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Went out for about 5 hours with the Wife and cruised a few spots recommended to me by members on here. Picked up some live bait and set out. Caught about 37 between us, but none much bigger than this one :)
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However we had a great time and I just need to figure out how to find some a little bigger lol
It's a start. lol I called a couple friends down there and they said nobody catching much so next week should be better. Find the thicker pads in the Oklawaha river between Griffin and Nelson's Fish Camp. Try the pads at the mouth of Haynes Creek on the left. Push your boat into the pads and look for movement. Lower your bait into the small openings. Keep at it!
Ok I'll try the weed push trick ha
Been able to catch quite a few now in the lily pads, but they are all the little guys. Still trying to find the decent sized ones
Try right at dusk, that might help. Thats when I've seen the big'uns on Griffin.
Went out tonight from 6 to 8ish. The Mosquitos forced me to quit. I hooked and picked up some massive shell crackers but they kept getting off the cane pole before I could get them to boat--shook their little heads and off they went. I switched to a casting pole and the bonnet would be sitting nice and pretty and next second lightning speed to the nearest pad. Lost several on the pads. All in all I could only successfully land the dinks. Had fun though. Going to buy slightly larger hooks maybe with a better hook....although I think it was their mouths tearing from the sheer weight. They were HEAVY
Wow have to say that's weird. Glad you're finding them though. I can understand loosing them in the pads, but other than that, I'm shocked you're loosing them like that. I would have guessed you're using too large a hook and not hooking into the lip good (not getting it all the way in mouth). The only other thing I can think of why you'd be loosing the big ones is that they might be bending your hook, but with that, you'd see the bent hook. But good report and better luck next time.
I know I think you are right. My hook us bent out slightly. Replaced hooks with #6 long shank cricket hooks. I think I bent the hooks out slightly pulling off a couple pads and that is what let them off hook
I hope you marked that spot. Sooner or later they will be back there. Or close to there.
Get them out of the pads and over boat fast!
I've got my wife hooked on fishing so I get more water time :) hoping to get out on water again Wednesday evening. The youngest has a bad tooth infection that has spread into the jaw so she is having emergency oral surgery tommorow morning. Depending on how that goes will determine if I get to fish or not this week :/
You bet I marked it! My other good spot the locals showed me is right in the alligator haven of lake griffin it seems. I had 5 or 6 very curious gators working 20ft of my liw to the water boat. I must admit they scared me off that spot. I got a pick of the biggun on the nice camera I'll have to download and put on here. It was probably 11 to 13 ft. Never seen a gator out there that big before. It's head was as big as my torso and it wouldn't leave me alone. Kept swimming up near boat and going under and then resurfacing in the pads [emoji15]Quote:
Originally Posted by Yelim
The gators are scared of you and will not bother you UNLESS some idiot has been feeding them. That you have no way of knowing. Do not feed them. They get big enough without us feeding them. Most lakes have big ones that you might not ever see. Sounds like someone has thrown him some fish from a boat.