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Wow

Nice bass

Lots of people have caught largemouth bass over 26 inches and channel catfish over 32 inches, I am one of them.I do not plan on ever submitting a length record and rather submit a weight record as long as I can release the fish and not kill it. You are right, they catch +20 pound channel catfish up north all the time. These are trophy channel catfish for sure, but nowhere near world record size.

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Nice bearded dragon you have on your avatar

Congratulations on catching your first muskie and welcome to the muskie club.

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Sorry for not responding sooner, I haven't logged in for a couple days. The water in the canals can have decreased water visibility for many reasons, such as increased water flow from recent heavy rains, increased sediment in water from all the extra water moving in the canals, increased algae in water from nutrient rich water and warm weather, etc. High water levels does not mean bad fishing, there are plenty of people doing extremely well these past 2 months, so the bass are still biting well across South Florida. I have lost count of all the 18-22 inch largemouth bass I have caught as bycatch these past 2 months while targeting peacock bass and bullseye snakehead and I am certain I could of caught much bigger bass if I where to specifically be targeting largemouth bass. I tend to fish around sunrise, sunset, cloudy/rainy conditions, at night ,etc during this time of year and avoid fishing in late morning/early afternoon.

Beautiful pictures.Thank you for posting the article.

The bass are still biting well across South Florida, you just have to try different techniques until you find the right one that works on a particular day.

I have done quite well catching large number of bass(+ 100 bass in a day) with jerkbaits, both hard plastic and soft plastic varieties. Spinnerbaits, poppers, and hollow belly frogs are also good for catching large numbers of bass in my part of the country.

Hope the killer rots in jail for life

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Sounds like you are going to have a good time fishing this weekend. Try snook fishing in our canal systems when you get a chance after your Punta Gorda fishing trip. There's plenty of big snook in the canals and these snook can be caught throughout the year.

6'0''-7'0'' heavy action rod that can handle a large amount of abuse from bank fishing to offshore fishing for dolphin.

buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, hollow belly frogs, and texas rigged soft plastics are good lures to use in low visibility water.

What species will you be targeting? There's some good tarpon, snook , and redfish fishing in that area of the state. I plan on scouting for lobster since the lobster season is approaching soon. Might harvest some reef fish in the process of scouting my lobster spots.

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Interesting subject. These private water bass remind me of hunting in private ranches where you hunt ''wild'' animals in a fenced in area.

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Caught some nice bass, snakeheads, peacocks, and other fish this weekend. Thinking of diving this weekend coming up instead of regular fishing.

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Weather looks good for the weekend. Might do some more snakehead fishing and then start targeting other species for a while.