Super User Dwight Hottle Posted Tuesday at 03:29 PM Super User Posted Tuesday at 03:29 PM Went fishing for two days with a grade school buddy. We were going to fish lake Kissimmee with shiners both days but the weather dictated a change in plans. Day one was windy with a dropping barometer before the cold front. Wind was 20 miles per hour with gusts at 30 so we fished a smaller lake to help our situation. We decided ahead of time to fish only artificials on day one which consisted of Texas rigged 6" & 7" senkos and a follow up lipless crank (3/4 oz Duo Realis G-Fix) after the bite diminished. The first three hours we only caught smaller males near shoreline cover. Then we made a shift & started fishing a large shell bed off shore in deeper water 4-6 foot deep. Because of the wind a current was set up blowing off shore & the fish were schooled up in a tight area but we had to cast into the wind to fish it properly. We had a stellar day with good numbers & quality fish. The 2nd day we fished the same area with live shinner the bait of choice in Florida for bigs. The weather went from cloudy windy & warm to clear sky's with temps in the mid 50's to a max of 70 on the second day. We had pretty good numbers for half of the day then it really slowed down. We also had some big gars to keep us entertained. We were surprised that that the artifical bite was much better than the live shinner bite but that's fishing. Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious. First picture is day one. Second pic day 2. 18 Quote
Fishingmickey Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM Those are some very serious Bass, Dwight! FM 4 Quote
Fishlegs Posted Tuesday at 05:01 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:01 PM You both caught some very nice fish! Well done. 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted Tuesday at 05:44 PM Super User Posted Tuesday at 05:44 PM Nice bag Mr. Florida 😁 curious.. what’s a dozen of wild golden shiners bring these days? 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted Tuesday at 05:46 PM Author Super User Posted Tuesday at 05:46 PM 1 minute ago, F14A-B said: Nice bag Mr. Florida 😁 curious.. what’s a dozen of wild golden shiners bring these days? $20-$25 mostly at the 25 price point. 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted Tuesday at 05:52 PM Super User Posted Tuesday at 05:52 PM 2 minutes ago, Dwight Hottle said: $20-$25 mostly at the 25 price point. That’s not too bad, last time I bought them they were a buck a piece. For me anyway, the worst part of using them were the gar love them I think better than the LMB do 🤣 They were catching them pretty good on Harris this past week. (MLF) 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted Tuesday at 06:08 PM Author Super User Posted Tuesday at 06:08 PM 12 minutes ago, F14A-B said: That’s not too bad, last time I bought them they were a buck a piece. For me anyway, the worst part of using them were the gar love them I think better than the LMB do 🤣 They were catching them pretty good on Harris this past week. (MLF) The funny thing is that none of the bass we caught showed any signs of spawning yet. Yet the spawn is in full swing N & S of where we fished. 2 Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted Tuesday at 07:27 PM Posted Tuesday at 07:27 PM Glad you got to fish with your grade school buddy. Friends from back-in-the-day are the best kind! 3 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted Wednesday at 12:15 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 12:15 PM 20 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said: Went fishing for two days with a grade school buddy. This speaks to the quality of these longtime buddies, that they're still friends after all the decades. And catching QUALITY bass too! 2 Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted Wednesday at 02:50 PM Super User Posted Wednesday at 02:50 PM Nice Feesh….really nice feesh! 1 Quote
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