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I am new to fishing. Haven’t fished for 20 years. I bought me a setup and a boat and am trying to catch bass. I was always interested in catching bass as a child. Now that I’m out of the military, I have the chance to pick up this new hobby. Can someone help me with fishing east fork lake and where I can land a large mouth bass please? What setup works for you?

Hello I’m new here and I’m posting due to some frustration from something that occurred two days ago. I got back into fishing about 6 weeks back, first time since I was a teenager. I’ve been out everyday these 6 weeks and only just found a decent location two days ago. Broke my dry spell and was catching LMB and peacocks, 2-3lbers. Now I want to first paint a picture here. This was a park in south Florida with a small narrow canal on one side and a small lake/canal on the other. The small narrow canal has bushes where I was but the further end of it is clear. I was standing in the small clearing between the bushes. Entire park is about 1 mile from side to side. When I arrived there were two guys fishing near the entrance, so I walked to the far other end away from them so I wasn’t fishing on top of them. I ended up going to the small narrow canal on the opposite side of the park from them, and after a few catches I noticed several pretty big peacocks that were spawning. The biggest easily being 10lbs, biggest peacock I’ve seen in person. so I spent a good 15 minutes working my senko and I was getting hits and having it chase but never hooking. After about 30 minutes total in this one narrow small spot the 2 guys from before walk up, now with an additional 3 guys, and crowd around either side of me and start trying to catch them too. I mean literally on top of me shoulder to shoulder. It wasn’t a large area at all. Honestly it was barley enough for even two people to stand in and fish comfortably. I decided I would stand my ground and never stop casting and this upset them, they had the audacity to tell ME to go away as if I was the one intruding. Here’s the part that really gets me. They were using shiners. Just planting them directly in the nest. You’re all but guaranteed a catch at that point. Had it been a lure, okay at least then it’s just a matter of who has better luck/skill. But it was akin to shooting them in a barrel. I didn’t think much of it and figured whatever they’ll catch it, release and be on their way and then I’ll have my space to cast and catch it after, not a huge deal. Then after catching the 10 pounder the guy knifes the fish in the head and harvests it. Then they do it again, and again, and again and harvest every spawning peacock going over the bag limit. 10+ fish into their bucket. What should or could I have even said to make them give me my space? They could have at minimum easily waited for me to catch and release and then harvested it after. They were gone before FWC would have been able to show up and do anything. I wanna clear up potential confusion. I don’t necessarily have an issue with harvesting if someone’s following regs. But I find it a little crappy to harvest a huge nesting game fish/management species. But that’s neither here nor there, my main issue is them standing all on top of me and basically screwing me out of the catch spent time working on. It was crappy and they know what they were doing, I have no clue what I was supposed to say. I can easily foresee them responding bad to anything there is to say like “oh well you don’t own the water.” It was just super messed up. also, these are not invasive at least in this area. They’re considered “Introduced nonnative” and are a management species to help keep actually detrimental invasives such as carp or snakehead under control. Removing the bigger ones is heavily discouraged by the FWC because of this. Harvesting them causes more harm than good. But again my biggest problem is idk how to deal with a situation like this, then trying to bully me out of my spot and just fishing on top of it.

I'll be fishing a 550 acre lake in north central oklahoma. (Lone Chimney Lake) Were expected to get a cold front with some rain on friday and the tempature is going to drop from a high of 71 today down to high of 49 on friday. Saturday(tournament day) its supposed to be in mid 50s but the tempature at stsrt time will be 40 degrees. My plan was to fish shallow and find some spawning fish with a jig, swim jig, and senko. How should I alter my approach with the cold front moving in? Thank you

I target LMB, I fish alot of texas rigged Senkos, craws, 1/8oz jigs, etc.. I am planning on picking up a Tatula LT, but I can’t decide on the 2000 or 2500 size. I’m using 20lb braid to a fluoro leader, so no thick line. Pairing it with a 7’1 Med Fast Rod. Which should I get and why? (2000, or 2500)

Hey Guys, I am currently planning to fish the St Lawrence this weekend targeting smallmouth and largemouth bass. Having never tackled this body of water before, would you guys recommend any lures or strategies? Ive been doing some research but wanted to see what you guys think! Thanks guys!

Good morning BR, I'm about to head out to canal in which just yesterday walking there I spotted a 6lb bass. Might not be a giant for some but for me it sure is! I know the exact place were it is, I saw it last year and both times I did not have a fishing rode on me. He/she might not be the biggest bass there but I sure think it is! So to the question, What are some good baits for a bass which is very finicky and lives with the most bluegills I have ever seen? The canal is very pressured, I have used the drop shot with a 4" finesse worm and a jerkbait and really killed them on it (not literally). What could work? Bass stage: Pre-Spawn Water Clarity: 2-feet Depth: 4-6 feet Bottom: Soft/Leaves & "Snot" grass Quality of water: Polluted Martin

Hello all. In relation to a thread I recently posted, I have a nearby pond that I fish 90% of my fishing days at, because it is close by. I have a feel for the pattern in the summer, but want to fish more efficiently and thus would like some advice given my observations of the pond structure. Basically a breakdown of the pond. A Picture of the North side of the Pond on a clear day. Map of the Pond (The Gapstow Bridge is the North side of the pond for future reference) Basic Info: 1. Size: 3-4 Acres 2. Depth: 1-10 ft 3. Location: NYC, Central Park South 4. Fishing Pressure: High Because much of the Pond is fenced off or just inaccessible, there are only 4 realistic regions to fish from, noted in the map above. Breakdown by Location Area 1 Basic Info: 1. Depth within casting distance is around 4-10 feet, probably the deepest area of the pond 2. Facing the north side, water plants directly to the left around 20 yards away along the shoreline. 3. A tree overhangs on the right 10 yards away 4. shoreline is rocks mostly 5. Have caught bass near the plants with stickbaits, never near the tree 6. The opposite side is just out of casting distance (by around 15 yards) but has similar water plants 7. Biggest bass caught in this area: 3 lbs Area 2 Basic Info: 1. Depth within casting distance is around 1-6 feet, deepest in the middle 2. no plants, just shoreline made up of shrubs and rocks 3. There is a drain that at the very southern tip of the pond in the area, where a lot of matting builds up (have caught some dinks there with weighted stickbaits) 4. Biggest bass caught in this area: 1.5 lbs Area 3 Basic Info: 1. Depth within casting distance is around 2-10 feet, deepest where 2 meets 3. 2. Facing west, plants to the right side, otherwise no visible structure. 3. A LOT of turtles camping around here. 4. Some carp cruise around here as well. 5. Biggest bass caught in this area: 5.4 lbs, where 2 intersects 3 in the deep area (picture is below) Area 4 Basic Info: 1. Depth within casting distance is around 1 to 3 feet. 2. Water plants dot the shore, making retrieve a bit tricky. 3. Many ducks here because shallow. 4. Carp cruise here as well. 5. Biggest bass caught in this area: 1 lb I generally found Area 3 to the be the most productive in the summer, but now that Fall and eventually Spring will come around, I need a little help deciphering this pond! Sorry for the wall of text, and appreciate any help as always! My largest bass from this pond pic (Area 3)...

My PB LMB is only ~5 lbs. It was probably a little over. Witnesses thought it was 6, but if I can't weigh it, I estimate 10-20% lower because excitement tends to get to us, you know? Anyways, I'd like to beat my PB. I'm in Oklahoma. Currently living in Yukon. Where should I go, without a boat, within, say 30-45 minutes of me to try to set a new PB?

Hello my name is Eduardo and Im new here in the forum, im from brazil. I love bass fishing since im a little kid but in brazil LMB dont get very big 5 pounds maximum. Anyone wants to help a brazilian fisherman friend to realise a dream and go after some big bass around south california lakes. Im going on a business trip to Los Angeles next week for 5 days and Im gonna have 2 days off 22 and 23 of september. I can drive and i can pay for the help. The guides are too expensive for my budget on this trip. My facebook is Luiz Eduardo Pavao and my instagram is @shred_duda If anyone can help its gonna make my trip super special and its gonna help me realise a dream Thanks alot for the attention and for the help Hope have some good news from you guys and sorry about my english is not the best

Can anybody give me some suggestions on winter fishing?(baits/tips) thanks

I have been looking at purchasing a kayak for a while and I plan to use it on lakes/rivers. Any suggestions on what I should look at?

So I'm wondering if senkos are good for small ponds. And what colors are best for stained water with few weeds? Should I fish them wacky? Texas rigged? I have the colors green pumpkin/watermelon and green pumpkin black flake and have caught a few but not a ton

Hi, Just recently moved to Denver from Northern VA this Fall. Now that ski season is over, anyone have any local recommendations "near" the Denver metro area to do some springtime fishing? Trying to find a few spots that I can just go out for a little while after work or on weekends just to cast around and get some action. I'm near Sloans lake, but I assumed there are actually no fish there?

Longtime *** registering here from Georgia. Love smallies and largemouth equally. Our children enjoy fishing for bass as well. Found this forum and have been reading a lot of the topics before registering and posting. Nothing like a smallie or LMB on the end of a tight line! Here is a snap of two of our LMB under our dock taken a couple weeks back. One is 5lbs and the other is 8lbs.

Hello brand new to this forum and brand new to the brevard county area. looking for some nice lakes, ponds, rivers to fish for LMB. Just moved over to satellite beach from tampa. I was really getting used to the hillsborough river in the temple terrace USF area. I have a little yak also so shore and boat spots will be appreciated. Thanks and tight lines everyone.