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There is no doubt that the bass in less pressured bodies of water are easier to catch than bass from a highly pressured body of water, but the bass might be bigger in a highly pressured place. Those bigger bass become quite good at evading most if not all fishermen since they had a long life to learn fishermen are no good for them. There are a couple public bodies of water I fish down here where I have caught several +8 pounders ( including some over 10 pounds) and most people never catch a single bass over 8 pounds from these places. You have to know how to read the conditions on any particular day and know what to use to get these big bass to bite. Putting the time on the water is what has helped me the most, and its the same for most good bass fishermen I know. Private waters is different, its like shooting fish in a barrel and not much of a challenge to fish those places. Watch your surroundings when you fish, keep safe, and most importantly have fun.

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1. Yes. Try fishing a highly pressured public pond in South Florida from land and you will quickly learn how smart bass can be, especially +8 pounders. 2. Both have their place and time that they do best. 3. Depends on what mood the bass are in. Sometimes I will use a attention getting technique if the bass are very active (to get reaction bites), other times I use a slower technique or a technique that I know most people are not using in the areas I fish (difficult to catch bass).

Been bass fishing for well over 2 decades now. Have caught several double digit bass, hundreds of bass over 5 pounds, and had +100 bass days. Also fish for other species( both fresh and saltwater) and I tend to do very well with these fish. What has helped me the most is putting my time on the water and doing my best to learn from each fishing trip. I keep a open mind when it comes to fishing techniques and new areas to fish.

On average I fish 4-8 times a month, mostly on weekends. I am a multi species fisherman, and fish many types of fish, not just bass.

I fish often fish ponds, canals, and other small bodies of water and I tend to do well by being as quiet as possible. I walk slowly along the shoreline and try to make as little sound as possible. As for clothes, I tend to wear drab colored clothes and avoid clothes that have bright colors so the fish have a harder time seeing me on the shore. Sometimes the path less taken ( possibly has snakes, alligators, etc) is the most productive path since less fishermen take it. I tend to take these paths and do well and I am always watching where I step and whats around me.

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Nice pleco. I have caught several plecos as bycatch while fishing for other species.

If I was forced to only fish with 1 lure for bass I would fish with the lure that has helped me catch most of my big bass.

I would donate my fishing gear to kids and not sell it online, but thats just me.

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I won't be surprised one bit if the current Florida state largemouth bass record gets beat in the ''official way'' in the next 10 years. Hundreds of +10 pounders get caught every single year in Florida, many of them over 13 pounds. A young man came close to beating the state record largemouth bass last year with a bass close to 17 pounds. Thats one of the many reasons why Florida is known as the fishing capital of the world and why so many out of staters come spend their money in Florida to have a chance to catch a new PB that they might not be able to do in their home state.Yes its very nice to catch pure strain largemouth bass in its native waters, and I am very grateful for having the privilege to live in Florida.I have caught Suwannee bass, they are fun to catch and much stronger pound for pound than a largemouth bass of equal size.

I store most of my lures in Plano plastic tackle boxes.

I have had a different experience from you and found that sunshine bass are a extremely hardy fish, just like a striped bass and white bass, which I have caught as well in my vacations up north. I tend to catch my sunshine bass in the South Florida ''winters'' when they are at their strongest and most likely to bite, they tend to not do so well in the summer heat in South Florida. So far I have caught several sunshine bass over 20 inches, with a couple of them over 24 inches. They don't get much bigger than that in South Florida, at least from what I have seen in photos down here. Sunshine bass get much bigger in Northern Florida and they are places up there where they catch 24-26 inch sunshine bass often, since sunshine bass are a temperate bass and grow better in the cool waters of Northern Florida. Striped bass, sunshine bass, and white bass are much stronger pound for pound than a largemouth bass of equal size, and they are almost as strong as a peacock bass which is probably in my top 5 favorite freshwater fish to catch so far.

There has been several bass bigger than the current state record caught in Florida but they where not submitted to the state for the official state record. There has been several documented cases of Florida largemouth bass over 30 inches, mostly in Central/North Florida. I myself have caught several largemouth bass in the 25-27.75'' range in South Florida where largemouth bass don't grow as big in the state and lots of +28'' largemouth bass are caught every year in Central/North Florida. Florida fishermen tend to be tight lipped about their catches and many Florida fishermen would not reveal where they catch their potential state record sized bass and I don't blame them since the place would get hit very hard from people all across the nation and the place would no longer be as good as it was before.

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