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Welcome! I'm also from coral springs. I too have not been having much luck these last few days. Senko's are all that worked but at a much slower hit rate than a few weeks ago. Was it not smoky when you went to holiday park? My cars and everything are covered in a thin film of ash from the brush fires.

NorthFloBassin, yup.. watermelon red flake senko's were working good a few weeks ago, but lately not so much. I haven't had much luck with top waters like a spook jr or frogs yet. Probably my technique needs work, I think "walk the dog" pretty well but maybe its too fast. I'm gonna try slowing it down to like a second per jerk and see what happens. Thanks for the tip on trying with a square bill.. maybe i'll have better luck.

Sounds like a good idea. I was reseaching that park and found this groupon for $35 bucks for 5 hours on a jon boat. http://www.groupon.com/deals/everglades-holiday-park-15 I picked one up and hope to use it soon.

Hey there, when you get to holiday park what do you fish from? rent a jon boat \ bring your own boat \ or something else?

I was wondering the same until I read some articles about pre & post spawn of bass. Here is one of the articles I found: http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/post_spawn.html I think with the increase in summer temps, the fish seem to be going deeper. I seem to have better luck when I fish in the early morning or late evening.

yup..I was thinking of a hobie kayak (PA 12 has a seat which is a little higher off the water level) but after I saw a couple video's from a guy called Capt. Shane with titles like "Gator tries to eat me" and such I pretty much decided my local canals and bank fishing is good enough for now. Im sure the kayak is still a good option, but probably not in the glades.

BassinLou, thanks for your help! you got me, I was lurking I knew there had to be a reason i didn't see any kayaks out there. So where would you say kayaks are useful as a fishing platform down here? Shanes7614, yea I agree with you. I love nature and all but I also like my place on the food chain. I just wanted a way to get to some fish besides the bank fishing I am doing without having to buy a boat. Got any suggestions for bass fishing in s. florida?

Hi everyone, new guy here. just got into bass fishing a month or so ago and I've been reading all the great articles and information you all have here. Its quite a wealth of information! Im thinking about getting a kayak and trying my luck in the everglades and surrounding canals for bass and maybe snakehead. Any general recommendations on articles \ youtube videos \ discussions? Any bad experiences on a kayak and an alligator? I hope the answer is no to my latter question. My PB is 2.5 lbs from the canal in the back of my house so i wait to catch something like a +4 lbs bass. thanks! --- update: I googled a little more and found my answers, but in any case if you have any additional recommendations im all ears. According to youtube and articles, I should be fine as long as I don't plan on fishing with a small dog in my lap and respect them.. seems like common sense to me.