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This is very beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.

Same here. I never had much luck with anything else.

It would be helpful to me if you would explain how you do an "intentional presentation" with a Wacky Worm?

Agreed.

I catch almost all of my Wacky Senko bass while the bait is motionless on the bottom or maybe after a very slight movement, but hardly ever on the retrieve. I wonder if others have had this same experience?

Thanks very much for these recommendations. I guess I’ll try different kinds of retrieves, steady, popping, and walking and hope one of these will connect me with a big bass or two.

I'm new to frog fishing. Based on the many favorable reviews in this forum I have ordered a couple of Booyah Pad Crasher full size frogs, not the Juniors. I'll be fishing from the bank of a pond here in south Florida. I imagine it would be best to fish close to the shoreline, parallel as much as possible, but what is the most effective way to retrieve the frog? Should I do a slow or fast straight retrieve, walk the dog, or what. I would would appreciate recommendations from any of you folks who have success fishing the Pad Crasher or similar frogs.

As a kid in Massachusetts we called them Crawfish and we sometimes fished in brooks, not cricks or creeks.

Fly fisherman with snook taken from shore in Naples, Florida, August, 2022.

I've found that you can fish most places from dawn to about 9AM without much interference from paddleboarders, jetskiers, etc. Most of these folks don't get up early.

I had this problem for a while. Finally I noticed it was because I had a finger against the line too close to the spool. Problem solved after I kept my finger off the line or placed the finger farther away from the spool.

My best was a 6lb. 6 oz. largemouth caught about 3 PM January 8, 2022 on a Wacky Senko.

Thanks for posting that video, A-Jay. Very helpful! I'll still try to avoid it. But this is good info just in case.

Poison Ivy. I used to get it real bad! I won't o near it now.

I have fished both ways, weightles, a number of times and have always had better luck with the Wacky Rig. I never Texas rig this bait anymore.

Thanks for your help. Cbump and Sphynx recommended creature baits. I have some of these, Rage Bugs, Rage Craws and Zoom Lizards. Maybe I'll give them a try in close to shore.

I live in southeast Florida and fish from the bank of a shallow pond about 3 or 4 times a week at dawn for an hour or two. Usually, the fish are active at that time and I’m able to catch some. Lately there has been heavy rain almost every afternoon. The water level is high, the water is not clear, and I can’t catch a fish no matter what I try—not even with a Senko on the bottom. I’m about to quit fishing for a while until the weather changes. I wonder if anybody has any other suggestions?

If you fish from the bank in Florida, do not step on a fire ant mound. I was out today just before dawn and stepped on one. It is not a good experience!

No, I didn't use a sinker on either the Texas rig or the wachy.

This morning I fished a 5" Senko Texas rigged and didn't get a bite. After a while I switched to rigging the worm Wacky style and immediately there was some action and I caught several bass on the Wacky rig. I have had this same thing happen before.

Rebel Jumpin' Minnow.

Several folks have posted photos of big bass and peacocks they’ve caught in the Everglades. I’m in Naples, Florida and would like to get in on some of that fine action. I’m wondering if anybody can tell me where to go for bank fishing in the glades that isn’t too far south of Naples?

Maybe a Bagley Bangolure. Look at the Tackle Warehouse web site. It looks just like the Rebel Trackdown Minnow. This comes with a split ring, two hooks and a plastic bill.

It might be one of the Rebel baits.