HI everyone,

 

I'm a noob and also new to South Florida.  I live in West Boca and I'd like to fish some local spots for bass.  Any ideas where I can begin?  Also any help with solid spinning rod/reel setup would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you and thank you ahead of time for such a great forum.

 

 

Todd

Try boca rio canal. T-rig plastics and flukes would be a good start.

There are bass in every body of water in west Boca except the swimming pools. Try canals and residential ponds, or any golf course ponds if they permit you. This time of year the bassing can be very slow unless you find honey holes way out in the glades, via boat or a guide. But along the boca banks in the steamy months I've done best on weightless Zoom flukes, other small soft swimbaits, t-rigged worms, and weightless senkos. Zoom Salty Super Flukes seem to work best for me from July thru much of October, on 8 to 12 lb fluro line and with a 3-0 or 4-0 offset hook. Use jerk, jerk, pause, or else move the fluke slowly, subtly, super finesse-like around grass or other light structure. Target emergent or shoreline green stuff or any big pipe. There's always a bass hiding by the end of a pipe. Or 'walk the dog' with a fluke along the surface and pause here and there. They'll often inhale it on the pause. I use natural colors, browns and greens and sometimes shad shades. Make sure you rig it straight. There are lots of You Tube vids on that. Wash mosquito repellent off your hands with soap and water before you touch anything. The action will pick up a lot once the weather starts to cool. Then you can throw larger swimbaits, frogs,  jigs, swimjigs, crankbaits, buzzbaits, jerkbaits, etc.

 

My personal light summer fluke fishing rigs are the Dobyns Champion 682 rod with a Lews Speed Spool baitcaster spooled with 12 lb fluoro; and a BPS CabonLite 6-6 medium spinning rod, set up with a small Penn Fierce 2000 spinning reel with #14 braid and a fluoro leader tied below a little swivel. You'll need heavier stuff around cover, of course. But these set ups are very effective and are good value to bank fish around clean residential pods in your area.

 

Note that this is just the opinion of an amateur. Good luck.