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I am relatively new to saltwater fishing but have been having a blast catching trout, mangrove snapper, redfish, and of course hardheads while wading around mangroves. I use a small weighted popping cork with live shrimp under. I currently use #2 circle hooks, but feel like a lot of the time I miss the fish. Also, I know that circle hooks set themselves, I am not trying to set them.

My question is, what hooks would you guys use? Bigger, smaller, a different style? I am thinking about switching to more like a 1/0 Kahle.

Okay 3 or so weeks early for south central Florida but could anyone say Fernandina or St Augustine post up when they see movement it’s like waiting for Christmas

Hello, my wife and are vacationing in Bonita Springs mid-September. The AirBnB property has it's own dock on an inlet. Was wondering if anyone any tips on bait or lures for the time period and/or what species to target.

Background, I've fished freshwater all my life. I've been on a few deep sea charters for grouper, snappers, etc. So i'm rather a noob in salt water/brackish but knowledgeable on terminology, techniques, etc...

Also, does Florida offer daily or weekly fishing licenses? I'm assuming so for charters, but want to be official.

Thanks in advance!

Howdy everyone, my wife and I just recently bought a house up north of lake minneola. We moved from east orlando. I like to go pond / lake hopping after to work to wind down and I cannot seem to catch many fish in the ponds / lakes over here.

For starters, I’d say about 90-95% of all bodies of water over here are either private, no shoreline access, or has grass / lillypads 100 feet out from the bank. I’ve driven around to probably every single body of water in all of Minneola and clermont and have found maybe 3-4 fish able ponds and lakes.

On top of the lack of spots it really feels like bass just aren’t as hungry on this side of the city. Back in east Orlando you could find 2-4 retention ponds and lakes per neighborhood that were fully cleared out (most of them even had Gazebos or something built for fishing) and I’d go out to any given one of them and catch 3-4 bass within an hour or so.

In west Orlando the only spots I’ve found are sunset lake, center lake, sparkling water lake, and east lake all in downtown clermont. I’ve also enjoyed fishing lake palatlakaha from the bridge near the Baptist church. Out of all of those places I have caught 3-4 fish in center lake (by the living hope church) in a total of maybe 4-6 hours, and NO fish at all at any other body of water in maybe 15-20+ total hours of fishing.

Aside from center lake, anybody have and good suggestions for spots? I am willing to drive pretty far I don’t mind. Also, FYI I have been using Texas rig senkos, spinnerbaits, top water frogs, and chatter-baits so far. Although I have only ever caught anything over here on the Texas rig senko.

I have a freshwater pond that has a tarpon in it, ive been trying literally every lure tarpon like as well as live bluegill on a bobber and freely lined and i cant get this thing to bite. the pond is decently big but i know the area it likes to hang out in. What do i do?
update: i’m seeing a lot more people here than I thought there would be. could it be over fishing? Also don’t see much rolls in the evening time.

Hello Florida anglers! I’m in Sunrise FL this week for a work meeting and was hoping to do some fishing at Markham park, going for Peacock bass in particular.

My main concern is the weather, not so much the heat but the thunderstorms? We don’t really get to much of them in California so I’m not sure what the risks look like.

Do you local anglers still go out fishing on days like this? Is it risky? What do you do to minimize lighting risks? I would be fishing from the bank, after 3/4PM on Thursday. I’m also not married to this location if you recommend somewhere else

Thank you!

Any other suggestion would be great!

Hi everyone! It’s my second year living in Florida. With the mullet starting to show up where I’m at near Daytona. I was wondering what everyone’s favorite lures to use were for surfcasting off the beach and around the jetties.

I throw a lot of paddle tails already, but is there anything else i should focus a little more heavily? Any suggestions are appreciated!

I’ve been on a trip down to Florida for the last week and I grabbed some 4 inch NBLN paddle tails and the corresponding jigheads to fish throughout the week. I know they’re not the best price wise but I felt confident that they would work. I’ve lost almost every fish I’ve hooked all week I’m not sure if there is an issue with me or the hooks but I’ve hooked well over 20 fish including lady fish, redfish, flounder, and tarpon and I’ve only landed one small lady fish. These were not just bites I fully hooked the fish long enough to fight and pull drag then after a few seconds they just popped out. Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or if I just can’t set a hook to save my life.

Ich liebe das Angeln, vor allem auf Raubfische. Ich erinnere mich, wie wir vor etwa 10 Jahren mit meinem Vater Excel-Tabellen führten, in denen wir aufschrieben, wo ungefähr der Biss war und welchen Köder wir verwendet haben. Ich war damals noch klein und ging zur Schule, aber sobald sich die Möglichkeit bot, beschloss ich, eine App für mein Haupthobby zu entwickeln. Ich habe bereits Erfahrung mit einer Angelapp, aber das ist eine völlig andere Geschichte, die sich in eine andere Richtung entwickeln wird.

Die App wurde vor 2 Monaten veröffentlicht, aber gestern Nacht erschien ein sehr wichtiges erstes großes Update — das hat mir die Zuversicht gegeben, endlich öffentlich darüber zu sprechen!

Das Grundkonzept ist die Verfolgung des Angelvorgangs mit schnellem Protokollieren am Wasser, Notizen, Stellen und Fängen. Alles ist an Ihren Standort gebunden, was der Schlüsselfaktor ist. Wenn Sie eine Sitzung starten, läuft die App im Hintergrund weiter, um den Akku zu schonen. Außerdem werden in Echtzeit Wettervorhersagen und eine Karte mit Ihren Ergebnissen angezeigt, die Sie bearbeiten, löschen oder ergänzen können. In Zukunft hoffe ich sehr, dass ich auch Angelrouten aufzeichnen kann — das ist beim Trolling sehr nützlich, ich bin sicher, das wird klappen!

Ich verstehe, dass viele gerne erst nach der Tour protokollieren, daher habe ich eine manuelle Erfassung hinzugefügt, die der Live-Erfassung fast identisch ist — außer dass Sie Datum und Standort auf der Karte manuell wählen müssen. Ansonsten ist es derselbe Prozess, der jederzeit ausgefüllt werden kann.
Das Hauptziel ist es, nicht nur ein Tagebuch zu schaffen, sondern vollständige Saisons, in denen alles rund um die Tour und ihre Statistiken aufgebaut ist — damit Sie alles an einem Ort speichern und bequem einsehen und verbessern können.

Saisonstatistiken und Filterung fehlen noch, werden aber kommen.

Alle Prognosen basieren auf verschiedenen Indikatoren und haben eine Fehlerquote — Ihre Erfahrung und Ihr Angelplatz stehen immer an erster Stelle. Jede Erfahrung ist nicht nur praktisch, sondern auch theoretisch — vergessen Sie das nicht 😊

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Looking for some fishing buddies in St. Pete. I moved to the area about a year ago, and I'm looking to get out on the water. I spent the last 10 years in Miami doing a ton of inshore and offshore fishing. I do not currently have a boat, but I am actively looking for one. For now, I have been fishing from my Hobie Kayak. I know what I am doing and have my own gear. Will cover my share on any trips. Hit me up if you fish St. Pete or the surrounding areas!