River Specks

Kinda a "newbie" to freshwater fishing (haven't done so in 35+/- years) and definitely new to specks, but beginning to enjoy this speck fishing game. I've only been out several times lately and I like the searching for structure and locating the fish. . .reminds me a lot of the offshore grouper and snapper fishing I miss so much only in a much smaller scaled down version (much easier on the bank account too - LOL). I went out yesterday on the "Little Big Water" between Floral City and Nobelton and caught a lot of fish, mostly smallish fish, but still a good time. If they were not filleting size, they didn't get an air conditioned one-way ride in my boat nor the invite for dinner. These three made the list and I decided to invite the bass along too. This bass was the biggest (19") that I managed to get in the boat, I had several larger, but with these 11' limber speck-poles I couldn't do much with them and they would get off or wrapped up in the pads. All in all it was a decent day out on the water.

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Some fine eating. Nice catches

Great report, thanks for sharing

Nice man! Looks like you're fishing on my neck of the woods. Maybe I'll see you out there one of these days. I haven't been on the river in a few weeks, glad to see they're still biting.

some nice looking fish. not bad for a newbie !

Good job!!

Nice catch [emoji106]


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Good catch and better dinner. If you’re in among the weeds you might go to a stiffer rod with some braid to up your advantage a little.

As a saltwater guy myself, I compare speck fishing to Spanish mackerel fishing. Basically trolling around till you find the bait and get a couple of bites, then focus on that spot. When I started speck fishing a couple years ago my goal evey trip was to catch 1 lol. Time on the water and linking up with some of the regulars on this site and learning from them will have u catching limits in no time. Nice catch man ;)

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Thanks to all who've replied. Yeah, mixing in this speck fishing thing with my deer hunting/scouting has become quite enjoyable. I'm hoping that I get to learn a lot from the folks here on the forum, maybe meet some new hunting/fishing friends, and get to enjoy a new crossroad in life! Thanks again!!!