AK-Jax86

This is gearing up to be a good month as far as competition goes. I haven't be out fishing nearly as much as I have been past few months. The weather is getting cooler and that's just how I like it. Hopefully by middle of next week the fish start to turn on again.

Yea I thought that would be an issue so far so good though.

Here's the 19" I didn't post yet

Went out this morning around 5:45, MCS Im working closer to that 5 515 time. Caught a few nothing worth talking about though. Caught em on rage craws weightless with size 4 hook, was using my mono spool since I wasn't planning on doing any froggin. I hear this huge splash to my right, and it's dark so I turn on my head lamp and look over that way. I see a huge wake and then I see pads moving like crazy. I follow the trail and then see two glowing eyes in the water. Gator was BIG I could tell from the distance between its eyes. I tried to snap pics with my phone but you can't see anything. We are all FL anglers so we run into gators from time to time but this was the biggest, or close to it, gator I have seen in the wild. To see it in my part of Jacksonville is odd too. I've noticed a few this year when last year I didn't see any. But one of this size is very very rare over this way he must have came in through a culvert or something because on one side of the pond is a little woods then a community an the front side has a highway so it didn't cross the street and get in there. Hopefully it's just passing through and doesn't decide to reside here I've been fishing this spot for past two months I don't want to have to deal with him.

Lol yea nice LG way to improvise

That's nice getting the big fish check when you know there are fish bigger out there since you caught them. If you don't mind me asking how much was the prize for big fish?

Congrats you have any pics?

Great pic! I can't wait to have moment like this with my son when he's older

You can put the fish on his slime protection board and then take a tape measure lay it next to it and atleast there will be 12" of slime that's not affected

Catching numbers sometimes is more fun than catching the big one... But boy do I like catching the big girls

Lou I would like to nominate you to be the official thread maker and runner of this tournament. You are on your game and brought even more life to the thread

I like the organization this month I feel like I'm on Bassmasters or Major League Fishing

I don't think putting the fish on the ground for a 15 second period to snap a picture is a big deal. If you are worried about your boat deck could put a pillow down and that would also comfort the fish lol jk. But I mean the whole ground thing make sense not wanting to affect their coat, i dont think its that big of a risk. but If you talking about damaging a 7+ lb fish then I can understand that.

I'm a bank fisherman so I keep them in the bag and throw a few different types in a Plano storage box and put that in my back pack. In my trunk I have a tackle bag filled with bags of worms, brand new cranks, spinner baits, frogs, hooks, etc a mini tackle shop in my trunk. When I get my bass boat I will be ready with tons of tackle to fill it

Congrats on the new PB nice looking fish

I would think the beavers presence would cause te bass to move.

MCS how do you rig em? T rigged? size hook? weight/weightless?

I think I may have to start my mornings a hour earlier! You always go early and notice a lot of activity. When I go out I notice the activity early then it dies off. Next morning I go out I am starting around 5 like you and hopefully I see some good results. I picked up a pack of brush hogs over the weekend but never fished them, ony got them because I hear people talk about them. I got blue flake I think it was called

I don't think I will be able to get out fishing until Wednesday or Thursday so hopefully people post some pics of some catches!

Went out this morning managed to go 3/5 on the frog. 16", 17", 19". I only took picture of the 19" because I don't plan on keeping the 16" and 17" (that'd be funny if I catch nothing for the rest of the month due to my own arrogance lol). I caught another 5 on a KVD 1.5 crank bait in crawfish color, I haven't used cranks in god knows how long it seems like. I fished for a little over 2 hours and spent about a hour with frog at one pond on the course with a lot of grass and a few pads and the rest of the time cranking in the main pond that's ideal for cranks, swim baits, spinners things that cover open water

You HAVE seen a shirt like that you bought it

Very cool come to Jacksonville FL

Weight watchers

I don't know what all these people are talking about but it's impossible to catch big fish in the fall, they usually stay on land in the fall

I didn't do any fishing today I was hoping to see some people shaking up the boards. I am going out in the morning for 2 hours hope I can post some pics, won't be doin any afternoon fishing my eagles play @ 7p!!! BTW today was a great opening day of NFL football!!