And there are plenty over 10 pounds."įlorida has more than 7,700 named lakes greater than 10 acres, but only a select few make the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Top Ten Bass Lakes list. "It is not uncommon to catch 50 fish in a day here. "When it comes to big bass, this is as good as it gets," says Crispino. Though the nearest big city is Vero Beach, most Florida fishing guides are familiar with its waters. Lenny Crispino lives near Tampa, but doesn't mind getting up in the dark and driving across the state to fish this 16,500-acre man-made impoundment. "You have to proceed slowly," my guide, Lenny Crispino, explains. Looking out over the flooded farmland in Fellsmere in southeast Florida that anglers call Stick Marsh, I wondered how we would ever find our way through the hundreds of submerged tree stumps. *edit: Just noticed you wrote "lb", so changed it all from my kg to lb insteadFlorida’s largemouth bass put the Sunshine State on the international sportfishing map.
It is possible to catch even with weaker setups, but then theres also a chance it drag all the line out and you lose your lure and fish. Or a casting setup which can handle 13 lb of drag force (or close to it). If you want longer fights and gain max amount of XP, the jigwinner 8'10" with a matching reel is another option. Stop and go, twitching and lift and drop, they all work, and I do this with speed 2-3 depending on which dock Im standing on.
To both these I use any bass jig, all though the 1 oz I feel fits the best. 009" braided and dragsetting 9 (19.80 lb of drag force). 0011" braided line and dragsetting 10 (20.17 lb of drag force), while the 5500 I use. My other setup for largemouth is the Thora 9'6" with espira doublepunch 45. Fishing peak hours during both day and night is almost a 100% guarantee to get the uni largemouth at some point. (Frog popper is very nice since it wont get any snags) Im using this for both largemouths and "peacöcks" (fishing planet, please fix censored words.). (Can also use councellor 3000 P with same dragsetting).Īny topwater lure and speed 1, works like a charm. Dragsetting 7 is optimal, which generates a drag force of 19.25 lb.
My personal favorite is the bass caster 7'10" casting rod together with counsellor 3500 S casting reel using braided.