need freshwater fishing help

Hi, I went out fishing today at about 4:30 pm. I fished a small lake
in bradenton Florida. The weather was hot bright and blue. I could
hear fish on the surface, but I could not get them to bite. I also
used a hummingbird smart cast fish finder and I could see fish every
where. I tried a small jig with a spinner, spinner baits, buzz baits,
crank baits,and I even had the fly rod rigged up with a popper and a
small dry fly combo. The full moon is coming up. What am I doing
wrong when and where should I fish. Should I try a plastic worm?
Thanks Mike

What are you trying to catch? If bass, my experience is that they
just don't bite too well at that time of day. My best fishing for
bass is from 5:30am to 9:30am, and then from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. I
generally use a rubber worms Carolina-rigged, around the edges in
thick grass.

If panfish, I've always had my best luck with live earthworms ("georgy
wigglers"). They'll bite all day and aren't too picky. the trick is
finding the right depth to fish at. Sometimes they'll be hitting it
on the bottom. Sometimes you just want it about a foot below the
water. That's a trial and error thing. If you're wanting to stick to
artificial then they will hit small spinners. I've even caught them on
rooster-tails.

I'm guessing you're not going for catfish (in which case you want to
use cutbait on a medium-large rod).

Mike

(mike) wrote in message . com...
Hi, I went out fishing today at about 4:30 pm. I fished a small lake
in bradenton Florida. The weather was hot bright and blue. I could
hear fish on the surface, but I could not get them to bite. I also
used a hummingbird smart cast fish finder and I could see fish every
where. I tried a small jig with a spinner, spinner baits, buzz baits,
crank baits,and I even had the fly rod rigged up with a popper and a
small dry fly combo. The full moon is coming up. What am I doing
wrong when and where should I fish. Should I try a plastic worm?
Thanks Mike