What Is Up With Florida Right Now?

[jonathanevans1990]

I live in Tampa man and its the same here, i have a spot that i go where i know i will catch at least one fish. but its like someone turned off the bite button last few weeks. its getting hot and they changed feeding times i think. try this, go hit your spot at about 10 pm and even if you don't fish you will see them hitting the water feeding. it just got too hot takes more time for the water too cool down

[AK-Jax86]

I live in Tampa man and its the same here, i have a spot that i go where i know i will catch at least one fish. but its like someone turned off the bite button last few weeks. its getting hot and they changed feeding times i think. try this, go hit your spot at about 10 pm and even if you don't fish you will see them hitting the water feeding. it just got too hot takes more time for the water too cool down

Yea I've been fishin a little at night but keep getting killed by mosquitos. Today I only fished for about 20 mins before I had to take my son to the doctor and I actually saw 3 fish all atleast 3# chase my lure to the shore so that is a good sign that things will be pickin up. I use to see them everywhere and recently haven't seen anything so now that they are visible makes me think things are going to pick back up.

I am gonna check out those ponds in Wold golf village you told me about on Sunday. If I get anything worth sharing I'll post em.

[SirSnookalot]

This year isn't much different than any other year, I do very little bass fishing in the summertime. Between the uncomfortable humidity, the pesky gnats, slow bite and smallish fish, drains my enthusiasm. 20-30 minutes in my backyard pond is enough for me, I don't get aggressive for bass until late November.

Florida, and I'm sure other coastal regions as well, offers excellent opportunities year round. When the bass turn off the ocean turns on and when the ocean turns off the bass turn on, ain't mother nature wonderful.

[MCS]

I am gonna check out those ponds in Wold golf village you told me about on Sunday. If I get anything worth sharing I'll post em.

Bass master magazine's pole of PGA Tour folders voted the course at the players best bass spot on tour. Get on the courses around here they are loaded for sure! And that culvert with lily pads at the WOG exit on 95 looks super fishy lol

[shanksmare]

Hi guys,

I fish in ponds off the bank in SW FL. I have had the same experiences as you guys since TS Debbie, The bite has gotten a lot tougher. Instead of catching at least one 4 or 5 pounder per outing, I've been catching mostly smaller bass ( less than a pound to 3 pounds). Almost all of my fish post TS Debbie have come on T-rigged worms. Prior to Debbie I did well with spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Lately most of my bass have come from areas with wind or drainage produced current. The area along the bank, which had been super productive, has been pretty much devoid of fish for me.

[Sam Fisher]

south florida summer fishing .... fun in the sun

Peacock fishing is better when its hot may want to look into that.

[808bass]

Well I broke the curse, cause I caught about 5 bass ranging from 1lb to 2.5lb at about 1pm-4pm with a original zoom trick junebug

[MCS]

Well I broke the curse, cause I caught about 5 bass ranging from 1lb to 2.5lb at about 1pm-4pm with a original zoom trick junebug

nice job, gotta love them trick worms. I will be out tomorrow with the boys n definitely Monday been dying to get back to my spot after I spied a hiding place last week. Hope I have as good a day as you man.

[808bass]

thanks man, good luck to you too

[Qnormous]

I have had the same Bad luck fishing in west palm beach but today I found a small golf corse lake and had a great time 4- 1lb fish 2 -3lb fish and a NICE 21inch 5LB fish. I was starting to think that there were no fish left down here.

[AK-Jax86]

I scouted out some lakes at World Golf Village today when I went to Gander Mountain to pick up some lures and I am going to fish them tomorrow morning. I am taking my girlfriend and newborn there and am going to spend the day. Hopefully I catch something worth posting and best believe I will take pictures.

On a side note when I was checking out one of the ponds I heard a big splash in the distance looked up and just saw ripples. Then my cell phone rang and I answered it. I was walking to my car about 10 yards away from the bank and dropped my phone. I picked it up and when I looked up in the water there was a gator looking right at me probably about 20 feet from shore. I went to take a picture and he went under... I waited for another 5 to 10 mins, far away from the shore of course, to see if it would pop back up but it didn't.

I will be fishing that pond tomorrow hopefully I can get a shot of it.

[gar-tracker]

Bass master magazine's pole of PGA Tour folders voted the course at the players best bass spot on tour. Get on the courses around here they are loaded for sure! And that culvert with lily pads at the WOG exit on 95 looks super fishy lol

I was heading to the lake years back and it was before they put the 710 Sunpass lane in so I used to go to PGA an then west to 710.

A little kid was climbing over the fence that boarders PGA Blvd where that Pad filled canal leads to the course. About a half a mile west of the Turnpike.

He had a stringer of bass in one hand and a rod ion the other, they went about 25 lbs, with a couple of 5s and one that looked about 7. he was running like he just hopped over a prison fence,

[pondslayer]

Me and a couple buddies went the day after we caught 9 and we caught 5 a couple 3# and another4.5# !! That day i was using the Strike king Coffee tube jig magic goby color texas rigged it was working wonders i missed a few on it! I also went yesterday and caught 4 bass on various worms around hydrilla about mid-day! But i def say invest in some of those tubes i was using the 3.5 inchers around cattails!! ill upload some pics soon!

[808bass]

Went out around 1:00pm today and only fished for about an hour and a half but, I was able to make one catch within the first 30 mins.

Judging from the background and there being alot of submergent vegetation aswell... what are some good baits to use here? I'm catching them at a pretty good rate on the zoom trick junebug color... but nothing else is working..

[AK-Jax86]

Senkos always work wonders anywhere I would throw a black and blue jig also I'd try a top water frog

[MCS]

Took my oldest out for some before school bass'n and we (I hooked and handed it over - he caught it LOL that is the way it should be right ) landed this, checked out a few hairs over 2 on my cheap scale. saw many schools, after we hauled this one in a group of similar size swam by and some massive carp. Found out what they were eating as this guy had some fish in his gullet. d**n near swallowed the hook and worm. but by the time we located them and reeled this one in it was time to go. Still good way to start the day, way things seem to go in this pond you would never know you were in summer.

[AK-Jax86]

Took my oldest out for some before school bass'n and we (I hooked and handed it over - he caught it LOL that is the way it should be right ) landed this, checked out a few hairs over 2 on my cheap scale. saw many schools, after we hauled this one in a group of similar size swam by and some massive carp. Found out what they were eating as this guy had some fish in his gullet. d**n near swallowed the hook and worm. but by the time we located them and reeled this one in it was time to go. Still good way to start the day, way things seem to go in this pond you would never know you were in summer.

Nice catch man hopefully things are picking up I am going at later today in the evening with pondslayer so hopefully we can post some pics of some nice fish

[MCS]

Nice catch man hopefully things are picking up I am going at later today in the evening with pondslayer so hopefully we can post some pics of some nice fish

Thanks and good luck man. I think today should be good. I think the no moon and the temps are back into the normal range. Seems like the high 80's low 90's don't phase the bass around here too much. But by the end of the week they supposed to be up in the mid to high 90's so they might go back to deep sleep mode. The water was clear and the fish were very active, carp, bluegills and LMB(schools of small to bigger) were swimming all over once the sun came up over the trees, before that it was dead.

[Sam Fisher]

Thanks and good luck man. I think today should be good. I think the no moon and the temps are back into the normal range. Seems like the high 80's low 90's don't phase the bass around here too much. But by the end of the week they supposed to be up in the mid to high 90's so they might go back to deep sleep mode. The water was clear and the fish were very active, carp, bluegills and LMB(schools of small to bigger) were swimming all over once the sun came up over the trees, before that it was dead.

Thats good old florida fishing for you love pulling in a 5-6 pound fish with 4-5 others in tow

[shanksmare]

The fishing seems to have picked up a tick for me also. This morning was overcast and a little cooler than previous days.

I managed a 12"er to start the day off. I got a 4 pound plus fish next to the concrete of a spillway. I finished up with one a little over 3 pounds. I got them all on a Booyah Blade spinnerbait. The fishing certainly wasn't fast and furious but it was an improvement.

[MCS]

The fishing seems to have picked up a tick for me also. This morning was overcast and a little cooler than previous days.

I managed a 12"er to start the day off. I got a 4 pound plus fish next to the concrete of a spillway. I finished up with one a little over 3 pounds. I got them all on a Booyah Blade spinnerbait. The fishing certainly wasn't fast and furious but it was an improvement.

Not a bad day......What area in FL are you located?

[AK-Jax86]

Went out today with pondslayer and lookinoji at one of their spots and caught 13 between us. I only got 2, lookinoji got 5, and pondslayer got 6. Nothing too big though I think pond had the biggest at 3 something. The two I caught were 2. And I think the biggest lookinoji had was 2. I left before them at dark so they probably caught more.

Thanks for showing me a new spot guys I had fun

[shanksmare]

Thanks MCS, I'm in the Ft Myers area.

[Qnormous]

On my way to work yesterday I stoped at the Lake behind Target on 441 and okeechobee Blvd there was some one just getting there to fish as well turns out it was Sirsnooksalot did not catch much but it was cool to meet some one for the forum. Later that day on my way home I stoped at a Park in Green ackers threw a few lines only cought 2 but the first was a solid 5lb and the second was just over 4lb great way to end a day.

[808bass]

I might head out today, hoping for some good luck and some good pictures. Hopefully the heat will not affect the fish that much..