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Big Florida strain bluegills, redbreast sunfish, redear sunfish, and other sunfish are fun to catch on light tackle.

Caught a couple nice snook this month on swimbaits including one that was trophy sized and I fully agree with you. Snook fight harder, faster, are bigger, and take the same swimbaits as bass does. Definitely plan on doing more snook fishing this year and hopefully catch more big ones.

So that means you had 20% negative experiences? Thats a high percentage when it comes to customer service. Should be less than 5%. Not surprised though since swimbaits are expensive when compared to most lures so there will always be people trying to rip off others when it comes to making a couple extra dollars.

Been a member of this forum for a couple years now so I know there are good members, but I have noticed an increase of threads like these. Seems like there are more people trying to rip others off with swimbaits, more spam accounts from what I read from another recent thread, and other less than desirable behaviors. Nothing wrong with fishing from the shore on vacation, I do it often and have caught lots of big fish that way. Have caught striped bass, muskie, smallmouth bass, walleye, trout and other nice fish all from the shore while on vacation. I fish with my girlfriend on these vacations and its better that way than wasting my time with some random person who I do not really know and might not be able to fish as well as they portray online.

I got a couple 4 piece travel rods that I use when fishing out of state. These rods can comfortably throw swimbaits up to 3 ounces. Have caught muskie, smallmouth, walleye, snook, tarpon, etc so they are definitely well made rods.

This subject reminds me why I do not buy swimbaits from people in internet forums or invite people fishing from Internet forums.

That is true but most swimbait fishermen here are trophy bass fishermen or at least work hard to catch lots of big bass. I see you are from Georgia which is one of the best places in the USA to catch a double digit bass. Lots of different species of black bass as well.

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I live in South Florida where catching a 10 pound or better bass is not as easy as catching a 10 pounder in Central/Northern Florida but it can still be done in a lifetime of a bass fishing. A person bass fishing in Central/Northern Florida should be able to catch more double digits than a person bass fishing in South Florida. The original subject talks about catching a 10 pounder in a lifetime of fishing which is much longer than 24 years. Lets say someone fishes Florida for 70-90 years (lifetime of bass fishing) and fishes wisely ( focuses on big bass techniques in waters known for big bass) don't you think that individual will have a decent shot at a 10 pound bass in 70-90 years of bass fishing in Florida? That person will most likely catch more than one double digit bass in that amount of time. I caught my first double digit bass in less than 10 years of bass fishing and I caught that fish from land in South Florida so a person with a boat in Central/Northern Florida will have greater chances to catch a double digit bass than a young man fishing from the shore. Not everyone submits their catches to TrophyCatch so that is something to take consideration as well. I caught several bass last year that qualified for TrophyCatch and I did not submit them, imagine the bass that other people catch that are much bigger than the ones I caught that you never hear about since those people like to be private about their catches.

I would say its accurate for Florida if a person fishes wisely in bodies of water well known for trophy bass.

I grew up in Florida and have fished in Florida for largemouth bass for +24 years at this moment in time. I am not a snowbird that recently moved to Florida and I have fished all across this state from the Western end of the Florida Panhandle to Key West. I have caught 3 double digits, 20 or so between 9-10 pounds, lost count of the 8-9 pounders, and hundreds of bass over 5 pounds. One of my mentors caught a bass that was ounces away from 15 pounds in the same place I caught my current PB bass of 12.25 pounds. All of these bass where caught from land in South Florida in public waters where it is much harder than fishing private ponds in Central/North Florida... Have caught most species of black bass since I like to travel to catch new species of fish. Have caught well over 150 species of fish so bass fishing is not the only type of fishing I do. With that said any bass fisherman in Florida can catch a double digit bass if they put in the time needed and fish places that has double digit bass. It is not rocket science. Focus on techniques that are well known for bass 8 pounds and above. I did it from land in public waters so it should be no big deal for someone who fishes on a boat in a lake well known for trophy bass.

Nice snook. They are one of my favorite fish to catch on swimbaits and they are pound for pound much more powerful than any largemouth bass.

Those ''pros'' fish for a 5 bass limit in a short amount of time given to them in a tournament. It is a different type of bass fishing. They are not trophy bass fishermen which fish with a different mindset. Muskie fishermen are very similar to trophy bass fishermen, both tend to focus on the biggest fish they can catch and do not care much for a 5 fish limit. A trophy bass fisherman is extremely patient and can easily wait weeks if not months to catch another trophy bass.

The best place in the USA to catch a 10 pound or better largemouth bass in public waters is Florida, especially Central/Northern Florida. There are hundreds of public bodies of water in Florida that have 10 pound or better bass so you will have plenty of places to fish. If you need more proof you can check the TrophyCatch program where you can see pictures of hundreds of bass over 10 pounds that have been caught in Florida in the past couple years. These catches are only a very small number of the big bass caught in Florida since most people do not submit their catches to the TrophyCatch program. This makes sense since Florida strain largemouth bass are native to Florida and grow best here naturally. Our bass do not need to feed on dumb slow stocked trout to reach double digits and a dedicated Florida bass fisherman can expect to catch several big bass every year from public waters. Texas is second best in the USA since they have a great bass fishery. Cuba, Mexico, South Africa, and Japan are other good places to catch a 10 pound or better largemouth bass.

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I live in Florida where I catch big bass every month of the year so I have no need to watch football. Besides I rather play football than watch it...

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Congratulations on your new swimbait bass pb. Next time bring a scale.

I am blessed to live in Florida where Florida strain largemouth bass are native. Have caught a couple double digit bass and have lost count of the 8 pound or better bass I have caught in the past +2 decades I have fished. Florida DNR does a good job at protecting the largemouth bass fishery so it looks like I will be catching big bass for many decades to come.

I bet I won't waste my time watching football and instead I will be doing something productive that day such as fishing or working out.

Congratulations on your new PB

Sounds good. I got different bass PB's as well. Caught most species of black bass since I like to travel for fishing... My current PB largemouth bass is 12.25 pounds and I have lost count of the 8 pound or better bass I have caught throughout the years.