McNealy Lake

[findingem]

I have a picture of that fish somewhere. I will see if I can find it and post it.

[walkeraviator]

what size/color/type jig and trailer?

[findingem]

Ha ha ha, I should have known that was coming. It was a D&L 1/4oz. blue/black jig with okeechobee paca craw. I'm not saying I catch a lot of big fish, but its funny how you remember every little detail of the ones you do catch. Good luck

[first2fish]

I usually fish dark plastic worms like 7 inch berkley blue fleck power worm with the most luck. Buzzbaits in the morning or late evening does good too. Pockets in the grass that recede to the bank are good targets. When i fish for bass in a boat i always stay to the left side headed toward the dam. The other side is heavily pressured. The back cove to the left by the dam is where i spend a lot my time for bass. I usually take live bait also in case the bass arent biting. Wax worms and nightcrawlers will do the best---good luck,jc

[BASSKING]

i have been fishing that lakeon and off for 25 years and i've seen it through the worst, LOL. its for sure come a long way. they have cleaned it up a lot. there are good numbers of bass in that lake. i've seen some big females crusing the grass during the spawn and it seems harder toget them to bite during the spawn than any other lake i have fished.
my advice is if your going after bass , take a boat and fish the golf course side from the ramp all the way to the dam and then back into the cove left of the dam. i had my best luck on dark colored worms, t-rigged fished fairly slow, black/blue jig with matching trailer, green pumkin jig with natural color trailer, a dark lizzard with heavy weight ( 1/2 -3/4 Oz.) in the thick grass and 2-5 ft running crank baits in bluegill and craw patterns. sometimes i throw that jig where the water drops off and gets deeper closer to the dam and have caught a few good ones like that. it drops from 8-10 ft to around 15-17 ft. buzz baits work good on the grass line and pockets sometimes. my best fish out of there was just shy of 6Lbs and had spawned so it was probably a little bigger earlier in the year.

if you just wanna catch some bluegill or have kids you want to take fish in the park with wax worms and crawlers and they should have a blast , only problem is finding a spot thats not covered with grass.

theres also some decent catfish in there , ive never caught any real big ones but i have seen a few oics and heard a few stories. goodluck and be patient up there cause it can be disheartning at times