BassinSoldier

I know both are great reels but had a question. I know the 51E handles light lures beautifully, but is it good with normal sized baits as well? Say, upto about 3/8oz lures (spinnerbaits, etc)? If its not I was going to go with the E7. Your thoughts??

Anybody been doin any good lately? My son and i have been doin good out in baker county. He got a nice 3 or 4 lb late spawner yesterday in a neighborhood pond. Would post pic but don't kno how with my phone.

Looking to hit the water Tuesday but one of the wheels on my trailer is messed up so ill be wading or beating the bank. I actually live in Baker co. and was thinkin bout wading Ocean Pond. Really wanted to hit Lake Palestine but I ain't riskin wading that one. Anybody gonna be doin any fishin Tuesday that might have an open back seat or know of some good bank accessible water? If so hit me up. Hope to hear from yall. Thanks.

Any jax guys goin out this coming Monday or Tuesday? I live in baker county but can travel. Was thinking about fishing Ocean Pond out my way (wading). Really wanted to hit Lake Palestine but i ain't gonna wade that one (too many large gators for my liking) and my boat trailer has a busted wheel. If anybody wants to meet up or has an open seat gimme a shout!

Nope jaxbasser. Westsider here too. FAR westside actually...Glen St Mary here.

Smallmouth????

Mirro lure sardines w chartreuese tail w whit jighead. pm me ur number n maybe next time my son and i head out we can set something up.

Slow day. Caught 3 decent sized trout but that was it. At least i got some good eatin to look forward to.

Was gonna do some bassin w my son today but we decided to go do some inshore salt water instead. Hopin to get some reds n trout for the grill. Hopefully pics to come a lil later

Thanks MCS. yeah I've been out around argyle before n have done pretty good. Think imma be startin there. jaxbasser, yeah man been a while! The spots i used to fish in baker co. are no good anymore. I usually hit Ocean pond or Palestine when its@ warmer out. I wade ocean pond. Palestine not so much. huge gators. If my trailer for my boat wasn't broken id b goin there tomorrow. Thanks guys. Btw zak i tried to pm u but my messenger is messin up. Anybody else goin tomorrow ??

Doesn't really matter what side of town. if the ponds on the southside r hot ill go. just don't know where they are.

I live in macclenny but can travel to wherever is hot in jax. I have a jon boat but trailers broken or id b fishin Palestine. Anywhere in town really. As long as its worth the trip. Also whatcha been catchin em on? Thanks

Live in jax here. Haven't posted in a while. My son and i are goin out tomorrow and i was wonderin if any of the jax guys could gimme some info on where they're hittin right now. They on beds yet? Thanks in advance

Showin your age old man!! HAHAHA. It was great stoppin by seein ya in TX when we were there. Can't wait to see ya'll again if you're down here or whenever we are back out ya'lls way.

My boy n' me hit the pond JaxBasser mentioned over by the Chaffee rd. Holiday inn with no success. Tried bluegill colored lipless cranks and I tried a bomber 1a squarebill oxbow bream color, and even threw the ol' bass crack (senko) with no luck. We hit the one directly beside Holiday Inn and the one accross the street as well. Must have just been an off day...The bigger lakes have been producing better for me (Palestine and Ocean pond). We did hit a pond near my work (CSX) off of pritchard road when you go over the overpass for the railyard heading toward 295 and caught 4 in about an hour all on watermelon/black senkos. Nothin big, dinks upto bout 1.5lbs but still fun. Hope ya'll are all doin well. Hopin to get my jonboat onto palestine real soon here.

Pike hunter, did you get the nice one off of Argyle? Jax area here too, just havent posted in a while. Never done too much at the Pritchard ponds myself either, but heard alot of people talk about them. Just produced dinks for me...

Largemouth, for sure

Is that an Oxbow Bream colored bomber I see that pulled that fatty?? Nice fish, both of ya'll!

A new one I have discovered recently by trial and error is Gulp Maggots. I have taken the wife and kids out and they have had a blast with these. I will go down to the water after scoutin out an area where I see some gills swimmin around. I will toss out a good pinch of these to chum them up and get them frenzied then bait the wife and kids' hooks and toss them into the fray. The kids grin ear to ear, and I get the enjoyment of that, on top of watchin a beautiful woman jump up and down like a lil girl when she catches them "all by herself". LOVE it!!! I have since taught her to bait her own hooks and take the fish off on her own while I am casting for green fish after I get the gills all riled up for them. SO much fun had by all of us!!!

Have owned the President and the Symetre. Both great reels and you can't go wrong with either one, just depends on what you wanna spend. If you can spare the cash, get the symmetre, for sure. It was definitely my favortie of the two. It's lighter and smoother to me.

BIG-O says: "Worst: This isn't a good day to Fish"...reminds me of a certain day back in May of 2010 on a certain Pickwick Lake. Hahaha!

ragetail craw and baby craw. That eeliminator looks pretty hot on that jig from page 1 though! I GOTTA try that! Can't believe I haven't already!!

I just replied to a similar jig question yesterday I think. Anyway, give this a try, 3/8 or 1/2oz football head jig in the rocks. My favorite for this is a green pumpkin jewel bait co. finesse football with a green pumpkin or okeechobee craw rage tail baby rage craw, and if you can, dye the very tips of the claws chartreuse (I use JJ's Magic). I haven't found a rocky lake yet that this thing won't work on if they are taking jigs. Smallies and green fish both eat it up. Use this or a similar bait set up, and the rod/reel recommendations above, along with the tips on fishing them like in Glenn's videos and you'll be a jig fanatic in no time flat.

For 3/8 or 1/2oz jigs I use the craw with the first section pinched off. For smaller or finesse jigs it's the baby craw. If you find some pea gravel try this...3/8oz jewel(my fave for this technique) or any other finesse football jig with a baby rage craw. My preferrence is green pumpkin jig with okeechobee craw trailer, very tips of the claws dipped in JJ's magic chartreuse. Find some good pea gravel structure, chunk that baby out there, let 'er sink to the bottom, and either hop or drag n' shake it. Hold on tight.

I miss fishin with that ol' guy. Sent him a PM and haven't heard anything. Has anyone else heard anything? RW I know you know him and CJ I'm pretty sure you do too, where'd he go??