Hey yall, does anyone out there know of any solid small ponds/lakes in the Jacksonville region??? Thanks!

How close are you to the westside? Ive got a few good spots.

How close are you to the westside? Ive got a few good spots.

I live off of Kernan, but am more than willing to travel anywhere within the area!! I appreciate the reply!

I live off of Kernan, but am more than willing to travel anywhere within the area!! I appreciate the reply!

Man I've fished some of those retention ponds off of the interstate out in that area and caught some nice fish. Try those if you haven't yet.

There us a big lake next to the HHGregg store in Oakleaf that has some fish in it. Pope Duval and Bethesda Fish Management Areas are both good for catching high numbers of fish (nothing really big usually though).

My main spot is an Industrial Park off of Pritchard road. There are about 6 retention ponds in there that have some absolute HOGS in them.

Man I've fished some of those retention ponds off of the interstate out in that area and caught some nice fish. Try those if you haven't yet.

There us a big lake next to the HHGregg store in Oakleaf that has some fish in it. Pope Duval and Bethesda Fish Management Areas are both good for catching high numbers of fish (nothing really big usually though).

My main spot is an Industrial Park off of Pritchard road. There are about 6 retention ponds in there that have some absolute HOGS in them.

Hey man thanks A LOT for the info it is much appreciated. No worries about exact adresses or anything, but is the park off of pritchard road easy/difficult to find? Im all about going and searchin for myself, but knowing if it is easily seen or not would be AWESOME! THANKS AGAIN!

Hey man thanks A LOT for the info it is much appreciated. No worries about exact adresses or anything, but is the park off of pritchard road easy/difficult to find? Im all about going and searchin for myself, but knowing if it is easily seen or not would be AWESOME! THANKS AGAIN!

Yeah, it's pretty easy to spot. It's on Pritchard just before you run into Jones road. This might help.

It's more like a buisness complex they just call it a park. Lots of retention ponds in it though that have been there 15+ years.

unf!

Have and spots you'd like to share now UNF?

Finding good spots in Jacksonville is rough.

unf!

yaaa i love candy kane lake man! Also, that lot 53 pond is really awesome!

Have and spots you'd like to share now UNF?

Finding good spots in Jacksonville is rough.

Thanks again man!!! Yea i do for sure! Down in ponte vedra, past the main area right before you hit miklers road. There are two really great ponds in a neighborhood on your right called the Preserve. You cant miss the main pond on your right because it has these strange cypress trees just growing in the middle of the pond itself. There is no gaurd gate and you can park right at the pool next to the ponds. My girlfriend and i have caught some awesome fish there! the main pond by the road is really strange, like i said earlier. Its got the cypress trees, but also i have never seen schooling bass in such a small area pond as i have in this one. You can literally see the schools of baitfish and shortly after the bass foraging on them. Aside from this, i mainly fish at UNF. Donut lake where all of the nature trails are is a great lake/pond. You can rent a canoe for free and there are some MASSIVE fish to be had! I know, however, that there has to be some great untapped fishing areas off of Gate blvd and down in ponte vedra.

Thanks again man!!! Yea i do for sure! Down in ponte vedra, past the main area right before you hit miklers road. There are two really great ponds in a neighborhood on your right called the Preserve. You cant miss the main pond on your right because it has these strange cypress trees just growing in the middle of the pond itself. There is no gaurd gate and you can park right at the pool next to the ponds. My girlfriend and i have caught some awesome fish there! the main pond by the road is really strange, like i said earlier. Its got the cypress trees, but also i have never seen schooling bass in such a small area pond as i have in this one. You can literally see the schools of baitfish and shortly after the bass foraging on them. Aside from this, i mainly fish at UNF. Donut lake where all of the nature trails are is a great lake/pond. You can rent a canoe for free and there are some MASSIVE fish to be had! I know, however, that there has to be some great untapped fishing areas off of Gate blvd and down in ponte vedra.

Nice, thanks man. I'll have to give that spot a try some time.

I've heard good things before about the ponds around UNF. We should fish those sometime. Are you aloud to put small boats in at the donut lake? I have a 10ft Bassbuster type boat that is killer in small lakes/ponds.

Nice, thanks man. I'll have to give that spot a try some time.

I've heard good things before about the ponds around UNF. We should fish those sometime. Are you aloud to put small boats in at the donut lake? I have a 10ft Bassbuster type boat that is killer in small lakes/ponds.

Im down for sure! Thats awesome you have a boat man! Yes, you can put small boats in at donut so we should definitely do that!

Im down for sure! Thats awesome you have a boat man! Yes, you can put small boats in at donut so we should definitely do that!

Nice. As soon as I replace the lights on my trailer it sounds like a plan.

Let me know when you plan on trying the spot on Pritchard and we can do some fishing, it's all from the bank out there though.

Nice. As soon as I replace the lights on my trailer it sounds like a plan.

Let me know when you plan on trying the spot on Pritchard and we can do some fishing, it's all from the bank out there though.

Most definitely!! I want to head out that way on wednesday. So how about wednesday evening??

Most definitely!! I want to head out that way on wednesday. So how about wednesday evening??

I work Wednesday AM, so that just might work.

I work Wednesday AM, so that just might work.

Awesome man. Do you have a facebook or anything that we could exchange phone numbers on??

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1301727559

Hey guys im a new student to UNF and im from Land O' Lakes near tampa. All we did down there was fish the small onds cause we couldnt really afford a small jon boat but now im back to square one up here. I have a condo one pottsburg creek I think is what its called but no bass unless you go further south towards beach blvd i think. Just wonderin if the spots you guys were talking about were still good and if u found any new ones. Maybe next time you guys fish at UNF i could meet yo and you could show me the spots there.

I hit up the ponds on Pritchard earlier. Ended up catching a few small ones, one a little over 4# the bite slowed down so I was fishing a weightless fluke and hooked up to something that broke my cheap lightweight Berkley Cherrywood spinning rod in 3 pieces and broke 12# test. Fought it for 5 minutes or so and never saw it so no clue what it was. Probably a big catfish or maybe a huge turtle. It was pulling drag even with it almost tightened all the way up. Figured it had to be getting tired so i was slowing the spool down with my finger to give it some tension then it just took off and snapped he rod then the line.

Totally my fault for the rod snapping, I knew it would probably break but had to find out.. Oh well gives me a reason to buy a new one. I've had that rod for a few years though and caught some 4-5#ers on it without any issues. But they are known to break if bent over too far.

I'm gonna hit them up more as it cools off some. From what i've seen of them they should be real fun in a month or so..

well i need to get over then. Im gonna try UNF this weekend you can rent a canoe if ur a student so ill prob do that and fish those lakes for a bit but ya i heard the ponds by prichard are pretty good. well see how it goes this weekend. And dang maybe it was a 10lb bass! that sucks about ur pole but ya now u get a new one.

Anybody ever fished Big Cypress Swamp over across from teh St Johns Town center? I fished UNF today, used a Spro Frog had two nice strikes, but using a spro you may know how that goes.

BTW I have a few spots.

where at UNF did you fish?

Everytime I fish near the town center I get kicked out.

I got some secret spots on the southside but you pretty much have to have a small boat due to overgrown banks. I have a 8' pond jumper style boat and it's perfect for the small ponds.

Hey guys my name is mark. I've fish a few of these ponds in my area off ft.Caroline with good results. I'm headed out tomorrow and will post the results of my find. If interested ill show you "MY HOT SPOT". Ill post tomorrow around 5 with how it went down.

Hey guys my name is mark. I've fish a few of these ponds in my area off ft.Caroline with good results. I'm headed out tomorrow and will post the results of my find. If interested ill show you "MY HOT SPOT". Ill post tomorrow around 5 with how it went down.

Mark: How did you fair in the ponds off Ft. Caroline? I'm looking for new spots to fish around here. I've tried the retention ponds off of Pritchard (the ones at the Industrial Park) as a few members have commented on, but unfortunately, have not been able to get a single bite.

What other places are you fishing?