oliviagabby1967 Loc: Fort Myers FL

Hello all! SW Florida bass fisherman with no boat. Walking the canals and lakes around Naples and Ft. Myers area.
You all have very useful info on this site.
Thanks a lot.

Al, Canal Walker

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

How do you do walking the canals? Post us some pictures please!

And pardon my manners please. Welcome to the stage!

Doug-1 Loc: Tooele,UT

Be careful walking the canals in that area. Always take a capable partner with you 🐊 aren’t particularly discriminating eaters. There’s a reason you stern the poo and it’s not the mosquitoes 🦟. I always used to use love pin fish when I lived out on Sanibel. Have fun be safe

Smokypig Loc: Cheyenne, wyoming

old mossy back lays up under the steep bank, waiting for a rapala.

oliviagabby1967 Loc: Fort Myers FL

The canals are east of the cities, more or less the Everglades. All freshwater. Water level is low and I can walk along waters edge. No gator interferrance in the past that I've been doing this for 40 years now. I'm 71 now and a little slower but still bring in a few. C&R only now. Cast Culprit black worm 7.5 or 10'' to other bank and pull thru weeds , rocks or sand. Works for me, not so much on spinner baits. I've tried several.
Thanks for this site and for all the tips and conversation!
Al

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Your remarks about fishing canals
in Florida and dealing with 'gators brought this little anecdote to mind;

Back in the '80s, when my youngest brother was in his mid- to late-20s,
he and some of his close friends
would go down to the Hollywood/ Hallandale area to visit one of their group who had recently moved
there ! They would go down for
4 or 5 days to play golf, fish, drink
beer and run amok !

One day, three of the guys are
making a grocery/beer run, while
their fourth buddy decides he's
gonna go fishing in the nearest
canal - on their way back, they
spot their (clueless/never been
out of N.H.) friend standing
knee-deep in the canal, fishing ! -
"Reuben ! What in hell are you
doing in that canal ?" - "What's it
look like I'm doing ? I'm freakin'
fishing !" - Reuben, this isn't
'home' - it's not a good idea to
wade down here in Florida, as the lakes/canals are full of 'gators and cottonmouths !" - Well our hero, Reuben, turned white as a sheet and practically FLEW out of that canal
when he realized his mistake -
I wasn't there to see it, but my
brother and his friends all had
a good laugh at his expense
when they got home and re-told
that story REPEATEDLY, just to
make sure it sank in, I guess !

oliviagabby1967 Loc: Fort Myers FL

My wife stopped going fishing with me 20 some years ago. She stepped over a guard railing and almost on top of a rattler.
I've had gators swim towards me but I throw a rock further down the canal and they go towards that.Gators are more afraid of me than I am of them. They seem to lean towards dogs around private lakes and gated communities with golf courses. At Disney, a few years ago, a gator snatched a young child. Now there are signs all over the lakes and canals in Disney World.
More attacks from sharks than gators? I carry a sling shot with me and on the pearl handle its stamped " Smith and Wesson". I am always aware of my surroundings, thanks for your concern!
Al, Canal Walker