Jacksonville, Fl Small Lakes

[Aaron0322]

Not having much luck on small lakes. Doing good on the big lakes like Santa Fe and lake Sampson and lake Rowell outside of Jacksonville near Starke. Looking for some good spots around Jacksonville to fish without my boat. Willing to take you fishing on my nitro z-7 with some help finding any good spots

[lunker82]

Aaron, there are a ton of ponds around. You should try industrial park off Pritchard rd around Imeson and bulls bay. Go in evening or on weekend so businesses will be closed. I like the ponds over off Gate Parkway and Belfort Rd & AC Skinner Parkway off JTB. The only downside to any of these ponds is they're all private property. I go in evenings and on weekends and I've never had a problem. Another good one is big pond next to Walmart to the west off monument rd and tredinick parkway. I mainly use soft plastics t-rigged or a chatterbait with an added trailer to fish these ponds. I've caught some decent fish out of the ponds I listed, nothing over 4lbs but I'm sure there are some bigger.

[lunker82]

Also forgot to mention.....been pretty tough lately with dog days of summer.....I've had best luck fishing the ponds from 8pm - 12am

[lunker82]

Anyone got any advice on Duval/Pope ponds? thinking about doing an afternoon/evening trip out there with my kayak

[kayakbassman]

Anyone got any advice on Duval/Pope ponds? thinking about doing an afternoon/evening trip out there with my kayak

[kayakbassman]

No advice here, but I also have wanted to try pope duval in my kayak. I get back into town this coming week and would be interested in getting up with someone.

I made this account after reading nearly every page here.

I've not had much luck from shore lately, but do pretty well in my kayak at 9A/Baymeadows jigging the back weed line.

**Edited for typo...

[Aaron0322]

I have heard from a friend of mine that pope ducal is pretty good if you have a small Jon boat or kayak to fish from. Senkos and worms t rigged with no weight swimmed near the surface is the way to go.

[Aaron0322]

I have heard from a friend of mine that pope ducal is pretty good if you have a small Jon boat or kayak to fish from. Senkos and worms t rigged with no weight swimmed near the surface is the way to go.

[Aaron0322]

I tried the industrial park off imeson from like 6 till 8 and didn't get a bite. But I'll try fishing it a little later. Thanks for the advice. Message me if you want to go out to a bigger lake in the nitro sometime. I don't really have many friends that like to fish so I'm always going by myself

[TheReelDeal603]

If you wanna catch some big bass hmu..

[TheReelDeal603]

caught 2 bass both pushing 7 or 8lbs last week on ribbit frogs in Yulee fl...behind goodwill lmao

[HeavyTwenty]

Any tips for Bethesda or Pope? I've put about 12 hours on Pope and 4 hours on Bethesda in my kayak without catching a bass (I did catch a 4-5 lb carp in Pope with a crankbait though). Pope was closed last Sunday, so I went to Bethesda for my first time Tuesday, around 3pm-7pm, fairly sunny with occasional clouds. I was surprised by how clear and deep the water was (I'll probably bring fluro leader next time, I was using braid). The fish seem pretty inactive on Bethesda that day, I think I seen maybe one top water strike the entire time. I didn't see baitfish either. I spent most of my time casting 3/16 t-rig 7inch pumpkin zoom trick worm in the shade, where there were overhanging trees and submerged branches. I know there were bass in those areas because I got snagged on a few of those branches and spooked them when I moved in close to unhook my lure. I just couldn't get them to bite. Later in the evening I switched to a chatterbait, a few smaller fish chased but no bites.

[HeavyTwenty]

Skunked during another 4 hour visit to Bethesda, but to be fair I spent a lot of time on my new fish finder. 3pm-7pm, sunny with occasional clouds, water temperature of 83. I did a couple loops around the lake with side imaging and casted out whenever I seen something. Turns out they were turtles every single time.  At least that confirms that the fish finder works. I might have actually spotted 1-2 fish roaming the bottom, but when I circled around they weren't there anymore. I explored the deepest sections (18-19 ft) and found nothing. I finished the day by casting near the shore with a senko. I think I'm done with Bethesda until fall or winter.

[scottbirchfield]

New to the area and have tried a few places in Orange park with some success using live bait. Nice lake off college that has some nice fish. I recently caught one 18-20" would anyone know where to catch wild signers around Jacksonville. If not, is there a bait store that carries the wild golden shinner

[skyanator]

I'm looking for people to fish with also and need some locations to fish

[dwade1308]

Has anyone had any luck at the 9A/Baymeadows park? 

[N Florida Mike]

On 5/7/2011 at 10:12 PM, JaxBasser said:

Not sure how the above got on here but I can't get it off.Just trying to reply to get this started up again.Is anyone catching anything? For me it's been kind of slow.I fish around town between jobs.I think the high temps have hurt the pond fishing this summer I did catch a good number last week on the home lake.

[N Florida Mike]

Dwade,I sent you a pm.

Mike 

[lunker82]

I've had luck at 9A/Baymeadows park.....caught almost a 7lber (6lb 10oz) out of there on a t-rigged berkley havoc...green I think was the color.  However, I've also been there a few times and got nothing too....the ponds have been disappointing for me I guess it's the heat like Big Mike said.

[N Florida Mike]

I caught one almost 4 out there on a 5 inch senko,along with 8 other fish one day last spring.Took a friend on July 2nd and we only caught 3 small fish in several hours using all kinds of baits.I heard of a 10 being caught there.

[backwater-otter]

New member, also in the Jax area.  Anyone know of any good ponds in Nocatee?? 

[N Florida Mike]

I don't I could be wrong,but the ponds there seem  too new for me.I don't know if they are stocked or not.

Julington Creek plantations ponds are stocked and they've been there long enough to produce some quality fish.Just don't fish in people's yards!!It's only 15 min. or so from Nocatee.

If you find a good pond or two at Nocatee let me know.I will release any that I catch.

[Ryanh90]

I just stumbled upon this thread. I am looking for a fishing partner. Willing to try new areas all over jacksonville. I've had good luck in the arlington cemetary area but got ran out of there so i stopped going. I've caught a few 3-4 pounders at pope duval. If anyone is looking for a fishing partner feel free to send me a message.

[N Florida Mike]

Welcome to the forums.I grew up in the jax.area,so I know some spots.There are so many ponds,you could probably never fish them all.

Many of the best ones are private .I'm always on the lookout to add new ponds to the list.My job takes me to houses,some with ponds.So I often ask if I can fish them.So cultivate friendships!

I mainly fish on my home lake I live on.I have a waiting list though.Theres a lot of 3-6 pound fish here,but also too many smaller fish.Its definitely more of a numbers lake.Maybe you'd like to try it sometime.

Tell me what part of town your in,and I can probably tell you a spot or two.

Mike

[Jaxnewbie]

Hey everybody new to the the area and would love some advice on fall pond fishing in Ponte Vedra, Palm Valley, Noctee area. So far Tried a couple communities Sawgrass mills and Odoms mill with limited success. Literally threw the kitchen sink at them, flukes, watermelon worms, top water poppers, frog, Watermelon and June bug lizards etc. Anyone familiar with the area would be a big help. Or maybe I just SUCK at fishing haha.