Badgers034

Hi everyone, As the title states, I am heading to northern Miami tomorrow for the day for work (from the Chicago area). I have never been to Miami but have seen / watched videos of Peacock bass being caught out of ponds, ditches, canals, etc. I'm going to have a couple hours to kill, and would love to fish for, and potentially catch a peacock bass. I will be in Northern Miami, but am willing to travel to a decent spot. -Does anyone have any recommendations as to where to fish (either a specific spot or a general location / body of water)? -Any recommendations as to what sort of bait to throw, I will be bringing my bait casting setup with a 6'6" MH rod. -Do I need to use shiners, or can I use artificial bait? If I use shiners, how do you recommend I transport them, given that I will be using a rental car and will not have any live bait equipment with me such as a minnow bucket. -If shiners are recommended, how do you suggest rigging them? Like I said, this is my first time going to Miami and my first time targeting peacocks, so any additional information would be helpful. Thanks

Heading there this weekend. Anyone know any good lakes / areas to fish? Thanks

Thanks for the input fellas. Any tips on fishing a silty bottom? Pretty much the whole bottom of the lake is soft, silty, and covered in weeds / dead weeds.

Hey guys, I will be going on a week long family vacation to Wild Rice Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. I have been fishing this lake since I was a child, but never really targeted bass. I know there are largemouth and smallmouth in here, but with any northern wisconsin lake, they compete with Northerns, Muskies, and Walleye. The lake has a few different components which I think would hold bass: Lake Map 1. The point on the eastern corner of the lake has always been a good fishing area. It has a rocky bottom and various weed cover, which I plan on throwing square bills and lipless cranks, and maybe dropshotting. 2. The weedline on the southeast corner of the lake is hit or miss. Sometimes it is extremely weedy, other times sparse. I plan on frogging, and maybe using spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in this area. 3. The southern portion of the lake typically has laydowns and other cover to fish. Along here (and around docks) is where I plan to use soft plastics - wacky rigged senkos, texas rigs, etc. 4. The creek leading to Alder lake at the northwest corner of the lake holds ALOT of panfish. Shallow water (2 - 4'), with dense weeds / pads and typically a few laydowns. What time of day should I target this area? Mid-day, or morning / evening? When do the bass typically move to shallower water (keep in mind this area has a slight current), since it connects two lakes. My main question is, if you were going to fish this lake, how would you spend your time most effectively? Keep in mind, I will have access to a boat with a fish finder, jon boat without fish finder, and maybe a fishing kayak (Haven't decided if I should buy one yet).