Thread: Help Me Spend $50

First to do is go to grizzly jig and create a bookmark on your computer. Rest depends on how you are planning to go about this. Single poling fishing banks, trolling or spiderriging. Be careful reading too much in other states reguarding jig weights. Most other states are fishing way deeper than us. Jigheads from 1/64oz to 3/16oz are mostly all you need here and likely more 1/32 and 1/16. Get a few packs of Southern Pro tubes and Hot Grubs and a few packs of sliders to start with. Bad Blood, Acid Rain, John Deere, Black/chartreuse, Blue/ Chartreuse, pearl, Junebug /Chartreuse are a good start. Then some floats, I like the comal pear floats just big enough to barely float the bait if using a cork. Can rig em as slip floats or peg em and even work as a popping cork. Also check the Southern Pro website from time to time on the closeouts and dollar deals. Just take it slow building up baits cause you can easily buy a bunch that just sit around. Oh and check out the contests forum up about the 4th tab down on main page. Win a few of them and you will be fishing well.

Thanks!

Yeah, knowing how Florida's lakes are typically much shallower than other states, I figured there would be a substantial difference in techniques/gear.

I will be set up for drifting, trolling, or spider rigging primarily. My project of the week is doing some cheap DIY rod holder set ups for spider rigging and trolling for my 1644 jon boat.

Spiderrigging go to Skippers Jigs and get some zip jigs and ice jigs. Also on the member sponsor forum look for Crappielogic and get some Gnats from Donnie. Tip these with minnows. Look back through the Florida Crappie Club forum up top at past tournaments in your area. Harold does a great job of getting winning techniques and colors posted.

Great info, man. Appreciate it big time!

I got a buddy that fishes over that way, lives in Deland, fishes Lake Diaz and the river a good bit.

Welcome to Lakeland, been here about 2 1/2 years and LOVE Florida!!

Originally Posted by pescador

Welcome to Lakeland, been here about 2 1/2 years and LOVE Florida!!

Thanks! I've been out here since I graduated from USF in Tampa in 2011.

Any of you Lakeland area folks, I'd be more than happy to buy you a beer or other cold beverage sometime, shoot the bull and talk fishing a bit. I live up on the Northside off of Rock Ridge.

Originally Posted by sunshine

Thanks! I've been out here since I graduated from USF in Tampa in 2011.

Any of you Lakeland area folks, I'd be more than happy to buy you a beer or other cold beverage sometime, shoot the bull and talk fishing a bit. I live up on the Northside off of Rock Ridge.

How about a coffee for an Old Timer?? lol I'm right off 98 North Lakeland. Send me a pm if you'd like.

Marv aka/pescador

Originally Posted by pescador

How about a coffee for an Old Timer?? lol I'm right off 98 North Lakeland. Send me a pm if you'd like.

Marv aka/pescador

I like coffee too! Will shoot you a line here in a bit. I like hanging out with the Old Timers. I worked on offshore charter fishing boats for 6 years when younger, and I could fill up a volume of encyclopedias with the information I was able to glean from many of the captains I worked with and for.