My family and I recently moved into a house on a fresh water canal that runs about a mile, with a small pond / lake about half way.

We have been catching lots of little ones under 2lbs, with bigger ones 4-6lbs pretty consistently (with a couple larger gals).

The bait of choice has been watermelon red worms, 8" tricks on a Texas rig.

I've been putting the neighborhood kids and my buddies (and momma) on a few nice ones.

Here are a few of the fish we have landed recently, enjoy.

This was the first fish Anias ever caught

Here's a few I've caught so far this year

Big Clint scared'm into the boat

Cody landed this and a handful of others to out fish me on my own canal ;-)

Daryl caught this little fella right before dinner

Momma has been out fishing the boys :-)

Momma went from the pool to the boat to land this little guy Sunday :-)

Jason landed this one after helping me with the dog kennel

Awesome! I know its awesome to be able to walk out the back door and be able to stick a nice bass! 

That's a good size bass for the fella's first fish. I think my first bass was only about 10 inches long (and I caught it while trying to catch gills).

That's awesome! When I was a teenager my Grandparent's house was on Cypress Creek, brackish creek/canal in Ft. Lauderdale. The fresh water lock was @ a mile upstream from their house. I caught largrmouth, snook, even jack crevelle from the bridge next to their house. Great memories.

Now that's what I call prime property !!!!!!!!

Thats fantastic. Thanks for sharing the pics. The kids are loving it. So are the children. Also, to make the fish appear larger, hold them out and not up.  That's what works for me.

Very beautiful body of water that's great for the whole family & friends

Thank you for sharing! Great photos and it's great to see the kids enjoying themselves.

Very nice

Land of Lakes=Land of Trophy Bass

You are going to love it, have a canal/lake system in my backyard and its awesome to able to get out and catch ol'buckemouth!

Freakin floridians think theyre so cool with their trophy holding canals and other little ponds and such within walking distance

Nice catch! Good job draging the kids away from thier xbox's

That's terrific Cecil And glad you're getting the entire family involved. The kids will be hooked on fishing FO SHO!!! Great photos too.

Big O

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