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Reading Tom’s post over the years, he was greatly affected by the loss of his son, and that never changed. The only certain is, they are together now, and probably talking fishing, on a beautiful lake!🙏💎

Another true great passes . I can’t tell just how many hero’s and friends I have lost recently. 2025 was for sure a bad year in my opinion! 🥲

Thanks Glen for all you do to keep this site the best on the web!❤️

I too have caught a snake in the Everglades and refuse to bring it in the boat. Not a fun experence, I just kiss the frog goodbye!

You want weird, for me this was one of the weirdest. I made a long cast across a deep canal in the Everglades with a trick worm and heavy braid. After letting it sink in 30 feet of water I felt a little resistance and set the hook hard. All of a sudden it started taking a long run to the right I kept the pressure on and it took another run in the opposite direction. I thought I hooked a gator, the I loosened the drag and it dove. Every time I gained ground it ran right or left but not straight back at the boat. As it finally got close I could see a giant piece of limestone shaped like a flying saucer that had to weight 15 pounds. My partner and I laughed for 20 minutes at the ridicules excitement caused by the long runs and changes in angles this object took on the way to the boat! I was for sure looking at a personal best through most of the fight! It ended up worth the laughter it brought as the highlight of the day!😆

What a loss for the fishing community. He was a wealth of knowledge, and a true great! He will be missed by everyone that followed this site. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and true friends. Tom will always be with us through the wisdom he shared. I know he will be with his son and talking fishing . RIP Sir! 🙏❤️

Whenever possible I shut off the electronics, stay off the t/m, and let the wind push me through a known productive area. If this is productive I will circle around and do it again. This has been a successful method.

After 65 we don’t need too ifor fresh water in Florida.

Another thing to keep in mind is if water levels have been rising i will cast closer to the new bank because there is a lot of food made available because of the rising water. Worms, bugs, snakes, frogs, lizards, will all be available because of the new water level. A good time t go shallow. Sometime there will be a couple of feet of open water behind the normal weed line because of this! On falling water levels I will go out to the outside edge of the normal weed line it usually has a significant depth change there. Working this depth change has been good over the years on significant falling water levels. A depth change with current can be money!

Move to Florida from October to March this will solve most of your problems with cold hands and feet. I do wear gloves when running the boat in winter even in Florida!

I have posted this several times in the past. I have done very well at Turkey Lake by Universal Studios! When at conventions in Orlando I have always rented boats at Turkey lake. I have done exceptionally well with W/R senkos, Trick Worms wacky and deep, 3/8 oz spinnerbaits. Have caught them up to 6 lbs. It is a limited water with only their 5 boats allowed. You can fish from the bank at the park. Texas rigged worms work from the bank.

Jig Jim here is one of the most interesting trips I have ever had in fishing South Florida for the last 50 years. It was 30 years ago and my son was home from college and wanted to go fishing. We went to Holliday Park in the Everglades and ran the L67 canal into the glades. This is one of the biggest man made canals in the Everglades. It was a 25 mile run to the three pines area of the glades into a remote area. When we set the boat down we were the only boat out that far. It was still dark and we started fishing and extremely quiet. This deep canal was dredged with fill islands on both sides . These large islands had thick weeds and big full grown trees. The islands are surrounded by miles of shallow sawgrass flats, big gators, otters, deer, snakes, and everything else that lives in the swamp. All of a sudden there was a loud roar from a big cat within 50 yards of the boat. Then way off in the distance a mile or more away another roar from a big cat. For more than 20!minutes we heard these two panthers communicating with each other. My son and I were fortunate enough to share this love fest with these two large cats. One being in casting distance with us. Although we never saw the cat because of the vegetation it was an amazing experience that we still talk about! It was so loud you could almost feel the sound vibration in the still of the morning! A true once in a life experience!

When things are tough especially in summer, I go slow and low. When I think I’m going slow, I slow down some more. Many bites happen when the bait is sitting still after a slow drag, or a few settle jerks of the Rod tip. If you enter their personal space they will move over to investigate what is there. It’s not most exciting way to fish but it has saved many day when the usual just is not working, and they are not out chasing! Favorite spot is the bottom of ledges or straight drop offs close to shallow vegetation. We have a lot of these in South Florida.

I really enjoyed Mikes book, I read it all in one day. Unusual for me!

There is nothing like a treble hook in your hand and the fish still attached to another treble!

I have always found that in south Florida bass will be tight to cover, or structure points during bright sunny days. They are not out in open waters casing baitfish, but hunkered down in ambush points under shady spots. Docks, lay downs, under thick green vegetation, or hunging the shady spots on ledges, or big rocks. On cloudy days, and low light conditions they seem to loosen up for cover and enter open areas chasing bait fish. I will go to working out side weed lines with faster moving baits, like Zara spooks, lipless crank baits, devil horse, swim baits. Open areas close to drop offs are a favorite. The special addition down here is the abundant supply of peacock bass in our waters. Unlike largemouth they love hot water, love bright sun, and love fast erratic movement of top water baits. So crystal clear sky’s with 100+ temps, is a great peacock day! Ripping a big Zara spook with just constant movement provides explosive hits. The only bad side is it wears this old guy out!

Great vid by Glen again. One thing to want to inject, be aware of wind, the strength, and direction. You will have a lot less problem if the wind is coming from behind you. Trying to get max distance into the wind is just asking for trouble when you have no braking on. When trying to make casts for accuracy you are going to have to adjust aiming point for cross wind interference. Depending on the weight of your bait, a cross wind will require adjustments to the target especially with lighter baits. If I’m making good adjustments and hitting targets accurately I’m happy regardless of how many fish I catch that day. It becomes a game of darts, and I’m ok with that!❤️

I have been fishing 50 years and fish from the boat on weekends and from the bank 4 days a week. When things get really tough especially in the hot summer days I slow down. Long pauses, with slow pulls and settle jerks and then long pause again. From Maine to Florida a weightless Senko either 4 or 6 inches is a great bait for reluctant bass. My personal favorite is watermelon red, with a thin wire EWG hook. Throw it out to some structure or lay downs, weed edges, or ledge drop offs and let it sit on the bottom before moving it. Then slight movement and another long pause. Be a line watcher, and that line will move before you feel it. Good luck and don’t give up. We all go through slow times before they deside to play. My personal best came at noon on a bright sunny day with no bites for 5 hours straight. You just never know when that monster will bite.

I’m from south Florida where deep is 6 tov10 feet in our shallow weedy lakes. Chickamauga was like fishing on the moon. I’ve done it serial times but not successfully . The only spots I had any luck was shallow around boat docks.

If you stay out in the heat after 10:00 I would look for places with current. Fish the currents deep with worms, jigs, and Senko during the slow times.

Either the lake or Crntral Florida I would go in the morning because you are less likely to get bad weather in the mornings. Although it will be cooling off way up north, south Florida and central Florida will still have warm days that generate afternoon storms. You are still in the tropics down here.

Thanks Glen as always every aspect mentioned is spot on! Love your vids!❤️

I have several friends that use clickers, but there is always something about someone that needs to know whether they have caught 76 or 79 bass during a trip. Who cares, now if they caught a 7.9 bass we care, and pictures always follow. A picture of a clicker with 79 showing, means nothing! Just a comment of lots of bass caught is enough. Anyone can click a clicker, or more often forget to click the clicker. No one forgets to take a picture of a big bass!

I fish micro trips almost every day if it's not storming. My home is surrounded by 8 manmade lakes all within ten minutes of my house. All these lakes at connected and have bass, peacock, and several exotics, Oscars, snakeheads, and Myans. Because of the intense heat in south Florida right now I will go in the afternoon from 6:00 to 7:30. I am lucky to have these lakes and not have to take the boat out to the glades.

I am too old to teach this old dog a new trick. It all comes automatic as long as I do it the way I began the journey. Anything else now would be just a distraction. I can cast, pitch, flip, roll cast, as long its with the right hand initially.