What lures work good in Fla Winters. (Tallahassee)

[bassmaster043]

Just wondering what lures work best in Florida winters.

[Stickling]

probably anything since you people are so warm. Its about to friggen snow here. Any lure should work when its 70 degrees in middle of winter.

[bassmaster043]

You would think so. I know its nothing to people up north but i has gotten into the 20's a few times this winter.

[Stickling]

Ha still thats alot warmer than here, its nothing but high of 40's and lows of 16 and wind chill of 0 and snow..

[Chris]

You got to scale down and slow way down and pitch tight to cover. Try to find some thick stuff because they will be in the middle of it. If you can find a floating mat that would be a good starting point. For whatever reason Florida bass really shut down in the winter. I don't think the kind of bait matters much as long as its scaled down and weedless. I do well with tubes and small creature baits rigged with a 1 oz or better weight. You just want to punch the cover and yo yo the bait and just shake it in one spot untill they bite.

[Fl._Flippin_Fool]

I just happen to be from tallahassee and I use Cranks and Spinnerbaits alot in the cold months. Slow roll them both. I also use a Jig , its a slower bite but better fish. I belong to Big Bend Bass Club here, we have a web site if ya want to take a look, we always place a couple of guys on the State Federation team every year. www.bigbendbass.com

[bassmaster043]

Thanks alot !

[lumbeendn2005]

that would be horney toads,i've did pretty good on the lakes down here..being i'm from NC..horey's and lillies...prefect

[Triple D]

Is there good bass fishing at Disney?

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Actually some of the lakes there are really good to fish in. Generally theres no real fishing pressure. They also work pretty hard to maintain the quality of the lakes and surrounding waterways.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/bass_disney.html

[gar-tracker]

IMO it depends on the weather, a strong front passing shuts them down and you better have a flipping stick on hand, like mentioned above look for mats and dieing vegetation that give off heat, a few days after the front with mild weather they could go on a pre spawn feed like mad and be chasing toads and top water.

[soflobassfishing]

Hey do any of you know where is a good place to fish without a boat up here in Tallahassee. i want to go to lake Bradford ,but i don't know the area and where i could fish there. I'm from south Florida and just transferred to FSU this semester. I have yet to go fishing  up here, and my fishing rods are getting dust on them which has never happened before lol.

[SoFl-native]

IMO it depends on the weather, a strong front passing shuts them down and you better have a flipping stick on hand, like mentioned above look for mats and dieing vegetation that give off heat, a few days after the front with mild weather they could go on a pre spawn feed like mad and be chasing toads and top water.

^that. Also if you are fun fishing wait until the afternoon. If it is a cold morning the bite gets better as the day goes on.

[RoLo]

For whatever reason Florida bass really shut down in the winter. I don't think the kind of bait matters much as long as its scaled down and weedless.

Chris is obviously familiar with Floridian bass ;-)

Cold" is a relative term, and swapping yarns about whose winters

are colder is of zero significance, because the behavior of subspecies

is retrofitted to their respective climate. I've lived in New Jersey

most of my life, but my first winter in Florida was a rude awakening.

If you're fishing south of Ocala Florida, you are most likely

dealing with Florida-strain bass. These puppies are the pansies

of the bass world, and during the winter months they have no problem

ignoring a live golden shiner, much less an artfully presented artificial ;-)

Roger