AK-Jax86
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My fishing buddy swears by em the Walmart ones and Gander Mountain ones both $1.
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Spiderwire Backpack! Has two rod holders on the side and it has a middle cooler compartment to keep drinks, food, or bait cool. Also has a sunglasses case on the front, just to name a few things. Here's a link http://m.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11419314&camp=CSE:GooglePLA:11419314:9920759:TACKLE&CAGPSPN=pla&CAWELAID=120138600000247771&catargetid=120138600000330066&cadevice=m
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I would say a double buzzbait
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In my experience night fishing yields bigger bass especially in the summer. I tend to go out atleast twice a week at night anywhere between 10p to 3a. The big ones come closer to shore at night for all the reasons people have mentioned earlier. But that doesn't always mean you will catch you a big bass night fishing is hit or miss.
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Nice pics
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I have had Pflueger Reels (President & Patriarch - both spinning) Abu Garcia (Orra SX - spinning, Orra SX, Silver Max, Revo SX, Revo STX - baitcast) and Quantum (Smoke pt25, Smoke pt30 - spinning, Smoke Inshore - baitcast). Out of all the reels the Smoke Spinning and the Smoke inshore are ALWAYS carried with me I love them. I have no brand loyalty I just go with what I like and those 3 companies do it for me... But my Smokes are in the lead
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Me I am a picture man when it comes to fishing so anything over 3lbs I consider a nice fish and is pic worthy. My personal best is 8.1 you truly do not realize how big these 7lb+ fish are until you get one on land! So far I have only caught 4 in the 7-8.1lb range... Waiting on that fresh water whale (double digit)!
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Brandon Palanuik he's the future! Also he is a cool down to earth guy! I met him at one of the Bass Masters Elite Series event down in Palatka, FL and he was playing with my son who just turned 2 last week. BP was a very cool guy was nice enough to play with my son, talk a little fishing, and take a pic with me.
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Went fishing this morning started around 5:45 and the fish were on FIRE!! Then the bite completely shut down around 7:30ish. I hit up 3 other spots and not a single bite. Going to Rodman Reserviour with my two buddies tomorrow we are meeting up around 3:30a then we are heading out! I hope the fish are on fire there I have heard good reviews from the past couple weeks. Then in the afternoon we are having a fishing cookout with about 15-20 of us local bass anglers from Jacksonville from a Facebook group that I put together.
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Awesome pics man!!
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Funny my first baitcast was a right handed Revo STX that my girlfriend got me for my birthday. I used it once got a massive birds nest and said screw this I am sticking to spinning. Then over a year later me and my buddy decided to take up baitcasting. We both got ourselves an Abu Garcia Silver Max (left handed since we figured that would be more comfortable since that's how we use our spinning). I used it a few times got fed up with birds nest again then quit again lol. Picked it up month or so later and got the hang of it. Was going to trade in my Revo STX to get store credit and buy a left handed reel but the store was closed and I was going fishing in the morning. I had the reel in my car and got a birdsnest in my Silver Max that I needed to cut out. So for some reason I decided to put my right handed STX on my rod instead and threw that and then I was hooked lol. It felt way more natural than using the left. So I ended up trading my left handed reel in and used that money towards buy a Revo SX. Now I have 3 baitcast reels Abu Garcia Revo SX, Revo STX, and a Quantum Smoke Inshore. I don't know why I didn't pick up baitcasting a lot sooner than I did! I'm trying to convert my other fishing buddy but he is stubborn like I was lol
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Size is more important to me. I hate the days when the dinks decide it's an all you can eat buffet on my lure.
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Man Jacksonville has been producing those double digit fish this past week or so! 3 people in the FB group have posted double digit fish all since last Saturday. One fish wasn't weighed but she definitely looks the part, one went 11.5, and the one caught today went 10.3. Still waiting on mine as I know numerous others are as well lol.
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Forgot to post in here about this... I created a group on Facebook called Jacksonville Bass Anglers for us local guys to talk about what's working/techniques, post our catches, and link up with eachother. We have about 50 members so far a bunch from this site, I sent out a few PM. We plan to hold a couple bank tournaments through convos we have found 3 spots that would be ideal for a bunch of people to bank fish. Depending on how many people we get it would probably be $25 or so and take like $5-$10 to go to the big fish. Eventually we would like to try to go the route of forming a Bass Fishing Club but that would be down the road. So check it out just search for Jacksonville Bass Anglers on Facebook [if this is against the forum rules I apologize and you can delete this. I sent 2 of you a PM before I went on vacation and to my understanding it wasn't but if I was wrong I am sorry]
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Nice bass and pumpkin
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I have heard some crazy stories about Strike King replacing products. Few people on my FB page have had similar issues and Strike King has went above and beyond. Seen stories of replacing the broken bait with more than one. One guy even got the whole set as in all colors of whichever bait he had a problem with, that's pretty amazing if you ask me hopefully you have a similar experience with them. Let us know what happens
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Man you got some quality fish there and some quality gear too!! Nice pics
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I have caught quite a few bass at this spot where I have seen massive gar, with parts of their tail bit off. I caught one 3lb bass and it had about an inch of its tail fin, that was the worst one I have seen.
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Last year I was all about the Stanley Top Toads this year so far I have been having a lot of luck, in heavy heavy vegetation, with Booyah Poppin Pad Crashers. So I am a hollow body frog guy. I am one of the few that ABSOLUTLY love the lunk3rhunt LUNKER frogs (LH frogs). People have had complaints about taking on water/ legs tearing but I haven't had those problems (the water thing doesn't affect it as much as people complain about when it happens u squeeze it out and cast). But on the same frog I have caught one fish over 8, one over 7, four over 6, and numerous 4-5lbers, including 2 with no confirmed weight but over 6 (durability issue isn't a factor on this one anyway). I have more luck with these frogs at spots that don't have heavy vegetation or pads. Just my two cents. Soon all other lures will be put in storage and all my different frogs will take over my tackle bag. Love this time of year here in FL!! I've got some good footage so far on my gopro can't wait to grab some more when the bite really turns on like it did last year
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^ that's what I did with a few of my frogs with skirts
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I haven't caught a bass on anything weird but I saw someone on Instagram who caught a bass on a home made lure... The lure was a 5 hour energy bottle with treble hooks fished top water LMAO!!! Found the pic gonna be hard for someone to top what this guy did lol
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Nice fish! I would say in the 4lb range. What did you catch it on?
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Man I wish I had luck with Strike King over Senkos it would be A LOT easier on my pockets! Same thing goes for the 5" over 6" senkos, I only have luck with the 6" I just don't understand it, I'm sure the women do lol. I have a few packs of Strike King for the mere fact I can get them for $1 something but no luck. The 6" senkos only come with 5 and the 5" come with 10, come on fish it's not about size it's the motion in the ocean lol
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How would they know if you foul hooked a fish sight fishing? I would imagine it would be a honor system because I highly doubt they have eyes on every single angler unless we are talking Bassmaster, Major League Fishing, FLW, or similar big name type of tournaments. If it's honor system I doubt any angler would be able to release, I'm sure there are a few who would but more who wouldn't (anyone who responds to this saying that they would yea that sounds good for your public perception lol), an 8lb+ bass they foul hooked sight fishing
