First Time Bass Fishing In Miami Advise?

[SamTheHam]

Hello everyone,

What advise do you have for a new bass enthusiast. What should I look for? I am on land for now. I don't see many structures other than drain entrances and minimal vegetation. This is in the miramar pembroke pies area.

Also what tackle would you recommend to try in this envirent? And lastly what time of the day??

It's a lot of questions and sorry if I'm over reaching my welcome. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[geo g]

All these body of water have bass in them .  They are all connected by the flood control systems.  So fish, snakes,  gators ect. all move throughout the system.  Good luck and fish any and all structure.  Watch for snakes this time of year.

[BassinLou]

Nice spots. Listen to what Geo G says. From pics that I did see, you have typical vegetation for S.FL. I see pads and grass. The best advice I can give you, is to familiarize yourself with this site, and several of the local guys who fish the area. Ask alot questions and many of us will jump in to help. Since your a newbie of sorts, what reel(s) do you prefer to throw? Spinner or baitcaster? What rod(s) do you have? Length, power, action? You are going to get hit with a lot of tips and advice, but I would like to know the answers to these questions before suggesting to you what to throw. 

[BassinLou]

Also, I forgot to welcome you on to BR. It would help if you provided a little bit more info on your profile. 

[JellyMan]

My advise is to throw watermelon plastics and have fun!

[BassinLou]

Thanks for response guys. I have yet to really catch a bass down here or ever. I use to live in ct and I stuck to trout and saltwater fishing. I like using spinning reels. Right bow I have small setup fr bass pro shop that I uses to catch baby fish with my girlfriend but the line keeps on breaking in the grass and even on a nice bite.

I'm going to dicks today to get a new setup and start hitting these spots since they are so close to where I live. Right now I could use some advise on reading a lake in general. I'll start hitting the pads with the new setup this afternoon.

Pembroke Pines is nice area for bass fishing. As far reading the lake in general, study the coverage and vegetation. Think about bass down here like people. Since we are approaching summer time what would we do? Outside we would be most active at what times of the day? Morning and evening right?  What would we be doing during the hottest part of the day when we are outside?  Seeking shade and cover. Bass are the same way. During the morning and evening they will be out and about feeding. As the day warms up they will seek the cover of grass and pads, and other types of cover. During the evening and night time ours they are hitting the town and all the local hot spots. Find those spots, and you will find nice fish. Hope that helps. 

     As far as baits, take your pick. Worms, frogs, flukes, brushhogs, spooks, spinnerbaits, jigs, the list is long. You just have to get out there and learn what works and when. Good Luck!!

[geo g]

Culvert pipes are one of the best areas to fish from the bank. If there is water flowing you may hit a home run in that area. If your fishing a worm or 4" senko type bait, remember to slow down and let the bait fall on a slack line. Lift it off the bottom and let it flutter back down. Most bites come on the fall or sitting still. Be a line watcher and if you see any movement take up the slack until you feel some weight, then set the hook hard. Good luck, the more you do it the better you will get.

[SirSnookalot]

If I were in the Pembroke Pines area I would not be focusing on bass this time of the year, you'll catch plenty anyway.  I'd be strictly targeting peacocks and I'd be using spinning or a fly rod.

 

Being primarily a saltwater spinning fishermen, the salt season is just starting to happen.  

[firerat]

Where abouts on the C11 are you going?

 

I live towards the west end of the canal (Griffin Rd) and plan to go out early tomorrow morning as well.

[geo g]

I would go all along weston road, north of Griffen and fish the lakes along the Weston Road. Fish the office side of the lakes and no one will bother you. Fish behind any homes and the cops will be there quick. Those lakes have a good supply of decent size fish. Look for culvert pipes, water may start flowing with a little rain, Pad Fields and drop-offs. There is also some Hydrilla in spots.

Fishing has been off a little in Weston because there has been a giant explosion of tadpoles recently, millions of them in all the lakes and the old dump site. I think the fish are stuffed full of tadpoles, and not as willing to bite.

Good luck if you go, watch for snakes in Weston, they have been out.

[BassinLou]

I would go all along weston road, north of Griffen and fish the lakes along the Weston Road. Fish the office side of the lakes and no one will bother you. Fish behind any homes and the cops will be there quick. Those lakes have a good supply of decent size fish. Look for culvert pipes, water may start flowing with a little rain, Pad Fields and drop-offs. There is also some Hydrilla in spots.

Fishing has been off a little in Weston because there has been a giant explosion of tadpoles recently, millions of them in all the lakes and the old dump site. I think the fish are stuffed full of tadpoles, and not as willing to bite.

Good luck if you go, watch for snakes in Weston, they have been out.

 

That may explain why the bite has been off in my neck of the woods too. Thousands and thousands of tadpoles. The banks are full of blacks clouds of them. 

[Pz3]

Some good suggestions here to get you started but one of the simplist ways to fish end up being really effective as well.

If I had to start all over again I would strongly recomend the following.

Spinning rod (medium action) and reel with 8lb trilene mono line. Make sure you spool it correctly avoid line twist. There is more info on bass resource about this.

Bullet weights (small and medium)

Wide gap worm hooks in black. 4/0 size.

Ultravibe speed worms by zoom in these colors.

-watermelon candy (good for mornings and cloudy / rainy days

-green pumpkin all around good color

Zoom Trick worms

-watermelon seed

-black

Zoom ole monsters (ribbon tails)

-green pumpkin

-black

You should be strait with this setup and able to catch fish with these anytime of year.

[SFL BassHunter]

Hi welcome to BR. Just a quick tip from me because I am also fairly new to the bass fishing, some of the guys helped me out while I was having a rough time getting bites. Turns out I may have been getting bites all along but I was using a Heavy rod (Saltwater Fishing). I also started fishing in the winter and some of the bites were so subtle I just wasn't feeling them. I switched to a Medium Field and Stream Inferno Rod and a small Penn real and now I can feel everything. Sensitivity is very important in Bass fishing. It's not like Saltwater fishing where you feel every nibble on your live bait. I just got a second Medium set up yesterday. I went with a Berkley Amp rod and a pflueger trion25 reel. This set up is even more sensitive and light weight than the other. I can cast these rods all day without getting tired.

[Pz3]

Berkley medium actions for the win.