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We fish from her dock on a large, central florida lake, and a lot of the water around her dock that we can cast to is only 2-4 feet. So far, we’re catching bass, bream and 1 catfish, with minnows, worms or shiners. We release everything and just want to catch as many as possible, for fun. How should we set up our lines, (we use sinker floats, but how far above the hook?) and what size hook is best for the widest variety of fish? Thanks for any advice.

I took my nephew bluegill fishing at a neighborhood lake yesterday. This lake holds a nice size crappie and a few good bass too. The kids like to try to catch a “big ole bass” every now and then. So, along comes this guy who sets up and begins fishing. He’s catching bass and stringing them up! He starts to leave with a full stringer of bass, when I asked if he was gonna eat them. His response was “yes”. It was probably not my place to ask, but I was a little upset about it. My nephew asked me if there were any more bass left, I told him “I don’t know”, which left him with a sad look on his face. I didn’t want to lie and tell him “yes, they’re just gonna be harder to catch” or something like that. I don’t know why this guy would come to a little neighborhood lake, that’s known as a fun spot for kids to catch a bass, and take them off to eat. There are so many lake and pond choices all within short driving distance, to catch bass. Anyone ever experienced this?
Do you blame me for being upset?

I fish in Ohio and mostly catch blue gill and crappie but there are supposed to be a lot of bass in these lakes but I have never yet caught one. Any help would be appreciated. I hear catching bass is much more exciting than 4 or 5 inch blue gill!