SirSnookalot

For the most part inshore species will hit anything when in the mood, and nothing when they are not. You have already caught a fish, there is no reason to change unless, water levels are getting low and you're picking up too much grass on your lure, current has become stronger to the point that your lure is not working well ( never overwork any bait ), or you are just bored with what you are using and just want to do something different. It's more about how and where you fish, not what you are fishing with. The fish does 90% of the work, you're just casting a bait. This is how an inshore saltwater fisherman (boatless) would fish, catching fish........why change anything.

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I'm just starting to do a little bit of bass fishing, for the most part bass fishing is poor in the hot weather in my area. The fishing in my favorite canals has not really started yet, there are bigger fish there but kind of lazy now, I did stick 2 last week around 5- 6# each, but not a strike since then. My ponds are just staring to come alive, catching fish nearly everyday. There is other action that is pretty good right now in Florida.

If it's brackish water there will be incoming and outgoing tides, plus the current and water levels are constantly changing. Fish the bait that the conditions allow, personally I'd stick with what's already worked, until it no longer does. I'm sure grubs or artificial and live shrimp on a jig head would work, although that's a technique I don't care for, I like moving baits, just more exciting and fun for me. I would not overlook in line spinners.

Another " novelty " that does not interest me. It might be cool to hook a dink or 2, but if your fishing "schooling" fish like bluefish ( another reason I don't like the A-rig or an umbrella rig) a good chance you'll have 4 fish on at the same time. 4 10lb bluefish.....................make short work of your equipment, not to mention probably put you in traction, they all swim in different directions.

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Hard to imagine being in the water during that event. I have been in boats where sailfish have jumped withing a few feet, but that doesn't compare to the whale. I like the way the birds were working just prior to the whale, a great place to be fishing.

The object of a fc leader is to blend in with the water, it can be helpful in very clear water, I've used it for kingfish, but in reality I didn't get bit anymore( they will not hit with wire). In dirty water it doesn't make any difference there is no advantage to the line being invisible.

Leader lines are more abrasion resistant than filler line, that said I cut my leaders from Ande mono. I have not experienced abrasion to being much of a problem for me, I do fish over rocks, coral and barnacles and will get cut off ( when I have a fish on), but would be cutoff with anything but steel. I no longer use florocarbon leaders, my strike rate seems to be the same.

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Yes it works, can't understand why anyone would care to fish that way unless you were hiding in the bushes with your girlfriend. and hoping to get lucky 2 times in one day. I've caught stripers in the ocean on tubes ( facsimile of an eel), probably would hit a plastic worm.

I'm just starting to do some bass fishing now, they are not on fire like they will be come January. I have been catching a few on jerkbaits ( nothing to get excited about) but top lures have produced the bigger ones over 5#.

Red Earth...........you're my kind of fisherman.....you can fish with me anytime, scales are not allowed !

I think a return would be no problem. I bought a rod, took it back a week later and i just said it didn't live up to my expectations.....no problem.

It's pretty hard to find if you didn't know it was there. It's in a safe residential neighborhood. I would not recommend fishing from shore there, not much access, but by boat that canal can take you to a lot of good fishing water. From that ramp you cannot go too far west, a mile or 2, there's a spillway, but eastward is good,

What I think is new in fishing are the materials now being used. Techniques go back and forth from salt to fresh and vice versa, I taught myself how to be an inshore fisherman by being a freshwater fisherman first, it is not too much different. One of my favorites jigs is an ice fishing jig , they sell them here and call them banana jigs.

A chicken rig is used mainly for cut or live bait, usually with 2 or 3 hooks. When I fish over reefs I often use a chicken rig with 1 hook and a skirt. Since the single hook is tied on the main leader and not running a second leader off the main, it's a chicken rig. In drift fishing we use skirts, on that set up my hook as at the bottom of the leader, egg weight on top of the hook and the duster or skirt on top hiding the weight. Other style of skirts are made for trolling, tuna, sailfish wahoo etc. something like this , looks pretty similar I'm sure the set up in the video is a killer presentation.

There are no smallmouth bass here, ponds are usually less than 15' in the deepest spot and the canals are 6' or less. LMB often will swim towards you when hooked, but they are not going on warp speed, pretty easy to handle here. I really don't think one needs a quick retrieve on spinning gear down here for bass, on the rare occasion I do I just reel faster.

The ramp is just off NW 13 ave east of Congress The peacocks were caught near sears just west of Congress. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=26.538924,-80.079067&spn=0.005135,0.014656&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=6

IPT tells the story, gear ratio is only a number. My question is why the need to take up line so fast? I know you mostly fish from shore in ponds and canals as I do, burning your lures back you are only over working them, you're going to get way less less strikes. I catch the bulk of my bass on a jerk and pause, you certainly don't need a fast reel for jigs. Even when I use cranks my speed is moderate and I always vary. If a hi speed retrieve is important, use a b/c. As francho said about an 8000 reel, I have several and I don't burn them back either and out there you are dealing with faster swimming fish for the most part. I'd buy a spinning reel that sits well on my rod, is smooth, with a decent drag and my eye likes it. I have never bought a spinning reel fresh or salt based on gear ratio.

My first thought is what are you doing to aggravate your wrist, gripping the rod too tight, unfavorable hand position or moving your wrist around? A fairly stationary wrist should not yield extraordinary pain, but in all fairness 5-6 hours is a long time especially if fishing is not a daily pastime. If you had been jigging, I'd buy into the notion of different equipment. I'm in fishing condition, I never get tired or sore, that said, I was butterfly jigging with 6oz in 180' of water without a proper jigging rod and within minutes I was in dire pain, not my wrists but my back as this is a 2 handed technique, a mistake I'll never make again. I would first try holding your rod differently, take more breaks, build up to 5 hours of fishing, wear a wristband, then see a doctor as Grey Wolf said. A new rod isn't going to help.

I have but 1 fishing app and in all honestly i have never used it. Mine covers saltwater size and limits, we do get fish here that we are unfamiliar with. For the most part any pre fishing preparation is done on my PC before I leave home. That would be clothing selection based on the weather, tides, and what people are catching and the better locations.

You need to know your adversary, LMB are not capable of making long runs, so for a setup that is used primary for bass backing is fine and 75 yds of braid is more than enough. If your chances of hooking into something that has a bit more fight to it, I agree with Redline. For me it's only spinning gear and I spool all the way with braid, I never tie but tape to the spool. I have been spooled many times, but never in freshwater.not saying in can't happen but the likelyhood is very low. Personally I keep it simple, my favorite brand is the one on sale, which is usally PP or Fins, no issues with these brands and I catch my fair share of fish.

I got a local report that some peacocks were caught in the Weaver canal, that's a mile north of Boynton Beach Blvd., runs east and west. Lots of shore access and I do know of a seldom used boat ramp in the area.

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