CountBassula

Agreed. The biggest 3 fish I've ever seen (1 of them I caught myself) were from: 1 in Lake Coral Springs and surrounding canals, and 2 in a canal two streets down from my house where I fish almost daily. One of those was caught by my friend and it must have been around 11 or 12 pounds. My two biggest were 7-8 pounds, one near my house and the other in my profile picture in a canal in Margate next to some golf courses and the very dead end of the canal.

about $1500 in the last two weeks... and many thousands spent on gear in the prior years... I haven't fished for 3 or so years and recently picked up the rod again and started fishing down neighborhood canals...

looks like my reputation precedes me

south african special 6" lizards, aka Nelson Mandela Special

Went out with Gambler yesterday in the afternoon. We were fishing for 5+ hours and it was rather slow. Though my last catch of the day was a nice fat mama! Probably in the 6lbs range; short and fat! M>

nop i was there with 2 other adult friends, must have been someone else

yea i was gonna say the same thing. i fished there before

Just kidding Gamblaaaaaa! Love you man! Just been watching too much Star Trek lately http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aJCrMDl-H4

Gambler takes over my honey holes, and I retreat. He steals my lures, and I do nothing. He bashes my fishing forum with his UB friends, and I turn a deaf ear. Enough is enough! The line must be drawn here! And I will make him pay for what he has done!!!! Death to Gambler!!!

you just wait till tomorrow AM... there go the peacocks again

as lizardcaster said, lizards are my go to bait in S. FL. t-rigged with a bullet weight, drop it to the bottom, wait, then retrieve super slow. i used to swim them faster until i conducted the following experiment: my pool has a guard fence because i have little kids. at night i like to keep the pool light on and come outside for a smoke. often i see lizards sitting on the pool fence and when one is on the inside, i would flick them into the water. what i noticed is that they thrust a lot but swim really slow. maybe 3-5 inches per second. ONCE i flicked a large one, and he actually dove down and sat underwater on the pool's wall for a while before surfacing! since then i started fishing them MUCH slower and my fishing has improved exponentially. i will drag them along the bottom at few inches per second speed. i hook a bass every few casts lately! also the colors that work great for me are black with flakes, or black/dark purple, 6" zoom's.

how did you know? the first episode of "Death to Gambler" will air soon...

south FL baby! All year round fishing though summers are tough for bass, so i just catch snakeheads

ah yes, May, and the rest of the summer, the best time to catch bass

guys, i already did some bass fishing with it in my back yard. even got a bass to look at the fly once or twice i'll probably use it once in a while, and definitely will be using it in NC next summer when I meet up with my whole family (most of them fish A LOT!). M>