Sept 2017 FLBR BS Room

[Tressbasser]

Hi Swede, sounds like you had an amazing trip. Glad you're back.
For me, all the fish in my stringer have come on a good ole' Tx rigged worm, 1/4 oz weight. Speed worms and Culprit ribbontails. Doesn't really matter what kind of worm, or color. Deadstick presentation. Also, caught a few buzzing a skinny dipper type swimbait, various mfrs. Frog and squarebill have caught a few as well.

[Capt. BassinLou]

@ Cport, I want to apologize to you and everyone else that follows this thread. I realize that I leave out a lot of details when I post individual catches versus my boating reports. I have taken for granted my bank fishing outings and assume what I do everyone else does. But like you said Cport, details!! Although my fishing techniques are second nature to me, my details could be of great benefit for someone else just starting out.

With that being said, over the last several days I have been fishing a neighborhood park close to my house. The particular lake I have been fishing on is a traditional FL lake, that's basically bowl shape. The types of vegetation varies here, from sparse spatter dock, sprouting hydrilla pockets, to other types of grasses.

Lately, finesse presentations have been working for me. I use a 7ft St. Croix Premiere Spinning rod, Medium action with a fast tip and a Shimano Saros reel with 8lb copoly or mono I can't remember exactly. A light lead and EWG hooks that vary 2/0-3/0. As far as how I'm working this bait, I don't over work the bait. I work it gently over and through the grass. You have to be in tune with a grass tap and a fish tap, or else you will be setting on everything...    I enjoy fishing this way from time to time because any bass will make that M rod bend. Yesterdays 20.75" hit like a freight train and made 3 long runs making the drag zing!!

When handling and fighting bigger fish, you have to keep in mind that 8lb line is very thin. Horsing a fish around will result in the line breaking very easily. You need to let your equipment work for you. Allow the reel and rod to work for you in tandem. Finesse outfits can handle big fish very easily in open water if you let them.

I think I covered the basics. If anyone has specific questions you can just ask.

Again, sorry for keeping my techniques so close to the vest.

Lou

[Tressbasser]

Lou, you're having a great month. I don't want to jynx you (well, maybe just a little, lol), but it would take a miracle for me to catch you at this point. Going out of town till late next week, and when I get back, if I have time to fish, I frankly can't think of anywhere I have confidence in culling up. Good work, and thanks for the info on your techniques.

[Capt. BassinLou]

Lou, you're having a great month. I don't want to jynx you (well, maybe just a little, lol), but it would take a miracle for me to catch you at this point. Going out of town till late next week, and when I get back, if I have time to fish, I frankly can't think of anywhere I have confidence in culling up. Good work, and thanks for the info on your techniques.

Thank you Tress. I have been around this game long enough to know that if there is time left on the board it's still anyone's ballgame. Especially knowing you still have 2 full days to make something happen when you return. All I can do is keep plugging away til the end of the month.

[cport]

Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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[Swede]

Hi Swede, sounds like you had an amazing trip. Glad you're back.
For me, all the fish in my stringer have come on a good ole' Tx rigged worm, 1/4 oz weight. Speed worms and Culprit ribbontails. Doesn't really matter what kind of worm, or color. Deadstick presentation. Also, caught a few buzzing a skinny dipper type swimbait, various mfrs. Frog and squarebill have caught a few as well.

Quite a variety of baits between our top two, but plastics and slow presentation looks to be the way to go. Thanks guys!!

[Lipripper]

Thank you Tress. I have been around this game long enough to know that if there is time left on the board it's still anyone's ballgame. Especially knowing you still have 2 full days to make something happen when you return. All I can do is keep plugging away til the end of the month.

And I've watch it happen several time too right at the last posting. 

[SFL BassHunter]

It was a good day of fishing today. Caught 11 total from 7:30am to 11:30am. Most were in the 13-14 inch range. A few smaller ones and one bigger.
Caught them all on Uvibes. A few hit on top burning the uvibe, some hit swimming at a decent pace, and others hit swimming at a slower pace. The 22.25" fish hit it at a slow crawl.

Been a while since I caught that many fish and a couple months since I put a 4+ lber on the bank.

[BarryFL]

Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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You may not like fishing with me. I power fish.  I cover lots of water and only slow down or stop when I know there's a bunch of fish holding in an area or if I have to start pitcing and punching mats

-Barry-

[SFL BassHunter]

Thanks Lou for that great report. I personally have really s-l-o-w-e-d down my retrieve, working my stickbait by letting it fall/sit 20 to 30 secs on the cast (it's amazing
how many bass will hit a stupid piece of rubber sitting still), then twitch a couple of times and let it sit for a five to ten count. It seems that I have had a few less but better fish doing this.

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Slowing down to a certain extent can yield bigger fish. Smaller fish love a twitchy, bouncing fast moving bait. The bigger ones I have caught with soft plastics have generally been dragging a worm, or a slow crawling retrieve.

[cport]

You may not like fishing with me. I power fish.  I cover lots of water and only slow down or stop when I know there's a bunch of fish holding in an area or if I have to start pitcing and punching mats

-Barry-

You gotta remember, I fish small ponds from the bank, so I can still cover lots of water and fish slow at the same time . I'm looking forward to learning how to cover water efficiently; I have a boat on Orange Lake I will be taking out more, and that lake is huge! I will need to eliminate unproductive water on a grand scale, so I will be paying close attention. Any bait recommendations for this? I am mostly loaded with plastics in my tackle bag, a few cranks, some swimbaits, and one lonely spinnerbait.

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[Lipripper]

That was a nice fish Rick.
cport you might want to add a few more spinner baits in there to keep that one company.

[BarryFL]

You gotta remember, I fish small ponds from the bank, so I can still cover lots of water and fish slow at the same time . I'm looking forward to learning how to cover water efficiently; I have a boat on Orange Lake I will be taking out more, and that lake is huge! I will need to eliminate unproductive water on a grand scale, so I will be paying close attention. Any bait recommendations for this? I am mostly loaded with plastics in my tackle bag, a few cranks, some swimbaits, and one lonely spinnerbait.

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I throw a swimbait 75% of the time. If they're biting, you'll know fast. I'll frog early or if it is overcast. Bluebird skys, I find hydrilla in deep water or mats and start punching. Moving water fish, like we talked about above, I'll throw rattle trap, chatter bait or jerk bait. Schoolies, nothing beats a fluke. And if I have to, I'll talon down and drown worms.

[BarryFL]

Lee or anyone, how's fishing at Agnes. With Teneroc shutdown, and not enough time to run to Toho or Kissimmee, thought I might try Agnes tomorrow.

[FD]

Lee or anyone, how's fishing at Agnes. With Teneroc shutdown, and not enough time to run to Toho or Kissimmee, thought I might try Agnes tomorrow.

The water is way up. It used to be a strictly offshore lake for me but with the water up in the weeds it should be good.


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[FD]

Headed to Kissimmee tomorrow with Josh. I'll post a report tomorrow....or maybe not.


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[BarryFL]

The water is way up. It used to be a strictly offshore lake for me but with the water up in the weeds it should be good.


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Thanks. I found some fish by the ramp behind the Air Museum. Lots of damaged docks and many submerged due to water being so high. Must be a good lake for specks because that's what all the other boats were after.

[Deadeye]

Glad to see that some of you are getting out.

I spent yesterday getting things done around the house that I needed to get caught up on. Fixed some loose shingles and things like that.

Today we are having the Twins Birthday Party, it was weeks ago but this is the first time we could get it done.

[Capt. BassinLou]

The Century mark eludes me today again!!
But.... I wasn't skunked completely. This guy decided to play.

[big g]

I never get tired of seeing those guys.  Just the most beautiful fish, and vicious fighters.

[Capt. BassinLou]

I never get tired of seeing those guys.  Just the most beautiful fish, and vicious fighters.

Thanks George. This one is the first peacock I catch using a spinnerbait. Caught it on the other side of the canal. It was a fun fight. Messed up my spinnerbait to the point that it won't swim right again... lol!!

[FlatsNBay]

Thanks George. This one is the first peacock I catch using a spinnerbait. Caught it on the other side of the canal. It was a fun fight. Messed up my spinnerbait to the point that it won't swim right again... lol!!

Great Peacock Lou!

[Capt. BassinLou]

Great Peacock Lou!

Thanks Flats

[FloridaFishinFool]

I wish I could just get my old boat out of the gate and down the back driveway just to go fishing. Until I get a bigger chain saw or the insurance company approves the damage caused by this tree my boat is stuck.

Thanks hurricane Irma for putting a hold on my fishing!

But hey, one thing good to come out of this... one of my parking spots just outside this gate for my Toyota 4runner is now under this fallen tree. I am thankful my 4runner was not sitting there during hurricane Irma! And you can't see it too well, but just outside the gate on the right is a small trailer crushed under that old tree. Hopefully insurance will pay for that and the new roof on the old barn in the background...

For those who can fish... tight lines!

[BarryFL]

Headed to Kissimmee tomorrow with Josh. I'll post a report tomorrow....or maybe not.


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Well?