N Florida Mike

Sorry to hear this Lonnie. Will pray for y'all.

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A friend went there years ago and used live shiners. In one day he caught an 11 , a 10 , 2 9s , and 2-3 8s. I went with him shortly after that and only caught one 4. Realized at the end of the day they had sprayed the lake for weeds so it turned off the fish somehow.

If you could only fish and/or live on one water body you've already fished , where would it be and why ? Doesn't count if you've never fished it. I Know it's hard to pinpoint just one , so let's do one or two. An example would be the water body you would choose to retire on if you could.

THANK YOU!!!

Plastic worms, of course! Lately it's been ol' monsters and trick worms. In late fall-early winter They were all over grape shad 7.5 inch culprits and 6 inch lucky strike worms in tequila sunrise.

Sean Rush on Rodman has a good rep...

My wife has had several accidents that have given her bad back problems. The last one was getting bucked off a horse. After that she got an inversion table ( the dr recommended it ) and she got better quickly. Almost miraculously. Maybe that would be a solution. I have never officially hurt my back , but can't stand on a hard surface long without pain. I'm ok indefinetely for bank fishing as long as I'm on a soft bank and/ or keep moving. I get bad lower back pain if I fish in a boat with a bench seat without back support. But It hasn't stopped me yet , just slowed me down a little. By the next day , I'm fine. No solution here , just commiserating. Wish you the best.

Great subject ! All mine are grown. My oldest is a natural at bass fishing , and we used to camp and fish before he moved out west with the military. He doesn't fish much anymore but he likes to camp and hike with his wife and kids. My Middle son would fish 24/7 , and often does. He loves it so much he did it commercially for awhile. He will go anytime, rain, shine , whatever conditions.He is also very good at bass fishing, but prefers saltwater.We still go together at least once every month or two. Fishing ( and the grace of God ) is what kept us from killing each other. He was the hardest one of the 3 to raise. My daughter doesn't fish much. When she was young , I could be catching them like crazy, and when I would hand her the rod the fish wouldn't bite. She would hand it back and I would immediately get bit.This happened so much she just kind of gave up. I also have six g-kids. All but the youngest has caught fish with me in my lake behind the house. The pic is my 12 year old g-daughter mackayla who was teaching her friend (a boy ) to fish and shoot that day. She considers herself a redneck. She can do anything outdoors better than most boys. She is so much fun to hang out with. Very thankful for the time to fish and spend time with them all. My dad is the one who started it all , taking me many, many times.

Florida ! ? I've only fished in 3 other states in my life. Georgia and the Carolinas.

Lots of choices ? I'll probably start with a couple of the less expensive ones and see how they do.

Pond fishing has been slow. I tried a new one yesterday off racetrack road yesterday with no results.

I've heard of the term before from reading somewhere, but never heard them called that from fishing buddies or at bait stores, either backwoods ones or closer to cities.Maybe it's more of a south Florida thing. I don't think live ones get used as much as before, they are real expensive ,unless you catch your own ( which I usually do ). But a bass cannot resist them ! That's why I want to try the shiner swimbait.

I've never heard anyone call em a roach here. Only shiners. How would you work these baits ? I have only used the small Swimbaits that you basically just cast and retrieve. I've been with a friend that used them and he did everything except dead stick em.

I can see where an LSU fan would think so !?Fournette is my favorite player because he is an intense competitor on the field and seems like a quality person off the field. I often tell people about when he sold a jersey and donated it to help flood victims in SC. He's the one player I'd care to meet someday. He actually got rear ended the other day and ended up signing the guy's bumper that fell off. Thankfully he didn't seem to be injured.

What's your favorite ? I've heard the live target one is good. A friend had one but I didn't hear of him catching much on it. But that thing looks real! We have a lot of wild shiners around here, the bass can't resist them , so I'd like to try one this year. How have y'all done with them ?

I have to root for the home team ( jags ). Very torn on the other game. 50-50. Guess I'll go with the Eagles because if they win , the Super bowl won't be dominated by Viking fans up there.

The 2 closest bps stores to me are 1.5 and 2 hours away, so that limits my trips there to maybe once a year. The first time I ever went in one (Savannah) I literally could not leave. After 2-3 hours my wife finally asked if we could please leave. When I go there, I usually get a hat or shirt , maybe a pack of plastics. It's fun to look at all the stuff but I don't buy much. I'm old fashioned. I can't remember ever ordering anything on line except a pair of boots once. My local wal mart has almost everything I normally fish with anyway. If they don't, I treat myself to the great selection at Academy or dsg.

I did well last spring with a small strike king spinnerbait. Gold Colorado blade with a yellow skirt. This year I plan to experiment with gold willow blades and white/chartreuse skirts. For this old plastics fisherman, this is greatly expanding my horizons! Same here^^^

I caught a good number of fish on spinnerbaits this year . Caught more on them this year than all my other bass fishing years combined. But it was a spring and early summer thing. After May, not ONE fish on them. I just watched a good Scott Martin video on spinnerbaits that made me eager to implement some of his tips in spring.

8.6 pounds , caught on a 4 inch red w/black watermelon GY senko.

Had an hour before dark. Went out and caught a few nice bream off the dock. Nice, cool evening after a COLD few days.