[Sigh] I Think I Do Suck At This...

I'm not a bass fisherman (b/c I only use spinning , lol) but I do live in Florida, not far from you, and fish for bass nearly everyday.  The calendar may say winter but it's spring down here and this is bass time.  The last couple of months has seen some pretty good bass fishing, true the last week or so has been slow, that will change just have to be patient because it's totally out of your control.  What you can control is where you are fishing and the baits being used.  Off the top of my head I would say there are 3 types of Florida canals, wide major ones with depths maybe 15', secondary ones that you can cast across and they may be about 7' deep and feeder canals that are 2 or 3' with a lot of slime and vegetation.  Being a bank fisherman I prefer the secondary type canals, like I have behind my home.  This time of year we have a lot of sea lettuce floating around so I'm mostly fishing weedless, either a jig and trailer or a fluke, casting either along the shoreline or in the middle and angled back to the shore.  Casting on the opposite bank and pulling your bait back into the water can work well too.  It's pretty hard to beat a plastic worm, I don't fish them often, I get more of a thrill watching a bass come up on top hitting a weighless fluke.  Some of the best areas to fish these canals are at a junction where 2 canals intersect.

We also have a ton of ponds, most hold some nice bass, these for the most part are not lakes, they are man made community ponds.  Some are barren and others do have some vegetation, that's seems to be controlled by the HOA, mine sprays every couple of months.  I'm using lighter gear and moving baits in these ponds, what you have already will work just fine, jigs, plastics can be used as well, whatever you are comfortable with.  When the fish are "on" it's easy and when the fish are "off " it just takes a bit more work and time, relax, don't pressure yourself and just let it happen.  If I could give 1 tip it would be this, don't caught up buying every bait on the market, you have plenty already, learn to fish with what you have first.