Chris

Just keep the bait off the bottom.

Water temp is the key not sunlight. If a bass spawns right next to a obstacle the fish has less of an area to protect. In a pipe it has two sides covered.

Any place shallow if available mainly on the sides of the channel. If there is a pipe connecting any of the canal they might spawn under it. If you have two canals that run into each other the corners of the smaller canal should hold a spawner. They will spawn in a pipe also but depth don't really matter because the can and will spawn deep also. Just work the sides tight to the bank.

I think they are on beds myself. Take a senko or that style bait and start your Texas rig before you turn the hook around to re stick the hook get a treble hook and stick a piece of surgical tubing on the end and stick it on your worm hook. Finish the Texas rig and put one of the treble hooks into the bait. This will give you a stinger hook. Now go whack' em

Use a Florida rigged weight. If your getting a lot of green slime there isn't much you can do to prevent clogging up your lure. Along the edge of the stuff you could use a hidden weight inside of the bait or a belly weight. This will let the bait lay flat on top of the stuff.

I would figure out what topics they where covering and which ones you wanted to enhance or needed help on.

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I fish the edge with a spinnerbait, topwater, worm, jerkbait, rattletrap, or flip deep in no mans land or like 3-5 feet in from the edge with a tube, senko, sweetbeaver, jig, paddletail worm, Zipper worm has been good to me also.

I would say if you have a healthy bass population in the small pond I wouldn't think it would hurt it. I will also say that if the population in the pond is high it would be healthy to take out some to insure some of the fish can grow big.

If the bait is flopping around it is because your using a blade that is to big for the bait. The lead head is not heavy enough to make the bait run on a even keel. If the bait moves just a little bit thats ok if you tweaked it just right can be a great fish catcher kinda like a crankbait that searches. Flopping around wildly is a bad thing. (spinnerbait tip of the day)

Why not make it out of plexy glass? (think thats how you spell it) just stack them up and glue them together then take a dremmel tool to hollow it out then add weight/rattles then glue the last piece and shape it then add a lip.

http://www.efmall.com/plastech/lando.htm <~they make those kinds of lips

Yeah John Bitter would be a good one to ask. (407) 699-6619

Glenn adds them in a batch file when he gets enough. It makes it easier to load up. I had a picture that was added and it took awhile to get on the site and that was why. The same for the club links page also. He waits until he gets a bunch then adds them

I dug this up from a Florida Fish and Game page: Why not have closed spawning seasons?--Answer: Research has indicated that removing a black bass (smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, etc.) from it's nest can reduce nesting success for an individual fish, and that nest failure can occur even if the bass is caught-and-released. The likelihood of a released bass returning to its nest without a negative impact to egg or fry survival depends on several factors. The amount of time a bass has been played during the fight, and the amount of time and manner in which the hook is removed by the angler, dictates how much the fish has been stressed. Stress levels determine whether the bass will return to the nest, and whether or not it can successfully provide parental care to the eggs or fry if the bass does return. During the time in which the bass is removed from the nest, there is no protection from predators such as bluegill or crayfish. Obviously, if an angler releases a spawning fish, it decreases the chance of nest failure, but it does not guarantee it. Although catch-and-release or harvest of spawning bass decreases fry production, the question remains whether a reduction in reproductive success will reduce the number of bass that grow to juvenile life-stages on a lake-wide basis. For decades, fisheries biologists have realized that largemouth bass produce more fry than the available habitat and food supply can support. Studies done on Lake George, Florida in the mid-1980s concluded that the abundance of young-of-the-year largemouth bass was no different in protected spawning areas and unprotected areas. Our current knowledge suggests that weather patterns, quality of nursery habitat for juvenile bass, water quality, food supply and other extrinsic factors effect bass reproductive success more than angling. This brings us back to the question of reducing the harvest of "large" fish with a closed season. As an agency, we promote optimum sustained use of Florida's fish and wildlife resources. We attempt to accommodate multiple user groups that have a tremendous diversity of fishing techniques, goals, philosophies and ethics. Fisheries biologists generally think that restrictive length limits (minimum and slot length limits) are the most practical management tool to control the harvest of quality-sized fish. As you well know, we implemented statewide minimum size limits in 1992. Our agency is increasing the number of lakes that have quality fishing regulations (e.g., 15 to 24 inch protective slot limit) every year. Length limits protect quality size bass, which is your main concern, but it does not restrict the angler's use of the resource. In addition, we want to provide the maximum opportunity for our anglers consistent with sustaining the resource, so adding an unnecessary inconvenience, such as a closed season, does not match our goal of assuring customer satisfaction. Our agency is not alone, a recent survey indicated that there are no statewide closed seasons on black bass species (i.e., largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass) in any southeastern state. Northern states historically had closed fishing seasons, dating back to the mid-1700's, but there has been a trend to liberalize seasonal restrictions over the past few decades.

Public Trust Doctrine - A doctrine originating in ancient Roman law that holds that navigable rivers,bays and the seashore belong to the people, who have an unassailable right to access and use them for traditional purposes such as fishing, swimming, navigation, and recreation. The doctrine has had the force of law in the U.S. since the American Revolution. In its modern form, the doctrine has been held by courts to embody both a right of the people to access, use, and enjoy the water; and a corollary duty on the part of the States to protect and care for the water, waterfront resources, and wetlands.

I use a (4 and a 3 1/2 blade) 3/8 or 1/2 oz or (a 3 and a 2 1/2 )for a 3/8 or 1/4 oz

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1100867443 here is some stuff

In clear water I like to use a jerkbait or swim a jig (grub is a great bait too). In stained water I like to use a spinnerbait or crankbait.

If there is a cove or boat lane that is posted or marked private they can petition for that to be left private and don't press the issue. But one dock unless the lake is stocked privately (which I doubt) but if it was stocked by the state then you paid for the right to clean out his pet fish when you got your fishing permit. Part of that money you paid is for restocking.

Well I have had some words with more than one dock owner lol. In Florida the land owner's property line ends at the high water mark. It don't matter if the guy trucks in a ton of dirt his property line still ends at the high water mark. You wanna really fluff his feathers walk out in 2 inches of water he can't say anything because you are not on his land. If the lake is owned all around the shore by resident or land owners and if every land owner signs a paper stating that the lake is private then yes they can tell you to stay away from their dock. If the lake has a public ramp or if one property owner doesn't sign the petition they still cannot say anything to you. (These laws are not the same in other states so don't press your luck guys) But in Florida that is the law their property line ends at the high water mark. The land owner has a right to protect his or her property the lake is not his property. (don't tie up to the dock) Tell the guy to call a game warden if he thinks he is so right. (trust me he is wrong)

(Ok RW your going to love this) Throw a lucky craft pointer. The bait will vibrate on the pause and might draw strikes this would be one situation where it would have an edge over another jerkbait. :-X

I am not sure its because they have been eating crawfish but it might be. I think it is because they are feeding period and the cold water makes their mouth tender.

For me I always start around noon (10-12). I do this because around 2pm is the hottest part of the day and I am on the water to catch them. I also choose that time frame because the sun is high and the fish should be on the sunny side of objects and I like to flip so it goes hand in hand to the way I like to fish. This time frame has worked for me and I feel like I am hitting the lake about the time that the fish is the most active. If I find that I had a few warm days back to back or some mild tempertures at night then I go earlier because the bass might be more active because of warmer water temps. This time of the year 2 degrees is a big deal and can mean the difference in fishing for more active fish or sluggish fish. Bass are cold blooded so don't think that because its cold that you can't find active fish because you can. (Florida is different and bass in Florida shut down)

You could also take a crankbait that you know how deep it goes and figure out where it stops touching the bottom and draw you a map and mark it. Between the carolina rig and a crankbait if you spend the day maping the bottom the next time you fish it you can figure out exactly whats in it and where to fish.