Never had a bite in South Florida lake

[Pritch13]

FINALLY CAUGHT! 

 

Just caught a lovely 2-3 pound catfish with a simple #6 hook with some bread on the end. Threw a few slices crumbled up next to it and success! Unfortunately the fish inhaled the hook and i couldn't even see it down his throat, so i had to cut the line as there was no way of retrieving it.

[Pritch13]

Feel kinda bad for gut hooking it, but there was no way whatsoever I was getting the hook out so I just cut the line. 

[soflabasser]

7 hours ago, BassinLou said:

Fishing the frog, tops my list as favorite baits to throw. Once you understand when, and where to throw this bait, you will catch some very nice bass. 

Yes sir both spinnerbaits and hollow body frogs are great lures,have caught many big bass on them

[SFL BassHunter]

That is a good looking catfish! Curious have you found any bass in this pond yet?

[F14A-B]

Congratulations on your success, as we say around here, no hill to high for a climber..

[Pritch13]

4 hours ago, SFL BassHunter said:

That is a good looking catfish! Curious have you found any bass in this pond yet?

Not yet no, I see lots of peacocks bass but haven't hooked one yet though 

[Frise]

16 minutes ago, Pritch13 said:

Not yet no, I see lots of peacocks bass but haven't hooked one yet though 

For peacock bass I like to use live bait. For bait I throw out a very small amount of bread on a very small hook with a bobber and I end up catching baby Mayan Cichlids, Bluegills, and occasionally a Tilapia. I then throw this out on on another rod with a bobber. I usually have a decent sized peacock bass in about 20 minutes or so.

[geo g]

When things get tough, slow down, and down size you bait.  Look for drop offs in the lake and slowly drag you finesses worm along side the drop off.  Many of my bigger fish have hit while the bait was sitting still, at the bottom of the drop off.   Don't be in a hurry, let them see the bait and swim over and decide if its time to take the bait.  Works everyday for me especially since the temps have dropped.  Zoom finesses baits, 4"senkos, zoom centipedes, and trick worms.  The bass are there, but not in a mood to chase baits.  You will have plenty of time to throw reaction baits, and search baits, when the water temp come up and the bass are more active.   Good luck, and catch some big ones.

 

I don't know how you throw a in line spinner with treble hook from the bank in Florida.  I would lose that on my first cast.  I am always pulling a bait through 20 feet of Lilly Pads or buggy whips, or catching on rock walls.  An in line with a single hook and a grub tail Texas rigged is a good choice, and you can slow roll it.

[TheBrewBass]

I've fished Silver Lakes Rotary Park in Davie but have only manage to get 3 fish out of there. Haven't seen much life in that lake lately.