Hi guys I live in south Florida and I do not have much experience with cold water fishing.I went out yesterday and got skunked. ;D Any tips or suggestions on lure choice would be helpful.I know slow and low, but anything else?One more thing all the mayan cichlids are floating dead and seagulls are everywhere feasting on all the dead fish.Thank you for your time.

I just can't resist...."You have COLD water down in Florida!?  All we have up here is hard, frozen water, for another 2 months at least! I really do *** you folks. Sorry I couldn't be of help to you anyway. 

I just can't resist...."You have COLD water down in Florida!? All we have up here is hard, frozen water, for another 2 months at least! I really do *** you folks. Sorry I couldn't be of help to you anyway.

It was like 30 degrees for a week and a half.  Thats friggin cold for this area.   Drawback is now all the dead iguanas and anoles in my area.   I guess it's better to have those than dead fish like other people down here...

Hi guys I live in south Florida and I do not have much experience with cold water fishing.I went out yesterday and got skunked. ;D Any tips or suggestions on lure choice would be helpful.I know slow and low, but anything else?One more thing all the mayan cichlids are floating dead and seagulls are everywhere feasting on all the dead fish.Thank you for your time.

I went out early this morning and got a decent topwater bite.  Then had some success on slow retrieved spinnerbaits.  Then I was slowly working a swim senko and picked up a few nice fish on that.  You don't always have to be slow and low, you've just got to give the fish what they want.  I was burning a rage shad across the water this morning and had a blast.

when the water's "cold" lol just use the same things you normally use, and slow it down a little bit. Fish don't magically prefer certain baits depending on the year (some people will tell you otherwise) but they do tend to get more sluggish the colder the water gets.  Doesn't mean you will never catch them on a fast moving bait, because you can.  But if the fast doesn't work, slow down, and keep slowing down.  Sometimes "cold" fishing is about having tons of patience.

JIG..... Global Warming my A$$

Senko

how "cold" are we talking?

My attack plan for cold here in southeast Tx is DD22's, Bomber fat free shad, and Bandit 700 series cranks. Find any WOOD structure in the body of water you are fishing. If there is any. Bang those big cranks off of it. I have found that fishing a crank is not just throw and crank, for me it works when I crank it down deep and fish it a little like a carolina rig. Long pull then pause and repeat. If that don't produce go for a carolina rig. I was told when a it is cold, the bass don't want to use a lot of energy to eat a bait.They would rather use energy to eat a bigger bait so they don't have to feed as often. So to me that say's use baits with a larger profile such as 12" worms,jigs, and larger size cranks. Also jigging spoons.

About 40 to 55 water temp.

Thank you for the suggestions I will give it a go today.

if my lake was 55, i'd be going swimming!! lol