What a weird year so far here in FL

I fish Lake Griffin primarily, prolly cause I live on it! But with the weird weather and temps this year so far, it has made the fishing super good at times, and then nuttin' at other times. Just shows you that out Florida fish are very finicky, and affected by water temps, pressure, and weather. Earlier this year we had times we had three on at a time, later this year we had times we didn't get a hit in three hours, and right now I see an absolute ton of fish, with no bites at all!

Got a feeling these fish are shad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2_eu4bUN0

https://youtube.com/shorts/oN2_eu4bUN0

Active whatever they are…

Interesting

I agree it's been a weird year so far. Marking as many fish as ever but some days they just absolutely will not bite! It's not just Florida either, we have a couple ponds on our Indiana property and one of them produces some really nice black crappie for a small body of water and has for years. Usually you can go out this time of year and catch a mess in no time. Not this year so far. Even tried live minnows over the weekend and caught nothing but a couple bass.

That is a big mess of fish!

IMO those are Shad. Three ways to tell; 1) they are glittery (if that’s a word) compared to specs. Flashy compared to a solid fish. 2) They are also running around like a pissed off chihuahua (sorry for the bad visual) darting all over the place. And 3) if you put a jig in their face and they run away, without even looking at it or sniffing it or showing any kind of interest at all, they aren’t specs, probably Shad. Some times can I troll over them and pick out a spec. I even caught a Shad on a jig last week, yes, in the mouth. But majority of the time I move to find specs somewhere else. Hope it helps.


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Very active, I think they are shad too.

You're right Slab, catch 10 in 2 hours and then in 10 hours you catch 2 fish. Lol. Fishing has been tough this year so far. Been getting fronts twice a week sometimes so it's all about timing.

That's what I've been seeing. Gangbusters or tight lipped...

heres my story-my crappie over here have pretty much disappeared as they dont take to muck to bed in. the ones that stayed around got a breather from me then last 2 weeks.3 weeks ago reverse went out. i said thats ok ill just reverse with my trolling motor of 85lb thrust if i need to. 2 weeks ago my trolling motor went out---boo hoo!!! ITS now fixed and goes back on the boat tomorrow and ill be trolLing up a storm tomorrow right after my therapy--yes-still cant walk ON A CANE, BUT IM BACK IN THE BOAT.

Let me say this---if anyone ever has trolling motor issues--call GREG at kels in Orlando, as he is a fisherman and understands the pain when you lose your trolling motor. This man went out of his way to help me get it fixed and back on the boat.I shall always be grateful to him and his staff for their extra work for me.

FWC prefers to have all bass lakes and doesnt really want to see us people out there spidder rigging-told to me by FWC. here is what i
say to FWC.You accidently got a few extra bass to hang in LAKE bEAUCLAIR FROM THE 500,000 YOU PLANTED IN LAKE APOPKA and couldnt find ever---but a few must have come through the DAMM DURING THE HURRICANE AND GREW UP IN Lake Beauclair, now Natalie says proudly,Lake Beauclair is no longer a crappie lake but a bass lake-therefore we have weeds growing over the top of the water and hydrilla everywhere, so thick even the bass guys weedless lures cant slide through. As far as FWC worrying about spiderigging depleting the CRAPPIE COUNT, 25 IS THE LIMIT PER PERSON AND YOU CAN NOT LIMIT OUT TROLLING ANYWHERE ON THIS CHAIN UNLESS YOU JUST HAPPEN TO HIT A BED FULL OF THE FAMILY.
FWC NEEDS TO GET BACK TO STOCKING OUR LAKES WITH CRAPPIE AS THEY USED TO AND REMEMBER WHO SPENDS THE MOST MONEY IN LAKE COUNTY ALL WINTER LONG NOT JUST A WEEKEND.(and this is what i will tell the county commissioners next month)

Time to get myself back on the water i have been land locked tooooo long!!

Gee Slab you never use a fishfinder when im in the boat?

Get em, Linda. The guys that are getting in their ear are the bass guys and once they have SOME information they don’t go looking for any more.

When I don't have time to search for hungry unpressured fish and cant get a bite with all with the usual tatics this is what I use on black crappie. Have to put it on the nose. It barely shows up at all, just watching the split shot & guessing


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