I bet you were sore for a week after you caught that AJ!!

I was surf fishing and we had the beach all to ourselves and here comes 3 surfers and they could have gone anywhere else on the beach but they chose to surf directly in front of our lines.I had cast out and the dang surfer started padding out and somehow the rig got hung on his fin.I hollered but he couldn't hear me and kept going. it was a good fight but I couldn't gain any line on him and he was spooling all the line off.I jerked real hard and it came loose without hooking him.He didn't even know what happened but he sure found out when he got back to the beach.I'm laid back but I told him he needed to go anywhere else on the beach but there and he did.

That looks like the one I lost a few years ago!

Y'all are speaking a language I don't know .What is a hudd?

I was fishing under a bridge one time and heard a car stop above us.All of a sudden there was a huge splash in front of us from something landing in the water that sounded like 20 bowling balls hitting the water.We called the police and reported it to no avail.So I know how you feel!

Texting and driving will eventually result in an accident.One of our drivers was texting and looked up to see the girl in front of him stopped.He went for a voluntary off-road scenario to avoid an accident and mowed down some landscaping and turf grass before coming to a stop inches from a rubber company.Then he left the scene and drove on to our shop 1/4 mile away.He seemed surprised to see the police wanting to interview him the next day.Security cameras don't lie,ya know.Didnt seem too surprised when he was fired tho

Also caught a baby duck while bream fishing.My friend distracted mama while I got the hook out.I took the same friend bass fishing for the first time when we were teens and he thought he had a fish.When he set the hook it was very heavy and my friend was very excited as he pulled it in.His look of pure excitement turned to utter surprise then disappointment as a cowboy boot came to the surface.I hollered" cast out again quick, maybe you'll catch the other one"! Also snagged a trotline during a night tournament and thought I had the new world record there for awhile.....

When the line comes up when the fish is about to jump I lower the rod and sweep it in a motion away from the fish to keep the line tight.

I set a line out for catfish one night and went in the house for a couple hours.When I pulled up to check it started thrashing around and I thought it was a big gar.As I got it out of the water I realized it was a giant freshwater eel , or so I thought.Then I saw two little arms sticking out right below the gills and realized it was a 3 foot Florida siren.Sort of an eel with arms.I have a pic. on Facebook but can't access it right now.Also had a very heavy 7 foot gator eat a bream I had just caught.

I should have said that I catch a lot of bass on the retrieve using large senkos.I catch more with the 4 inch just casting out and letting it sink.And I never use any weight with them because they cast great and sink fast.

Most of my senko caught fish are caught by reeling in at a slow to moderate speed across the surface.

Glad you got a nice one before you're deployment.Because of you and others like you I live in a country that's free.I was able to go fishing today because of that fact.My prayers are with you. God bless!

Finally got back out today! Had to work this morning and do chores this afternoon but finished up around 5 and went out on the home lake.The trolling motor battery was dead, so I had to break out the oars.I ended up catching 10 .All on senkos.4,5 and 7 inch .I had found these old whitish colored senkos(7 inch) and caught a couple on it.Not a color I normally like but it did good for me.Most of the fish were caught while reeling in across or just under the surface.Lost a 6-7 pounder on a watermelon red zoom trick worm.It felt like I nailed him but he kind of had a strange angle on me and came off..I did get a 4.3 and a 3.13.And I won't have any trouble remembering where that big fish is.Its about 50 feet from where I caught my PB.!!

O I've been there once.We drove down at night and spent the night in the car at the bait store.Bought a bunch of shiners first thing in the morning.We had gone maybe 4 miles and smoke coming out from the back.A bearing.So back to the bait store.Tried to fix it but couldn't with limited tools.So we waited until noon for someone to come fix it.Then we finally get on the water and fished hard for the rest of the day in stick marsh.One 4 pounder.We couldn't figure it out.My friend that was with me had caught several over 10 pounds the last time.We gave up and headed in.THEN we saw a sign saying the lake had been sprayed for weeds.It had totally shut the fish down.Well,almost.There was lots of trucks and trailers in the lot but they had all gone to farm 13!

Have fished jax.area all my life.Fresh and salt.Currently working night and day, so I can't go until it lets up.My son and me have a boat but the motor needs some work before I can get back out.I live on a small lake in S.Jax so I mostly fish there with my tight schedule.By the way, a lot of my family is from S.E NC.

Good job!! Now where is this?

Bass were bedding here at Christmas !

I can't remember ever being skunked but once in a while.Never Twice in a row or more.I guess you'd have to consider some kind of minimum time limit on it.I fish in the lake in my back yard and cast at least a little nearly every day and don't always catch one and I've gone a few times out there in a row and not caught anything but I'm only talking about a short time period.

Sounds like a good idea.I am not very organized but I've been fishing all my life.I often need something to put a few baits in if I'm pond fishing or going for a quick trip behind the house.I usually end up stuffing a few bags of plastics in my pockets which then get tangled up with keys, pocketknives etc.so I'm still looking for a better solution.Just got a new camo belt pack for hunting for Christmas.I may try that for awhile.But the biggest organizational problem I have is what to do with ACCESSORIES. ( knives, pliers,scales, sinkers,_hooks, sunglasses,etc.)I usually carry them in a small bucket but its a pain to lug around if you're bank fishing.Maybe a separate compartment set- up?

Zoom ultra vibe speed craw is my favorite.

4 inch senko,watermelon colors.Also zoom super flukes same colors

My friend caught 3 bass over 10 pounds there on one trip.