SilverKing

I went over there last weekend and it was horrible. Lot of people running jet sky, huge saltwater boats making waves. If you want to catch bass over 8 and 10 pounds go to Lake El Salto you will never regret it is worth every penny, just make sure to use 17 to 20 pound test line because those fishes fight like a saltwater fish and there is a lot of trees under water.

Thank you for your input. I went to Markham Park just after I got out of work. I just fish for about 1 hour and I caught 1 peakcock and 2 largemouth nothing big. The same week I went to Sawgrass Recreation Park just when the cold front started. The temp was around 40 degrees it was freezing. I caugh 26 largemouth 4 or 5 around 1 1/2 pund 2 pound. My partner never fished before and he caught a 3 1/4 pound (biginners luck) : ) After that they I've been going to that place but nothing big, every largemouth is around 1 pound and they love jerk bait or anything that runs on surface like torpedoes or poppers. They get out of the water when they strike !! I went back to Markham Park looking for another peakcock but this time I went to the new river canal the one that runs parallel to 84. I fished there for about 2 hours and it seems that theres not too much fishes. I saw a few peakcocks and oscars floating dead in the shore, I heard in the news the cold weather was killing fishes. After 35 minutes I caught one largemouth less than a pound and then I decided to use a live shinner with a circle hook to see if I can land a peakcock. I made my first cast and I didn't used a bobber I just use a plain hook. Around 15 seconds later I felt the shinner moving and pulling the line really fast and then I felt somebody want to take my fishing rod from my hands I just set the hook and big surprise for me I saw a 8 or 10 pound Tarpon dancing on the air. I put that fish more than 4 times next to the boat but I was afraid to force it because the line was 12 pound test and no leader, also the hook wasn't that big. I tried to catch it with the net but he made his last run and the line came in to the boat like it was broken but it wasn't broken. The hook came out of his mouth and I noticed when I passed my fingers on the nylon that the line was about to break. It was fun I love it I just missed that picture in my album but I will go back for him next week because after that I saw other tarpon rolling on the surface and some fishes kind of mullets jumping out of the water, I think theres a lot of tarpon overthere.

Hey guys! I never been in Holiday Park but I live close. Can anyone of you can tell me where is the most active area.. or at least where can I expect more largemouth strikes. I went once to the same canal but way south and catched 4 big bass in less than 4 hours. Biggest was about 6 pounds and the smaller was about 3 pounds. Everything with SpinnerBait. What about Markham Park area? or Alligator Alley. Thank you SilverKing :