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Head back to the house! Lol I was out yesterday in my canoe wind and chop was so d**n bad. Line bow was so bad on my light lures I could barely fish also. Spent way more time canoeing than fishing. I find it real hard to fish heavy wind.

St. John's river red ribbon tails from jethro baits tears them up. I love red/pinkish ribbon tails

Got a bunch of stick baits an swim baits at the local flea market. Got what ya see for $15. Soft plastic are 5 for $1. All kinda styles and colors.

Hmmmm bassin Lou that is an excellent point. I'll have to give that a try. I do my best on weighted or weightless worms. I'd like to make these a confidence bait as well

I've watched Mikey ballz bid a few times. I'm rigging it correctly. They run the top water with a slight pause. But there on toho and the other huge lakes here. Lots of grass. I have some lakes in fl near me like that. I just gotta keep at it

So we've talked about the best one what kinda hooks to use and all that. I've been struggling to make a bait work that I really want to and that I know others here in fl have excellent luck on. I'm using the gambler ez swimmers. But how are you fishing your soft plastic swim baits? Deep and slow fast on top? Pausing the retrieve? How do you decide when to run toop water? And so on

Wow thanks for that awesome reply!! Hmmm maybe I'll look I to aome swim baits with a lil more action I guess!

Gambler ez swimmer 4-5" soft plastics. I've thrown all kinda colors, different style hooks! I so badly want them to work!

Haha man it sucks!!

Lol I've been fishing swim baits like crazy but just can't get anything on them. I love the rigging and action but cant make them work for me. It's driving me insane! Anyone else ever run into this?

I fish anything black blue laminate or flake, St. John's river red ( red with blue flakes) and watermelon red

I've never actually fished them before. They look good tho

Anywhere anytime! I fish them deep with a pegged weight or weightless if no wind. On a medium or MH spinning rod or baitcaster setup and on braid. Usually using culprit or metro baits big Toho 10 inch

Thanks for the awesome replys! And man that makes my canoe look like the ghetto lol

The rod holders I made

That's the one thing I was worried about. Was a casting accident. I made them so they can be moved anywhere. But I don't know if they'll be in the way. I guess only time will tell.

I thought of this. Most of the places im in right now are ok except for anew parts. Idk what I'll do

Awesome! Great looking ride! Thanks for the reply

So I made some that clamp to the side of the canoe but hold the poles up vertical. Do you guys prefer this or feel they get in the way. Other option is to lay them down. What do yall prefer?

Just curious if any of the pinellas county guys know any local golf courses that let you fish there ponds?

Gambler ez swimmer on a 5/0 3/16 belly weighted hook on a M/H 7'-7'3" rod

Oh wow very nice man! That's my deal is trying to have a couple rigs with out rerigging all the time. But I always end up with a couple poles

So when your fishing the banks for a few hrs or the day how many rods are you generally bringing?

Hell no post it up!!!i wana see!

Oh wow thank you for the reply. I'm currently waiting on an email from daiwa