Mixed Bag fishing report

My father and I had a good half day of fishing today on a central Florida lake. Afternoon rain patterns have started here, and that has cooled the water off a bit to 80 degrees where we were fishing. We managed to dodge storms today and had a fun day catching bass, coppernose bluegill, specks, bullhead catfish and an odd plecko catfish. I had the best success on a crappie magnet white/chartreuse with a 1/16 oz jig head. Flipped worms a bit and caught a few nice bass. Bluegill are bedding, judging by the red tails from fanning beds but haven't hit the jackpot just yet. Maybe next full moon!

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Nice fish and a great time with your dad.

Some absolute beauties there, PN! Those bass look like they were bruisers!
Bob

Sounds like a great way to spend half a day

Awesome catch, a mixed bag is so much fun.


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A plecostomus ? I hear tell they are around in some spots , Florida sure has a bunch of invasive species .
saw a red belly piranha someone got in an Louisiana lake , interesting for sure

Good times with the family. Congrats.

Glad you had a good day out and got some dinner quality fish for your efforts. What area are you in? I’m in Debary and fish out of a low sided 16’ Jon a lot lately. Say hey if you see me out.

Im down in Brevard/Indian River County area...but I travel all over to fish!

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A plecostomus ? I hear tell they are around in some spots , Florida sure has a bunch of invasive species .
saw a red belly piranha someone got in an Louisiana lake , interesting for sure

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Yep, a plecostomus. They are everywhere in Florida...but rarely do they hit lures (in my case, a small crappie magnet jig). It was a big one too!

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Originally Posted by Panfish Nation

Im down in Brevard/Indian River County area...but I travel all over to fish!

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you folks that live down there got it made on sunfish and etc , I used to fish in a bar ditch to ketch supper when I visited there on vacation.
a short 2 block walk from the house ,and it was on like donkey kong .
never got to hit fresh water there much though as the salt and brackish led me to them . the mangroves on the indian and the beach and sebastian inlet ......good stuff :highfive

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Originally Posted by Panfish Nation

Yep, a plecostomus. They are everywhere in Florida...but rarely do they hit lures (in my case, a small crappie magnet jig). It was a big one too!

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I would tend to think it is rare to ketch one on a hook ,but in an aquarium setting they do get much more aggressive when they get large . seen a large one chase other fish in there with it and eventually "suck" the scales right off another large fish, till it killed it :yikes