Weld's Winter So. Florida Fishing Trip 2024
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Hey! The time has come to catch big lunkers again. Just landed in Florida today and I will be making my first casts at sunrise.
I will use this thread to post videos, images and reports.
Here are some of the lures that I cannot wait to use. Just looking at them gets me stoked up!!
Stay tuned!!!
gulfcaptain reply :
The line thru a floater or slow sink?
A-Jay reply :
Good Luck Bud ~
Don't forget to set & test your drag ~
A-Jay
everythingthatswims reply :
I hope the stradic is just for the shakyhead
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/20/2014 at 10:47 AM, gulfcaptain said:The line thru a floater or slow sink?
its a floater
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/20/2014 at 11:47 AM, everythingthatswims said:I hope the stradic is just for the shakyhead
nope I use it for everything
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/20/2014 at 11:16 AM, A-Jay said:Good Luck Bud ~
Don't forget to set & test your drag ~
A-Jay
Thanks A-Jay!!
BassinLou reply :
Enjoy your trip Welds, I am heading out to Glades this morning in a little while, I will give you a heads up on how I did.
BassObsessed reply :
Good luck down there. You have a nice variety of baits to use. Don't worry about the reel. Iv'e caught bass up to 10lbs on a spinning reel like that throwing big Huddleston Swimbaits.
Catch and Grease reply :
Good luck!
Darren. reply :
On 12/20/2014 at 11:47 AM, everythingthatswims said:I hope the stradic is just for the shakyhead
Why? I use 1000FI models for bass fishing.
Caught quite a few bass over 6 pounds on
them. They are extremely capable reels.
And good luck, Weld! Catch some beasties.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Good luck on that 7 pounder this time! Nice reel too.
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/20/2014 at 11:37 PM, DarrenM said:Why? I use 1000FI models for bass fishing.
Caught quite a few bass over 6 pounds on
them. They are extremely capable reels.
And good luck, Weld! Catch some beasties.
I use a 1000 for bass but not for jigs, chatterbaits, frogs, swimbaits, etc. Not saying that it can't be done, just not what I would do. Hooksets would be my main concern unless it's on a MH or H
riverbasser13 reply :
Nice man looks like your all set, looking forward to seeing the fish!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Hey! Bit of a late update, very busy day...
Bit of a brief update too, sorry, its getting late, been trying to upload my fooatage... gotta wake up tomorrow for sunrise fishing again 
I had great success in the morning and in the evening. I have footage of all the fish I caught, I am working on two videos currently. My computer has been giving me difficulties tonight, so I will upload the videos tomorrow.
Here is what I caught today and on what lure:
Here are a few photos I took:
Excuse my facial expression i don't know why it is that way 
Stay tuned for those videos!
Darren. reply :
Nice outing!
gulfcaptain reply :
Wow, now that's some detailed fishing logs. Shoot I don't even balance my checkbook with that much detail.
A-Jay reply :
Great way to start out your trip.
Good thing you set & tested that drag.
By the looks of it, you probably used it a few times.
Nice work
A-Jay
SirSnookalot reply :
On 12/21/2014 at 2:37 AM, everythingthatswims said:I use a 1000 for bass but not for jigs, chatterbaits, frogs, swimbaits, etc. Not saying that it can't be done, just not what I would do. Hooksets would be my main concern unless it's on a MH or H
The reel isn't the issue it's the rod. Right now here in South Florida there is a lot of sea lettuce, 2 days ago this canal was wide open and I was using nothing but exposed hooks, not the case yesterday. I normally fish a ml, yesterday I had to fish med spinning, glad I had it with me. This stuff can get pretty thick, yes the bass fishing was quite good yesterday.
BassinLou reply :
Nice fish Welds!! For the first time in yrs I can say I was skunked in the glades. Caught 2 little bass. Lol!! Were the bass you caught, caught at a residential lake or golf course?
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Thanks and that sucks... Do u fish from shore or boat in the glades?On 12/21/2014 at 11:56 PM, BassinLou said:Nice fish Welds!! For the first time in yrs I can say I was skunked in the glades. Caught 2 little bass. Lol!! Were the bass you caught, caught at a residential lake or golf course?
The lakes are a mix of residential and golfcourse, they are on both lol.
This morning i caught a 6 lb bass! Ill post the video later today. Im a little backlogged, still working on the video for yesterday morning.. Computer is being slow
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Here is the footage from the morning of Dec. 20. Mainly caught on senkos, and some on spinnerbaits and swimjigs.
Enjoy!
BammerBass reply :
Nice job!! Looked lik that 1lb 10 oz bass tried to bite you, lol.
BassinLou reply :
On 12/22/2014 at 12:16 AM, Weld said:Thanks and that sucks... Do u fish from shore or boat in the glades?
The lakes are a mix of residential and golfcourse, they are on both lol.
This morning i caught a 6 lb bass! Ill post the video later today. Im a little backlogged, still working on the video for yesterday morning.. Computer is being slow
Out in the glades i fish on my boat. I just didn't have the touch yesterday. Lol..
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Evening of Dec20
Footage of 6lb bass from this morning coming soon!
Senko lover reply :
Nice fish! Those golf course ponds house lunkers.....
BassObsessed reply :
What bait were you using in the second video? They were on it quickly.
A-Jay reply :
Are you having fun or What ? ! ?
Such a gorgeous morning / day to Fish. Bass that are obviously Very cooperative . . .. . . .
You are living the Dream my Man - Thanks for Sharing it all . . . .
A-Jay
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/22/2014 at 7:39 AM, BassObsessed said:What bait were you using in the second video? They were on it quickly.
Swimjigs, Spinnerbaits and rage craws, all reeled at a quick pace, they were into moving baits
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/22/2014 at 7:55 AM, A-Jay said:Are you having fun or What ? ! ?
Such a gorgeous morning / day to Fish. Bass that are obviously Very cooperative . . .. . . .
You are living the Dream my Man - Thanks for Sharing it all . . . .
A-Jay
Thank you thank you! I am having a blast and its only day 2!!!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Caught that bigun this morning, 22 inches long, 6 lbs flat. Caught on my favorite, senko in plum apple.
Absolutely beautiful morning
The bigun and its conquerer
I also caught a mayan cichlid on a shakey head... i have no clue how he managed to hook himself
Video from this evening coming soon, got another bigun :DD
Weld's Largemouth reply :
The bass this evening were killing it on the war eagle screamin' eagle spinnerbait... they hit that thing so hard...
Video:
Today's fish:
Who knows what tomorrow morning will bring? 
Thornback reply :
Thanks for taking the time to share all the info, pix, and vids. You are living a fisherman's dream.
everythingthatswims reply :
Throw those swimbaits!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 12:43 AM, everythingthatswims said:Throw those swimbaits!
I have been, they haven't been getting bit as much, I threw some plastic swimbaits on owner beast hooks and had a few hits, had one almost hooked but they just grabbed the back end
I did get one on the River2Sea S Waver, its a glide/swimbait, so it counts lol
everythingthatswims reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 12:48 AM, Weld said:I have been, they haven't been getting bit as much, I threw some plastic swimbaits on owner beast hooks and had a few hits, had one almost hooked but they just grabbed the back end
I did get one on the River2Sea S Waver, its a glide/swimbait, so it counts lol
The 168 definitely counts and it murders them once you learn the bait.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 1:45 AM, everythingthatswims said:The 168 definitely counts and it murders them once you learn the bait.
Im gonna focus on it this afternoon, im about to head out soon
SirSnookalot reply :
Even though I live in the area I never fish golf courses. just not around before the golfers get there, but today was different. I didn't go out to the ocean this morning fished a golf pond at sunrise instead, caught several real nice bass on top water. That is not the interesting part, what made this day good was I caught peacocks. I haven't seen peas in West Delray in 5 years, I was surprised. I caught them right near where Welds fishes in a canal. I stopped at an area of a canal that I had never been before, caught a few decent bass then I caught a pea. Had a couple of other hits that I'm sure were peas, too much debris in the water so I moved. Same canal 1/2 mile away, first cast was pea than a few more. In total caught about 7 or 8, not big but with peas there always can be a larger one around. Bite stopped and that was that.
BammerBass reply :
No offense but those 15-17" bass sound a bit underweight for their length. Muat have been somenskinny ones.
jbw252 reply :
Hey Weld - congrats on the catches! Thanks for sharing the videos & keeping us informed with the statistics. Hope you're enjoying yourself.
Alonerankin2 reply :
Welds are you including in your data collection the times, temp, moon phases, etc.? (Ambient temps) Should be rather easy to incorporate this into your records, in a few years you may wish you had.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 4:31 AM, BammerBass said:No offense but those 15-17" bass sound a bit underweight for their length. Muat have been somenskinny ones.
Im not the one whose gonna take offense, its the bass who will haha, i did have some skinny ones and some fat ones it varies
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 5:19 AM, Alonerankin2 said:Welds are you including in your data collection the times, temp, moon phases, etc.? (Ambient temps) Should be rather easy to incorporate this into your records, in a few years you may wish you had.
I have a conditions section where i put time, temperature, cloud cover, water clarity and water depth. No moon phases though..
BammerBass reply :
well then down the road when they are 5 and 6 lbers they will remember that distinctly and bite everything you throw at them a hahaOn 12/23/2014 at 7:45 AM, Weld said:Im not the one whose gonna take offense, its the bass who will haha, i did have some skinny ones and some fat ones it varies
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 8:40 AM, BammerBass said:well then down the road when they are 5 and 6 lbers they will remember that distinctly and bite everything you throw at them a haha
haha yes
they will never remember my senko however 
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Hey!
Got a video for today (morning & evening)
Most notable: 4lb 11oz bass on a senko, took it right as the senko hit the water, amazing, durable fight too
3lb 9oz sight fished in 1 ft of water on a shaky head 
Enjoy!
BassinLou reply :
WOW!! Welds, you are having an amazing run down here. Keep catching and enjoying the South Fl sun.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/23/2014 at 11:25 PM, BassinLou said:WOW!! Welds, you are having an amazing run down here. Keep catching and enjoying the South Fl sun.
Thanks! You been catching anything lately?
BassinLou reply :
On 12/24/2014 at 12:10 AM, Weld said:Thanks! You been catching anything lately?
I wish bud, you and i are different stages in life. I can't get to fish as much as would like lately. Lol. Enjoy the ride my friend.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/24/2014 at 2:10 AM, BassinLou said:I wish bud, you and i are different stages in life. I can't get to fish as much as would like lately. Lol. Enjoy the ride my friend.
Lol okay, I will while I can, things will be very different for me in a little over a year... College 
BassObsessed reply :
Good job. Looks like you're having a blast down there.
A-Jay reply :
Nice Job Weld ~
I really enjoy the videos and especially your enthusiasm.
Looks like a ton of fun.
Thanks for sharing it.
A-Jay
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/24/2014 at 3:03 AM, A-Jay said:Nice Job Weld ~
I really enjoy the videos and especially your enthusiasm.
Looks like a ton of fun.
Thanks for sharing it.
A-Jay
On 12/24/2014 at 2:55 AM, BassObsessed said:Good job. Looks like you're having a blast down there.
Thank you! Got a video from this evening coming soon, pulled in some lunkers using a new lure!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Great evening today! The big ones were 5lb 2oz and 3lb 8oz. Caught them on a new plastic also. The Big Bite Baits 4" Kriet Kreature.. I already am in love. Bought for $1.48 for a pack of 10 on tackle warehouse. They still are $1.48, you guys better buy them quick because i am buying them out of stock .
I rigged it on a 4/o gamakatsu ewg worm hook, and a 3/8 oz tungsten bullet weight. I cast it out, let it sink, jig it up, let it sink, jig it up, and repeat. Bounced it off the bottom and the fish could not resist it for a second. I intially started fishing with soft plastic swim baits and spinnerbaits but the bass kept swiping and grabbing the back end. I do have a trailer hook on my spinnerbait but i think they were just hitting the blades or something because i had no hookups. Once i switched to the Kriet Kreature, things changed, the bass were eating them.
I also have a story that makes me cringe and makes me really mad. While fishing today i came across a grandfather and his grandson fishing with their walmart combo rod and a walmart shad swimbait thing. So the boy hooked into a nice fat bass, probably about 3 lbs or so, and when he pulled it to shore he asked his grandfather to get the fish, and the grandfather said "just lift it by the line" the boy hesitated and said he didnt want to hurt the fish, but grandpa insisted. So the boy begins to lift the poor fish by the monofilament line and SNAP the line breaks and the fish swims away with a swimbait in his mouth. This made me soooo mad i was going to say something to the grandfather but i felt like its not my place... UGH i was so mad and i still am....I wanted to take that stupid walmart combo and snap it in two, and then give the old man a lecture on how to properly treat fish... lol I was very unhappy.
Anyways here's the video of this evening!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Yesterday I was struggling to figure out what they really wanted, until i tied on a zoom fat albert grub, that i had bought last winter on clearance at DSG but had never used before. Caught a total of 14 bass, including a 4lber (which i sadly did not get on video). I am now obsessed with grubs
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Another great day today! I got to fish with MIBassin also, who happened to also be in Florida too. I was getting lonely catching all these lunkers by myself, and he caught his PB today too! 6lbs Flat! Sadly it wasn't on video but he also caught a 5lb 7oz bass and i caught a few good ones too:
Check out the video:
Pictures:
MIBassin's 6lber
Another Good Bass
5 lb 7oz Bass with a BIG mouth
MIbassin reply :
Thanks for the great day and the big bass! And of course the new PB!
00 mod reply :
Congrats on the PB and Weld keep catching em!
Jeff
jbw252 reply :
Wow MIBassin - congrats on the PB - nice fish. Great week you're having there Weld.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Another great day with MIBassin!
SirSnookalot reply :
You have some hot ponds. Up until yesterday I was catching some quality bass every place I went, not one single strike yesterday. I did catch a snook, mackerel and a peacock earlier in the day, hadn't been to the ocean all week.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Trip is coming to a close! Flying back to New York tomorrow 
Had a great day fishing today however!
Got an amazing topwater blowup on a heddon baby torpedo! I love the sound of a topwater blowup!
A bunch of other bass were caught on spinnerbaits, inline spinners, lipless cranks and some other enticing lures. The bass were chasing bait in this one cove it was crazy! Fished with MIBassin again, great to have a fishing buddy, and he caught a florida gar too. He also hooked into a possible DD gar but it came off it was at least 3 feet long and FAT.
Here's the video:
MIBassin's 26 inch gar
Nice florida bluegill
One ounce under 5lbs!
BassinLou reply :
You definitely hooked up with some great bass Weld's. By the video's and commentary you had a blast on your trip with us in South Florida. The lake your family member resides at is definitely a gem. Not all area's are producing the quality of bass you were catching right now. Nonetheless, you had a special trip and made a new friend. Maybe we will see more reports from you in the summer. Take care, and til next time.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/29/2014 at 10:19 PM, BassinLou said:You definitely hooked up with some great bass Weld's. By the video's and commentary you had a blast on your trip with us in South Florida. The lake your family member resides at is definitely a gem. Not all area's are producing the quality of bass you were catching right now. Nonetheless, you had a special trip and made a new friend. Maybe we will see more reports from you in the summer. Take care, and til next time.
Thanks Lou! I definitely had a great time and im very glad to have met MIBassin, he has family in NY too so im sure ill be fishing with him sometime in the summer. I also may have another florida report in feburary and april if i come down, we will see
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Nice job, you killed it!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
Back in New York now!
93 bass total, here is the final data:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r-4Vpt6DNogJJcTKICeUDjRJWGYoYa-2OZEMwzks6No/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks for all the help many of you here have given me! Wouldn't have been able to to do it without ya!
-Welds
jbw252 reply :
Great week. Looks like that Zoom Fat Albert on a jighead was the champion. Congrats.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/30/2014 at 7:37 PM, jbw252 said:Great week. Looks like that Zoom Fat Albert on a jighead was the champion. Congrats.
Oh yea it was. New confidence lure!
Jtrout reply :
How many ponds did you go to?
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/31/2014 at 7:16 AM, Jtrout said:How many ponds did you go to?
About 5 or 6, not all of the ponds that i usually fish there in the summer though
boostr reply :
I'm really HATEN' right now. Where in Florida were you? I have Family and friends down there. Really thinking about buyng a rod and reel down there, and leaving it so I can use it whenever I'm down. Those are some good vids. Really enjoying them, and gettin jealous.
SirSnookalot reply :
All ponds may be created equal down here but they may not stay that way. I have 6 ponds in my community, 5 of them used to be excellent when I first moved in. Several years ago the county of Palm Beach forced my community to purchase reclaimed water instead of relying on rainwater. That was the begining of the end, the fishing has ever been the same since this program was started, additionally the HOA is weed spray crazy. The times I venture to other communities as I did this week I can really see the difference, caught quite a few quality bass as of late.
I have a golf course that I can walk to, fished it several times and have never had a strike over the years. This past week I fished a couple of golf courses in Boca, WOW is all I can say.
I've met a few people that live in a community not to far from where Weld fishes, they have a fishing platform and stock the pond with bait fish. I have heard some incredible fish being caught there. Last week while I was fishing I met fellow that lives in my area, his lake can't be fished from shore so he says, too much shoreline vegetation, he does have a jon boat and invited me, this could be some major fun.
BassinLou reply :
On 12/31/2014 at 3:35 PM, SirSnookalot said:All ponds may be created equal down here but they may not stay that way. I have 6 ponds in my community, 5 of them used to be excellent when I first moved in. Several years ago the county of Palm Beach forced my community to purchase reclaimed water instead of relying on rainwater. That was the begining of the end, the fishing has ever been the same since this program was started, additionally the HOA is weed spray crazy. The times I venture to other communities as I did this week I can really see the difference, caught quite a few quality bass as of late.
I have a golf course that I can walk to, fished it several times and have never had a strike over the years. This past week I fished a couple of golf courses in Boca, WOW is all I can say.
I've met a few people that live in a community not to far from where Weld fishes, they have a fishing platform and stock the pond with bait fish. I have heard some incredible fish being caught there. Last week while I was fishing I met fellow that lives in my area, his lake can't be fished from shore so he says, too much shoreline vegetation, he does have a jon boat and invited me, this could be some major fun.
Jump on that invitation. You guys are fortunate to be fishing the small lakes and golf courses you have access to.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 1/1/2015 at 4:34 AM, BassinLou said:Jump on that invitation. You guys are fortunate to be fishing the small lakes and golf courses you have access to.
Do you ever fish any private lakes? The one in your profile photo?
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 12/31/2014 at 12:19 PM, boostr said:I'm really HATEN' right now. Where in Florida were you? I have Family and friends down there. Really thinking about buyng a rod and reel down there, and leaving it so I can use it whenever I'm down. Those are some good vids. Really enjoying them, and gettin jealous.
Palm Beaches area, most ponds there are chock full of largies.
BassinLou reply :
On 1/1/2015 at 4:48 AM, Weld said:Do you ever fish any private lakes? The one in your profile photo?
The one on my avatar pic was caught in a retention pond off the turnpike. Shortly after that pic was taken FHP kicked me out. That was an awesome outing. I pass by that pond a couple times a month looking at spot i caught it at every time... lol!!
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 1/1/2015 at 9:20 AM, BassinLou said:The one on my avatar pic was caught in a retention pond off the turnpike. Shortly after that pic was taken FHP kicked me out. That was an awesome outing. I pass by that pond a couple times a month looking at spot i caught it at every time... lol!!
Why don't you go there ever anymore haha?
BassinLou reply :
Nah... since i got kicked out, i will not argue with law enforcement. With my luck i will be ticketed or fined next time... lol
SirSnookalot reply :
On 1/1/2015 at 9:28 AM, BassinLou said:Nah... since i got kicked out, i will not argue with law enforcement. With my luck i will be ticketed or fined next time... lol
It isn't worth the trouble.
I try not to go where I'm not wanted, residential single home and condo communities are places where the residents complain, rental apartments seem to be much less of a problem. I found a nice apartment pond yesterday, actually a friend told me about it.
fisherrw reply :
Nice fish... Also like the log!
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