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