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Nice fish Lou and Tightlines. hang in there yall are catching up to me and P....We will just forget about AK since he is so far out there and have our own race for second place LOL

How's it going. We lived in NE St. Pete for a while, loved it, love to move back there. Left because of work. I never really bass fished there, only know of Tarpon, the Hillsborough and braden rivers for bass. I see you fish over by Lakeland. I did fish some saltwater from time to time in St. Pete.

5/0 hook Texas rigged with a light bullet weight 1/16-1/8 oz you can fish it dragging, hopping, sweeping or swimming. Long pauses, short pauses, constant motion. Figure out what works. Usually I start slow and go from there.

Mangroves are awesome. Good luck Talking this kinda stuff makes me miss so florida lol

No artificials? lol U plan on using them? How deep were the snook and red taken?

What where u catching them on?

That species could count as freshwater lol

Man I am going to have to catch 5 more fish all 19" or bigger LOL. I dunno if that is possible with the time and spots I have available.

Well said.....Funny thing is farmer, these guys that preach buy high $$ reels, last forever, are the same folks that buy a reel every other week, have 32 combos and will never ever work a reel dang near as much as these "cheap budget" reels that these guys buy as their only setup. To the rest of the guys that say "save" the man wants to fish now, not 3 months from now when it is freezing out. he asked for opinions on the 3 reels listed not what you would buy with your deep pockets or if you won the lottery. I am sure he knows a 200 dollar reel is better. To the OP buy the abu max, I don't own one but have other abus, they might not be the best but they are pretty good, and I know of a ton of people that buy the max reels they work fine and last a while.

A spot I been fishing for about six months. Only tried new spots that one day, and it was a bust. The couple other places I want to try are north and have to wait for a no school day.

Here is the 16"

Time to do work Lou. I went out this morning and BOOM! 5 in a little over an hour, 2 that were 16" and 2 that were in the 17"s and one dink. all but 1 16" was caught on a watermelon culprit incredi craw 3.5" with a 3/0 EWG and 3/16 bullet. The other was with a black trick worm on the same rig. from 5:30 to 6:45 So I am replacing my lowest 3. I know I had a 14 and 15 dunno what my last lowest one was. so here you go, do the math for me Lou lol I will write down and keep track for next time, sorry man. 17" 17.5"

I love the stuff. elite is good for my topwaters. I like sufix so much I might try their copoly lines superior or tritanium do you have any experience with either?

New name, you finally making this place home LOL no more NJ

Yall using siege or elite?

Daiwa DB minnow. Suspends with a slow sink and a steal for 6.99 comes in some great colors too. Pearl white, prism shad, rainbow trout, bluegill, and baby bass are all killer. My other ones I have used but wouldn't recommend would be the xrap and bomber suspending long a pro. both failed to suspend out of the box. well I should say the xrap was more of a moderate rise and they bomber floated up. I caught fish on the xrap but it had to be worked at a quicker pace. the daiwa can sit there all day long on the pause. That is my 2 cents. I have read and heard good things about the Luck E Strikes, Xcaliburs and the Strike King KVDs as well as mixed reviews on the spros. I will be trying some of these brands myself this winter probably the xcalibur due to their lipless baits I have used have been well made and running good out of the box.

Like Dwight said I would look more towards saltwater rods than freshwater rods, they will have light action in longer lengths. It just means that they are supposed to be corrosion resistant and therefore may cost a little more.

LOL now that is funny. Definitely the hounds flower since he digested it tick and all. Question is when the hound is finished with the flower who wants it? lol now that right there would be the **** eater. LOL

Lol there are all kinds of twists n turns on this thread! It is 20 freaking pages and only ten days in! Uhm mods we are going to need another server over here please lmao

I dunno buddy since they stole it outta your front yard you might want to reconsider that statement. LOL sorry man I am just kidding around. The whole situation sucks but yeah people will steal anything, anywhere, anytime. World we live in...sad

Awesome fish! Glad you had a great time. Next time in FL check out up here in the NE catch some gator trout, bull reds and flounder ;D

Win, the great one still has to figure out how to take pictures of his fish and measurement at the same time Oh wait that is why he invited you to go. LOL The 20" fish your taking pics of are HIS !!!I

Pure Brilliance....Martin = Polands M Night Shaymalanski

Since you used both, do you like or have you used the pit boss or pit boss chunk as a trailer What do you like better about the fatty versus. I was just looking around and wondering, gonna be buying some jigs and trailers soon.

I do have a polish soccer Jersey!