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Article #22: Do You Love Florida Bass Fishing? Use Big Bait!

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Wasting even a few minutes seems to be a story about how when I was a younster, my
tough task nowadays but believe me that brother, my cousin and I would fish for
the time spent in reading this article bass with live frogs on spinning rods. We
about florida bass fishing is not going used frogs so big that we could not cast
to prove a waste of time. them with the rod. We had to lay the rods
If you enjoy florida bass fishing, you down, flip the bail and throw the frogs
are sure to enjoy this article for the by hand!
content it contains. Every effort has We caught some BIG bass on those live
been taken to provide you with quality frogs but we also caught a large number
content which might be useful to you. of two pound fish that we figured had to
During the course of your reading of this defy the laws of physics by somehow
article about florida bass fishing, you getting those huge frogs into their
must have realized that there could be mouths. So, I have learned that just
more than one approach towards one topic. because I choose big baits it does not
That is what we have tried to do-taking a mean that I will not catch some smaller
new approach to florida bass fishing. fish as well!
Whenever I am not guiding or tournament Large topwater baits are my favorite
fishing, I trully enjoy spending time fishing methods to use for a BIG bite.
fishing strictly for big fish. Over the Big Spooks and buzzbaits are my favorite
years I have always been the type who choices. The bigger the bait the better.
would rather catch just one big fish in a In fact, I am having to make my own
fourteen hour day as opposed to twenty versions of these baits because there
small fish in an hour. In my case, aren't any as big as I like them on the
looking for big bass is more of a market! I like a buzzbait blade so big
"hunting trip" rather than a day of that you could get a ticket for using it
fishing and I have learned to treat big in a "NO WAKE" zone.
bass as completely different critters The interesting part is that I like using
that their younger and smaller relatives. these big topwater baits during hot,
To me, a "big bass" starts at around humid and sunny days between the hours of
seven pounds. Consistent catches of bass 8am to 2pm. I like summer days with
over seven pounds requires major changes temperatures in the upper 90s+, little or
in fishing locations, tactics and no less no wind, a lot of humidity and a chance
important, mental preparation. The of afternoon thunderstorms.
hardest part of the whole process may be My favorite key areas under these
"psyching" yourself into the fact that conditions are shallow grass cover or
during your fishing time for big fish you steep, undercut banks with overhanging
are going to get fewer bites and you are shade trees. A very slow presentation is
going to have to be much more focused. crucial. I like the buzzbait blades to
Also, you must mentally assure yourself turn as slow as possible and, my fishing
that the reward will be worth all the partners can usually eat a can of Vienna
effort in the end! sausages before I get a big Spook back to
In the beginning itself I made it clear the boat!
that it was not our purpose to make you Slow presentations with big popping type
omniscient about florida bass fishing. baits along grass lines or on grass mats
What we wanted was to make you aware of have also produced well for me. One thing
the fundamentals of florida bass fishing I have recognized is that many big fish
and that is what we are doing. are less pressured in shallow areas
I like big baits for big bass. There is during the mid-day hours and do not see
no question in my mind that as a bass many topwater baits. Most people put
grows so does its appetite. I have boated topwater baits away after the sun comes
four pound bass with the tails of up.
baitfish over eight inches long hanging This ends the discussion on florida bass
out of their mouths and they still had fishing and now it is for you to apply in
the tenacity to strike the big baits that your practical life what you have learnt
I so often throw. I love to tell the here.






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