John F.

Sure wish I had an answer. Thought about hitting the Savannahs in the kayak after seeing some pix on Instagram from Stuart Angler. Been itching to get out but the couple of times I did I didnt have any luck. (on foot) Cant even get the little ones to bite in the backyard canal. Just turtles.

Thanks for the tips, I hope to get out a bit this week to try them out. I haven't had any luck with jigs so I don't try them enough, I know stupid but I have been ok with senkos when I do get out.

So I'm trying to take advantage of some time off and do some fishing. Every day has been roughly the same, bluebird skies and some wind or alot of wind. I'm in the treasure coast area, on foot for now. Fishing ponds and canals. I haven't had much time to fish because of work, now that I do I'm not sure where to start. My confidence technique has been senkos, t-rigged. I caught a couple dinks on a fly rod messing around with poppers but that's it so far.

Had a little luck yesterday messing around in the canal behind the house. By Thornhill and Airoso. landed 3/4 1-2 pounders. Nothing spectacular but it was better than working.

Nice update. Been a while since I fished freshwater because I broke my leg. Been hoping to get out there soon. I did catch one small one a few weeks ago in my canal, it hit a watermelon/red flake stick-o hard enough I thought I was snagged. The canal used to be productive, even had a couple of big ones until they sprayed for weeds. Now it's work to get anything. Mostly just turtles.

Nice! Most of my fish have been caught on Senkos or Senko like worms. Especially in those colors. I have the same rod and I love it for everything but very light plastics. I use wide gap worm hooks. How do those circle hooks work for you?

Thanks from me too.

Managed to catch one on a Storm chug bug tonight. Went out with the dog and heard a splash, grabbed the rod and hooked up. Nothing huge and only my third bass at night but it got me out of the foul mood I was in. PIcked up some bluegill colored creme swimbaits and a KVD crankbait to try but there's grass and hair algae in my canal so i do alot more weeding than anything. Can barely fish with a jig or crankbait at all. (Unless I'm doing something wrong)

I haven't been anywhere but the canal behind the house lately but thats the same thing I am seeing. I guess I haven't figured out their pattern completely. I'm not even catching small ones anymore. Been planning on venturing out toward Tradition but my lack of success has slowed me down. I thought I had it sort of figured out. I tried senkos (my go-to) spooks, flukes, spinners, frogs on top, zoom frogs, rat-l-traps, a jig, you name it... Only thing I haven't tried is fishing somewhere else.

I need to get off the fence and start using the jigs I bought. Senkos stopped working in my canal a few weeks ago, maybe a jig will. My biggest issue is all the hair algae (slop) where I have been fishing. Guess I need to figure that out or fish elsewhere. Thanks for the tips and inspiration.

This happened to me today. I have decided to just throw frogs for a bit til I get familiar with them. Got a couple of little strikes and yanked it away from them before they tasted it. Big hit, fish swimming with the frog, tried to set the hook but the drag was light. Guess I need to be more patient and check my settings next time. Totally different bite than senkos or flukes.

Another one from last weekend. Switching to frogs, going to see what I can learn. Got a couple of strikes today and had one on for a few seconds but I guess I messed up the hook set cause he spit it out after a short fight.

I fish the canal behind my house all the time, mainly just the 75' right behind the house. I call it the practice canal because I taught myself how to cast a fly rod and a baitcaster, how to fish flukes, senkos and lots of other firsts there. I have caught a bunch of little and even tiny fish there. I have learned where to look based on conditions and lots of other stuff. Tonight, I got home and figured I'd try a few baitcaster casts into the wind, something I have struggled with the last few weeks. first cast, dropped a senko at the edge of some grass where I got bites the other day. Tap Tap thud. Thought it was a dink caught up in some canal slop again until it hauled ass into the middle of the canal. Biggest bass I have caught back there. It puts the "if you're catching a bunch of little ones, there aren't any big ones" theory out of my head for a bit.

found this on the canoe outpost page. I'm going to give my old standards a try, white flukes and watermelon/red senkos first. Depending on how fast the water is. Looks like I might be fishing in the rain.

I'm headed across the state to do a little paddling trip. Staying at Brownville park. I have paddled the river there twice but not fished. Any tips for me? I figured I'd bring a rod or two so I can sneak out by myself for a bit.