AK-Jax86

That's a nice fat fish

My brother lives in East Orlando does anyone know of any good spots to fish around there? I am going there this weekend so I wanted to do some fishing

Have you ever use the double frog hooks on them? That's what I use for the hollow body soft plastic frogs that float. But I'm excited to check them out if i win. How big are the bigger ones?

Lol yea I actually just picked up a pack of horny toads. I'm sure I will like them because that's how I like to fish the hollow body ones I use only difference is hollow floats when you stop it.

Are they hollow body? If so if I lock n this win I'm gonna love them. Never fish anything but hollow body but would try them out

I hate losing the big ones after they are hooked!! I'd rather not get a single bite all day than to have that happen

Lol I hope to be gettig these in the mail unless someone pulls in some whale sized bass I am on a frog binge I usually stick to my favorite brand of hollow bodies neve really have luk with the spro or booyah frogs

I sometimes test the top water bite by throwing on a t rigged craw weightless across the top of the water like you would a frog. If that doesn't work I pitch it off the bottom try different techniques to see what they are keying in on. If its none of the above I will throw on a crank to see if they are in the chasing mood Just have to figure out what works that particular day

10 secs or longer... The other morning I caught a 6lber while I was untangling a wind knot. My total retrieve time from when I casted to when I landed the fish was probably around 10 minutes, because I was trying to get the knot out. But the fish watched the bait the whole time and struck it when it was a couple feet in front of me. Frog was sitting still for 3 mins, I got the knot out reeled a foot and BOOM

Yea they do slurp em My girlfriend wanted me to go out for oysters with her and her girlfriend I was like first when did you start eating oysters and two do I look like the type of person who would eat oysters lol Friend chicken yes oysters hell no lmao

Yeah I only fished a few spots out that way. I fished this one pond that is on the road the Waffle House is on. There are two ponds one in the front by the road and one all the way in the back that you can not get too. It has an abandoned dock probably was someone's personal honey hole but it's impossible to get to. I never caught anything out there first time I took Czar there he pulled out 2 or 3 small ones. Then I fished the golf course ponds with tremendous success. And the publix complex on 210 there a community back there that I fished the one pond by the clubhouse. I caught a few biggest being 3. But I have seen some nice sized fish swimming around in there in the range of 7lbsWhere are these other ponds that you know, you can PM me if you want

And that one pond I told you about with the gate in a PM on old saiNT Augustine road is next to this little ghetto gas station. But the gate has been locked ever since that one day I fished there and missed all of those big fish. Whenever I am by there I always check to see if the gate is locked or not. Figures I find a nice spot that's close and that's ideal for how I like to fish and I can't regularly access it.

210 that's the exit right after yours

Nice fish hopefully you catch the 10lber so we can see some pics

Yea I like that Florida Bragging Club (round 4) It would be cool if more people participated. I bet they secretly have the intention too but just haven't caught anything worth posting. I guarantee by spawn this competition will look like a mini bassmasters tournament ha. Like you said Lou August is going to be rough!!! It was already too hot in July, and August is going to be hotter and the fishing tougher. But as usual it will make for a fun competition

Another thing about the strikes is I notice that the big ones inhale the frog on the pause, a lot of times it is real suttle, rather than an aggressive attack like when the frog is moving. This morning I was fishing my frog right at sunrise I pause it for a second and it looked like my frog feel into a hole in the water lol I tugged and it was a 18" fish

We fish the frog the same way! My only problem is when I am not getting bites or seeing any action in the water I get impatient and go with a fast retrieve. With my experience I catch nearly all my big ones on the pause especially when the frog is sitting there for a long time

How come every Walmart has these amazing sales except for the ones in my area!!!!

If the pond is over 10 years old there is definitely a double digit swimming around depending on how big maybe a couple.

Congrats on the fish feels good to hook into a nice one after nothing but dinks

Czar has a head camera he is gonna start bringing out so now all these big fish and hooking alligator stories I post will be documented with proof lol

You should have thrown some top water lures

One morning when you have some time you should come out to the golf course with me and do some fishing it's right off the 95s exit so it's 5 or 10 mins from you

I agree with everything you said Lou 100%! Thanks for the early congrats but anything could happen in the next couple days. This friendly competition makes fishing much more fun for me and when you miss those big ones it stays with you much longer lol. I like seeing what people are catching and how they caught them. This thread brings us all together like our own bass club. That's what we should call it Florida Bass Club part 4. I will post my 5 fish at some point tomorrow, I got some nice ones my pics don't do em justice

Nice top water action is the best fishing! Nice fish