I think I'm gonna be stickin with freshwater for a while for obvious reasons.. Picked me up a couple packs of ZOOM Horny Toads the other day.. Finally got to give em a shot this morning.. Smoked the bass numbers wise but yet again, lacking in the size department.. I think the big one might go 4lbs? If that... Caught at least 40 fish altogether but most were 1lb or smaller dinks.. They were busting topwater from 7am to 12pm when I left.. Lost a really nice one.. Watched him come up behind that toad and eat it with a mouth I could have fit a **** gallon paint can in.. He went down into the eelgrass and shook the hook somehow.. Thought I still had him but I was hooked up on the grass.. ****! Still fun though, kept a bent rod all morning and it was another great learning experience for a freshwater noob... I cut out pretty early because the gators were being extremely terretorial on the grass beds.. I also had one come off the bank in a narrow canal and **** near put himself in my yak.. A good 10 footer or better.. By the time I saw him on the bank it was too late.. All I saw was that giant head and big **** cheeks.. Unfortunately kayaks don't have brakes and it was a close call! Took that as a sign and called it a day..
It's too bad you have to change your game...but at least that possibility exists.....
It's not all that bad.. I went into it knowing absolutely nothing so each trip is a learning experience.. Gonna keep putting my time in and hopefully put a 10lber on deck one of these days :grin
Them gators are look'n for love.......Normally I spook them with the trolling motor, but here lately they are challenging me. Nice work with those Horny Toads.
nice catch,,It`s a good time fishing top water for largemouths.. There`s no way i`am going to the stick marsh in a kayak. I got real close to a huge one in Sebastian river in a kayak,and he wasn`t happy about it. I didn`t know he was there, and he almost gave me a heart attack LOL..
nice catch,,It`s a good time fishing top water for largemouths.. There`s no way i`am going to the stick marsh in a kayak. I got real close to a huge one in Sebastian river in a kayak,and he wasn`t happy about it. I didn`t know he was there, and he almost gave me a heart attack LOL..
Springtime is very spooky in the grey dawn sometimes...a gator "drumming" sounds a lot like a Lions roar.
There are many roads to travel
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
It's very common to lose big fish there in the grass. Used to be on stumps, but now much more prevalent on the eel grass and hydrilla. Are you staying in the back lot or venturing into north part of the Stick Marsh? Your best shot is with stout tackle and get them out of the grass quickly.
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It's too bad you have to change your game...but at least that possibility exists.....
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
It's not all that bad.. I went into it knowing absolutely nothing so each trip is a learning experience.. Gonna keep putting my time in and hopefully put a 10lber on deck one of these days :grin
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Bigger the better!!!
Springtime is very spooky in the grey dawn sometimes...a gator "drumming" sounds a lot like a Lions roar.
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you