Im really new to freshwater fishing, I usually do saltwater, but I'm not catching anything at this lake, maybe about a week ago i caught this little largemouth maybe a 3 or 4 pounder, other than that i tried at night to fish for em i caught a catfish maybe 7-10 pound catfish and a weird lookin bullhead catfish lookin fish I dont know what them are called, first off, there are alot of lilypads and I have 2 options theres a dock or a little pier goes out ... 15-20 feet out into the water, but its only in 1 foot or 2 foot deep water, and you can cast right out into the deeper part of the lake if you cast straight forward of the dock(A WHOLE LOT of lilypads, so i cant cast that far) Then option 2 I can fish off the bank and on the bank maybe 5 or 6 feet out the water gets pretty deep and 2 or 3 feet in theres some lilypads maybe 20 of them, this off the bank at night i caught the catfish, There is one other option theres a tunnel that comes out into the water from another street like wastewater or somethin, goes 6 or 7 feet deep and you can stand right on top of it off the edge of the top of the tunnel, i casted my http://www.walmart.com/ip/Berkley-1307478-PowerBait-Power-Worm-7-inch-Black-Chartreuse/34873355, into the tunnel and just moved around side to side and caught that little 3 - 4 pound bass(first one i've ever caught). other then that ive been trying for almost 2 weeks now, My baits that i have tried are Horny Toads, the http://www.walmart.com/ip/Berkley-1307478-PowerBait-Power-Worm-7-inch-Black-Chartreuse/34873355, and http://www.walmart.com/ip/Strike-King-Shim-E-Stick-Watermelon-Black-Flake/17248194 but with a yellow tail and dark red body, also I've tried live bluegill and shiners. My setup is braided 30 pd line and normal red J-bend hooks, I dont know if I should use a boat or just fish on the shore, a boat would be too much because I would have to ask my neighbor, However if its recommended tell me what I should do onshore fishing and on the boat fishing, the pond is probally 200-350 feet long and 300 feet wide. (This is in Tampa, Florida area).
The oldman that lives on the edge where i fish off of says hes caught 4 gators there and the biggest one was a 8 foot female in the same tunnel where i caught my first bass at, he says a guy used to live in the house next door and he used to work for the florida state fair and they used to drop the championship bass or something like that in the lake, be reminded that i do see tail flappin in the middle of the lake like 5 or 6 times in 30 minutes at all time of the day but Its too far in the middle for me to cast there. ( He said the bass thrown in there from the fair we're like 8-12 pound bass).
