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I’m pretty much brand new to Speck fishing. I’ve done it here and there but not really. I’m wanting to take my dad and brother on a trip to fish the St Johns River Feb 9-10th and i’d like to get then on some fish. Any suggestions for me? I know there’s a bunch of different lakes on the St Jonhs. Thanks in advance!
I'm kinda in the same boat Waylon, I'm headed to Georgia boy's the 15th-17th. Never been there before but I'm excited to be on some new water!
We stayedin Astor last Jan. and fished both Dexter and Woodruff, and will be in Deland the first 2 weeks in Feb and will fish these lakes again. Last year we fished 3 new bodies if water in Fl and quickly figured its best to fish were the boats are if we couldnt locate fish, I will add that using my electronics i tryed to fish deeper areas which payed off most of the time. Id say 75% were spider rigging and some long lining, I usually push minnows and jigs and vary my depths and adjust depth, color of jigs and terrain as i go.
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The bent pole pattern is always the way to go on a new lake. :Rofl
I plan on being up at the camp that weekend too. At this point I don't know where the fish will be in the river or down at Crescent, depends on the weather. Scott at Ga. Boys will tell you where they are being caught though and at least have a general area and baits they're hitting.
Where are you staying?Quote:
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I will be at Ga Boys the same days. I will be in the red War Eagle.Quote:
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I was trying to stay at Ga Boys but they are booked up that weekend. Any other places that are pretty decent to stay at?
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Cool, The wife and I will be in a Camo Jon Boat. Can’t go fishing without her, I think she likes fishing more than me! rotflQuote:
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If y'all see a blue flat bottom boat with a giant polling platform and a 50 Tohatsu skeet by that be me lol
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Depends on what part of the river, in Astor there is Palmores and another south of the bridge, in Deland there is Highland fish camp, thats were we will be and also the Deland koa.Quote:
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I'll be in a blue wave black and white center consoleQuote:
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Thank you very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom 513
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Looks like I will be staying at Highland Fish Camp and fishing Woodruff and Dexter most of the time. To give everybody a better idea of where i’ll be if ya’ll have any more tips for that part of the river!
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I will still be at Highland, stop by and say hey, im in a older class c rv (ohio)and red tracker, I will gladly let you know what and if ive learned anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylon26
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You guys give me a shout when you get here, I'll help the best I can.
Thanks. I will definitely do that guys!
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Are you gonna be at Highlands the same weekend?Quote:
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I am fortunate to live about 10 miles from there, I guess you could say it's my home waters.
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Slow bite today we managed 1 nice speck pushing minnows, then the cranking battery died, nobody around but gators too. I used a trolling battery to start the big motor. Im spending as much time at Walmart as I am fishing, lol spirits still good though.Quote:
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Check your PM'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom 513
Just wanted to update everyone on how we did this weekend. Ended up catching 29 total. We had two over 15 inches”” and 6 over 14”” inches. I know that’s not a lot of fish or the biggest up around these parts but we sure had a fun weekend and will be back! Thanks for all the tips and info.
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Nice mess, 15" is a good fish - I see some fat ones mixed in there
Looks like some really nice speck's, when is the fish fry? :cheers2 I'm headed down this Friday any tips would be appreciated.
All the ones we caught were tight in cover and pretty shallow. Also they were all caught in wood meaning a fallen down tree, stump, some sort of structure. We had minnows out with corks but also jig fished every spot as well. We moved around a lot too. We definitely had to work for them so dont get discouraged easily. Like I said we really don’t know what we’’re doing either lol I’m sure there’s plenty of people on here who could help you better that’s just what seemed to work a little for us. Good luck on your trip!Quote:
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