after a nice weekend at universal/islands of adventures , we went back to the cousins place in broward to do a bit of fishing. i brought out my UL rig since it fit in the back with the bags and such.

first i tried a weightless brush bug t-rigged , nothing. next , a beaver craw t-rigged and weightless , still nothing. so i brought out the origonal floating rapala , black and gold size 7. after a few casts and a minute long fight , i brought in this guy...

my first 'real' fight on the UL.

i think im going to start to stick to the hard baits since i never seem to have any luck on plastics but id hate to give up on them since theyre so cheap and apparently people have great luck with them. i was trying every retrieve i could think of. fast , slow , stop and go , hard jerks , soft jerks , twiching and i never brought anything in on them in a year or so. maybe ive lost my touch?

also , fighting that fish on my 5'6 fugly stick light , i realized - while i did land the fish , the rod has NO backbone.

just thought id share.

Nice fish!

nice fish hoping to get my first one soon