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Hopefully we can change that, there are a few places where they pop the jigs like they are pez! Never used a hair jig, in for pics!

Shoulda saved that for the 1st date Gary! Any pictures of your homemade jigs? With the way we lose them fishing brushpiles, I can see us getting along just fine ;D

If im not mistaken the canals are mostly limestone or coral? But the water clarity and shallow depths means the rocks heat up and retain alot of heat and in the summer game fish cant tolerate the high temps and non native cichlids are the ones most suited in them. Im sure even now in the canals the temps are a little higher than the reservoirs and retention ponds, the canals should be the pbass safe haven I was out at Sawgrass on Wednesday and can confirm 1000s of tropical fish kills including Mayans which don't die off until about 52 degree water temp far below any survivability of Peacock. While there are not a lot of peacocks in that system, I think you can safely assume that the Everglades canals (Miami, L-67, the Alley) will have similar temps and similar fish kills including peacocks that are in those systems). If the canals, primarily down in Dade have connection to the Biscayne Aquifer, the temps will usually stay above 60 in those canals and the peacock will survive. Those that have migrated north in Broward, Palm Beach will be hit hard. This is what was originally intended for the Peacock when they were introduced by FWC Thanks for the info! I'm actually planning a trip next month and you seem to know the area, where would my best bet be to catch a pbass in winter down there?

Welcome aboard bass crusher, we go on first name basis here, introduce yourself and stick around

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If you're using the meat than I dont see anything wrong with it, I myself bowfish but for carp, dont have the heart to shoot a gar or any other native

Just the thread I was looking for, I knew elite was good stuff but didnt know siege was pretty good as well. I like an abrasion resistant line so looks like I'll go with siege on my cranking rod

Do you eat the spoonbills? IMO snagging non nuisance fish is unsportsmanlike , I'm quite aware that they rarely take prepared baits but so be it... But the proper snagging rig is exactly as Volfan described...

I'm a junkie....I needed my fix today, and boy did it feel goooooooooood

If im not mistaken the canals are mostly limestone or coral? But the water clarity and shallow depths means the rocks heat up and retain alot of heat and in the summer game fish cant tolerate the high temps and non native cichlids are the ones most suited in them. Im sure even now in the canals the temps are a little higher than the reservoirs and retention ponds, the canals should be the pbass safe haven

Thats not what I was refering to :

Once water temps drop below 60 they are goners

I wish you both were there I dingle dangled them loose about 20 times before I lost all five dingle... dangle... dingle dangle.... OFF!

I cant wait until it's warm enough to hit blue plains, I imagine burning a blade bait through the piling would produce big time!

Its pretty snaggy on the bottom out there, most I was able to shake free but eventually the river demanded payment for the bass caught

Yeah the one we discussed in PM land is being saved for when dan gets back, we plan on venturing a little further upstream to try for musky

You can swap out buttcaps easily so that doesnt really bother me Might have to pick up up when they come out

They are alot of fun on an UL, on a 7'MH not so much lol, and are great eating, I have about 5 lbs of filets left in my freezer from two months ago, my biggest one was right at 18"during the spawn

Yeah I was trying to avoid them but it happens lol

It's not a silver buddie its a similar blade bait i got off ebay, it has great action and puts out tons of vibrations and is cheaper at 5 for $10 shipped, I was throwing the 1/2 oz and lost all five i bought on snags....but a rattle trap would work too http://cgi.ebay.com/5-Blade-Baits-bass-walleye-Free-Shipping-you-pick-size_W0QQitemZ290381186702QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439c11468e I'm down for going whenever just let me know when you want to go

They were mostly cookie cutter 2's I just wished the one that looked 6 didn't shake loose, most of them hit 3 feet off the bank

Went out to Four Mile Run today for 2 hours to try out my new combos and some new baits (blade baits I got on ebay). Started off throwing the 1/2oz blades I got and on the third cast i had one strike it just so gently right on the bank and after a sluggish fight he was landed, I't felt and looked over four but I dont have a scale.. Not too long after that I started tearing it up with the blade bait, I started out with 5 and lost them all, here are the blade fish, each is a different one About now was when I lost the last blade (gotta remember to buy more of them! Switched over to rattle traps and it produced also, I had one that musta been 4.5 follow all the way to the bank and turn back. On on traps I landed 2 crappie and one bass All in all an excellent day for me, 7 bass & 2 crappie landed. Had 3 bass on and shook off the blade, one looked to be at least 6!...and missed mulpitle hits and followers, I'm going to head back out there tommorow if anyone is interested.

The golden mahseer is also in the Cyprininae family and is bigger than the white amur at 9' and over 118#

LOL Thanks for the PM Mud!

Nice fish! LB?