Rovingmutt Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 good job lou, nice to see some action going on somewhere, thinking about going out sat or monday, warmer temps finally, good luck on saturday. Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted January 30, 2014 Super User Posted January 30, 2014 good job lou, nice to see some action going on somewhere, thinking about going out sat or monday, warmer temps finally, good luck on saturday.  Thanks Mutt. Quote
dsidle61 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 60s tomorrow here in Jax and mid to upper 70s Saturday and sunday, hopefully going to be out both days catching those fish coming back shallow from the depths of the 30 degree weather! Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted January 31, 2014 Super User Posted January 31, 2014 60s tomorrow here in Jax and mid to upper 70s Saturday and sunday, hopefully going to be out both days catching those fish coming back shallow from the depths of the 30 degree weather! Yea last weekend I was catching all the bass and you were catching everything else lol crappie and catfish that was weird Got my frog rod fixed I hope they want some frog action! Gonna try that mattlure bluegill swim bait too if they are still deep that should get their attention. Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted January 31, 2014 Super User Posted January 31, 2014 good job lou, nice to see some action going on somewhere, thinking about going out sat or monday, warmer temps finally, good luck on saturday. Mutt have you been getting out with your son much? I know the weather and the fishing has been tough. I have been getting into some fish but the biggest was 3lb 10oz. Funny a 6" senko has been the go to bait which sucks for me because I hate fishing plastics but that's what's working. Texas rigged and weightless. Quote
Rovingmutt Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 hey AK good to here from you, my son and i have'nt been out too much this month, too cold and slow for my son, he likes alot of action as he calls it I'm trying to get him out on saturday, but he seems not interested, but maybe..... the plastics seem to be what they want now, I was thinking of throwing a gambler big ez the next time out... the weather looks good next week !!!!!! Quote
tarponfly82 Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Not big by any means, but rewarding. I've been on a skunk patch lately 1 Quote
Super User geo g Posted February 2, 2014 Super User Posted February 2, 2014 Saturday 2/1/14, Went to Alligator Alley four weeks in a row. Loads of bass to catch, and lots of fun. The catch rate has been 20 to 30 an hour, which is probably as good as it gets anywhere in the country. Although lots of fish are small the bigger ones will be moving in from the flats as the water drops and they come off their beds. Fishing will follow it's yearly pattern and 100 fish days will become the norm. If you want to teach a child and keep there interest, now is the time to go. Wacky rig a trick worm and hold on. Nothing but fun!!!!! 2 Quote
Jacob044 Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Yeah, my honey hole has come back to life again. Caught 1-3lbs. yesterday and missed 2 others. Sure was a long time to wait but now with the weather warming up, it's all head on from here. Tight lines all. 1 Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted February 2, 2014 Super User Posted February 2, 2014 Saturday 2/1/14, Went to Alligator Alley four weeks in a row. Loads of bass to catch, and lots of fun. The catch rate has been 20 to 30 an hour, which is probably as good as it gets anywhere in the country. Although lots of fish are small the bigger ones will be moving in from the flats as the water drops and they come off their beds. Fishing will follow it's yearly pattern and 100 fish days will become the norm. If you want to teach a child and keep there interest, now is the time to go. Wacky rig a trick worm and hold on. Nothing but fun!!!!!  Yeah the big girls are still out in the flats and probably spawning out there as well, based on the tournament sacks this past Fri. The sacks were unbelievable. Quote
zakattak Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 60s tomorrow here in Jax and mid to upper 70s Saturday and sunday, hopefully going to be out both days catching those fish coming back shallow from the depths of the 30 degree weather! Heya dink, any chance you wouldn't mind showing me around? just moved to jax about three months ago and live across from NAS jax. honestly the best fishing ive seen so far is on the base... I keep reading about these "spots" around jacksonville where the bass are big and biting but i can honestly say i disagree! Every day after work,i fish the westside from argyle to downtown, and when my wife is working (southside) i fish from race track to jbutler...Dont get me wrong ive been catching bass but nothing over 4.5lbs and maybe 3 a day and most places i see are private property Quote
dsidle61 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Heya dink, any chance you wouldn't mind showing me around? just moved to jax about three months ago and live across from NAS jax. honestly the best fishing ive seen so far is on the base... I keep reading about these "spots" around jacksonville where the bass are big and biting but i can honestly say i disagree! Every day after work,i fish the westside from argyle to downtown, and when my wife is working (southside) i fish from race track to jbutler...Dont get me wrong ive been catching bass but nothing over 4.5lbs and maybe 3 a day and most places i see are private property Those aren't bad numbers honestly, fishing has been very slow for us almost since the new year. Where have you been fishing in argyle? There are two ponds I know of there if you go down argyle make a left on cheswick oak and then another left on Spencer's plantation, there is a longer skinnier pond on the right behind some apartments then just past that on the left there is a smaller pond that looks bad but I've caught some decent fish out of. Also on wells road there is a bigger lake (lake wells or wells lake) that's pretty decent kinda limited access without a boat though. I'm not to familiar with south side I don't fish over there much. Quote
zakattak Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 well ill have to keep lookin then i guess. the pond i caught the 4.5lber is called big island swamp on the south side across from the st johns town center. odly enough i went there yesterday hooping to fish the sun as it sets but i got surprised by a game warden...asking if i knew whos property that was and why are people fishing the "swamp" figured i better not push it and just came home! OK so ponds are ponds, but does anyone know any river runoffs or creeks to fish off the st johns that arent private property? kind of tired of pond hoping for 1-2lb fish lol on the boat topic i hear ya! trying to get a boat this this month, just got to get the money right. Quote
JaxBasser Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 This weather is getting nice. Hopefully I'll actually be able to fish this month. Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted February 3, 2014 Super User Posted February 3, 2014 well ill have to keep lookin then i guess. the pond i caught the 4.5lber is called big island swamp on the south side across from the st johns town center. odly enough i went there yesterday hooping to fish the sun as it sets but i got surprised by a game warden...asking if i knew whos property that was and why are people fishing the "swamp" figured i better not push it and just came home! OK so ponds are ponds, but does anyone know any river runoffs or creeks to fish off the st johns that arent private property? kind of tired of pond hoping for 1-2lb fish lol on the boat topic i hear ya! trying to get a boat this this month, just got to get the money right. Man if the spot you are talking about across from the town center is the same spot as mine there must be hundreds of double digit bass in there that the land owner doesn't want people to catch!! You and a few other people have been run off from there, if I am thinking about the same place, but I'm surprised a game warden got to you. Where were you parked? I wonder of someone called him or he just happened to be passing by but that's weird I have never came in contact with one and I fish all over orange park, south side, ponte vedra, everywhere. As for your 1-2lb fish problem keep at it you will get em but the big girls haven't been biting this year so far. Between me and my two buddies we caught about 10 fish all over 5lbs in the last week of 2013. And so far this year we have had 1 half way in the boat lol DS, 2 shake hooks, and 1 I landed that I do not want to speak about!!! Quote
zakattak Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 it was weird that a game warden was there but i guess it was jsut gods way of telling me..not today! lol i wasnt parked i was coming through the woods in my truck and as soon as i got on the trail around the pond he was sitting there leaning against his truck like he knew i was coming! it was strange but he also was in the navy so he let me go with a "good talking to". alright AK-Jax...this weekend or the next or the next idc...ill pay for everything (gas, bait, and any park fees) show where the bigguns are! Heres my .02...the places most of us fish are good for numbers of bass and good for some decent fish but if you watch the "myths of bass" on bassresource.com videos page, you would know that when you catch 20 2.5lb fish...that location most likely does not contain a "lunker" (10+lbs). Lots of dinks means no momma. that being said i wana fish where there arnt numerous bites but just the big bites that you gota work for. Since ive been on this search ive heard "tales" of this pond and that pond,this retention and that...and i swear to god I FISH THEM ALL. and so far have not seen anything over 5lbs ...which to be honest makes me think a boat and the st.johns/actual lakes are gona be the only real bet to catch a trophy bass. Quote
Super User AK-Jax86 Posted February 4, 2014 Super User Posted February 4, 2014 it was weird that a game warden was there but i guess it was jsut gods way of telling me..not today! lol i wasnt parked i was coming through the woods in my truck and as soon as i got on the trail around the pond he was sitting there leaning against his truck like he knew i was coming! it was strange but he also was in the navy so he let me go with a "good talking to". alright AK-Jax...this weekend or the next or the next idc...ill pay for everything (gas, bait, and any park fees) show where the bigguns are! Heres my .02...the places most of us fish are good for numbers of bass and good for some decent fish but if you watch the "myths of bass" on bassresource.com videos page, you would know that when you catch 20 2.5lb fish...that location most likely does not contain a "lunker" (10+lbs). Lots of dinks means no momma. that being said i wana fish where there arnt numerous bites but just the big bites that you gota work for. Since ive been on this search ive heard "tales" of this pond and that pond,this retention and that...and i swear to god I FISH THEM ALL. and so far have not seen anything over 5lbs ...which to be honest makes me think a boat and the st.johns/actual lakes are gona be the only real bet to catch a trophy bass. Trust me man you will get them. The fish I don't want to talk about that I had on land last week was definitely 10 if not it was a tic tac away from 10 and that came from a spot that the biggest I pulled out was 6. Same thing with my buddy dsidle on this site. He fished a spot and he would catch small ones then one day he pulled out a 6. Then we'd catch a few 4s & 5s out of there then one day in the smaller pond that he never fished until I missed a big one there when he first took us he landed his personal best 8.3lbs! What you need to do is find spots that aren't fished that much and have been there for over 10yrs and you will catch your fish. Majority of the spots that I fish have been there for 10, 15+ years including 4 that have been there for 40+! That's where you are going to get your trophy bass but they are that size for a reason they are smart. Biggest fish I ever hooked into came from an apartment pond and I was with my boy from this site Bass Czar. I'm calling 13+ cuz I have seen a pic of my boys PB of 13 something and my other boys PB of 13.10, also MCS (another member here) coworker caught a 10lb from the same spot. They are always there man there's always bigger if you are in the right spot. Quote
zakattak Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 you guys do know about the trophy catch program right? I take this to be my personal quest in life! to catch a bass of each category Quote
JaxBasser Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 I've pulled a lot of 5+ pound fish out of some of these tiny retention ponds around here. The big fish are there it's just tough to get a bite from them. You'll get a big one eventually. Quote
dsidle61 Posted February 5, 2014 Author Posted February 5, 2014 it was weird that a game warden was there but i guess it was jsut gods way of telling me..not today! lol i wasnt parked i was coming through the woods in my truck and as soon as i got on the trail around the pond he was sitting there leaning against his truck like he knew i was coming! it was strange but he also was in the navy so he let me go with a "good talking to". alright AK-Jax...this weekend or the next or the next idc...ill pay for everything (gas, bait, and any park fees) show where the bigguns are! Heres my .02...the places most of us fish are good for numbers of bass and good for some decent fish but if you watch the "myths of bass" on bassresource.com videos page, you would know that when you catch 20 2.5lb fish...that location most likely does not contain a "lunker" (10+lbs). Lots of dinks means no momma. that being said i wana fish where there arnt numerous bites but just the big bites that you gota work for. Since ive been on this search ive heard "tales" of this pond and that pond,this retention and that...and i swear to god I FISH THEM ALL. and so far have not seen anything over 5lbs ...which to be honest makes me think a boat and the st.johns/actual lakes are gona be the only real bet to catch a trophy bass. If your looking for spots on the st johns, we are a bit far north. Down south its much narrower and less brackish and lots of tournaments are fished on the river further south. As far as tribs to the st johns, I know on your side is julington creek, never fished it and don't know whats in there but im thinking about putting my boat in there during the spring/summer. If your up for a little drive down 17 in orange park there is doctors lake again never fished it but I know of several people who have. And further down is black creek, ive only fished it once for about 30 min and my friend had one miss. Again like AK said, youll catch that 10lber in the place you least suspect it on a lure you shouldn't be using. My 8+lber was caught in December on topwater in a pond kids fish for bluegill out of, my 6lber was on a frog mid day in 85 degree temps. Just keep at it I haven't LANDED a fish over 2lbs in about a month fishing the same places ive got those two big guys out of. Closest I came was around 4-5lbs that snapped a hook off at the boat back in December. And I robbed AK of a 5-6lber by snapping his lure off at the boat. The fish are still recovering from those 2 weeks of 30 degree temps we had just recently, youll see this board start blowing up when the fish get active again. Quote
SFL BassHunter Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Went out to Snapper Creek and tried on Sunday. I ended up empty handed again. I'm having a hard time getting me some bass! Quote
zakattak Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 well i have another question for yall...what do you think about swimbaits? like big swimbaits since were coming up on the spawn... like maybe some huddleston 6-8" swimbaits Quote
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