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    • Jay

      Bronze Ambassador

      4/9/21

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Pre-Spawn)

      • Technique

        Topwater Popping

      • Structure

        Baitfish

      • Forage

        Shad

      The water levels are super low but also super clear for here in SW FL. The last 2 weeks I been getting most of my action in the later afternoon. Mornings are still a bit chilly but heat up to the mid 80s by midday. The bass have been chasing bait back into canal points and going nuts. I had most of my luck on a Bone color popper. My personal favorite has been the Lobina Rio Rico. Its probably one of the only poppers you can walk the dog. It also extremely loud and make a ton of rucks. 2nd fav will be the popmax by megabass. Most of my big bass caught have already spawned are still sitting shallow. I think its because of the cooler mornings we been having. There is rain in next weeks forecast and we can surely use it, As the water levels rise i think most of these bass will go back into there typical summer patters. Deep and under heavy cover. But for now enjoy the fishing because its hott!

    • Jay

      Bronze Ambassador

      3/9/21

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Spinnerbaits

      • Structure

        Docks

      • Forage

        Minnows

      So this front came in super strong. Winds blowing 10-20mph. Blue bird skies and air temps around 49. This is cold for our FL bass. I started out throwing a lucky craft LV500 around local docks and points having great luck in morning. As the day went out I switch to a megabass SV3 1/2oz spinnerbait and got my largest out of the day 4lbs. Once again targeting docks, points, and drop offs. Surprisingly the fish were very active and aggressive. Smoking both the LV500 and spinnerbait. I also played around throwing a xzone lures swammer ( 309 color )with a hogfarmer underspin with great success also. I suspect there's still plenty of bass getting ready to spawn and a majority of them caught today where super fat. Next few days should be even better as temps rise again.

    • Todd Ernst

      Bronze Ambassador

      6/13/22

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Summer

      • Technique

        Bladed Jigs

      • Structure

        Dam

      • Forage

        Bluegill

      Finding moving water after the summer rain storms is the key

    • Jay

      Bronze Ambassador

      3/7/21

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Texas Rigs (Worming)

      • Structure

        Submerged Vegetation

      • Forage

        Perch

      The weather here bas been a little crazy the last 2 weeks. We had a warm trend that lasted for almost a week, Air temps were almost in the 90s. Then we had a front move in again with windy and some rain. I'm still finding bass shallow and deep. Fish are spread out and staging on points of canals and drops off. I been having best luck throwing a megabass v3 spinnerbait and Luckycraft LV500 in the mornings. Using the spinnerbait to target the bass shallow and the LV on points, deeper grass lines and drop offs. Later in the mornings and early afternoons I been having great luck Texas rigging a Xzone Adrenaline craw (green pumpkin blue flek ) on a 3/8 weight. Targeting the same places but slow crawling it and letting those floating craws do there thing. A simple but soft shake to the rod tip has also been working too. But once again we have another front coming in 3/7/21 and cooler temps and high winds. Lets see what happens and how these fish react and stage in the next few days

    • Jay

      Bronze Ambassador

      2/21/21

      • Species

        Largemouth Bass

      • Season

        Spring (Spawn)

      • Technique

        Lipless Crankbaits

      • Structure

        Ledges

      • Forage

        Shad

      With this Front that made its way here Saturday night. The winds have kicked up to about 15mph. The bite has slowed down and bigger bass have pushed back into deeper water. My best luck has been at points and the mouths of canals were the water drops off deeper. LV500s and or any other type of lipess have been great at these points. The smaller fish are still shallow and having great luck throwing the Xzone Swammer in 309 Color. Paired that up with a Coolbaits underspin 1/4oz 3/0 hook has been the ticket. Slow rolling on the bottom. Both of these baits have been producing for me the last 2 days. Once this front passes I think the bass should start moving back shallow and feed more aggressive on bigger baits.