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Christmas Fishing, A Family Tradition

Northeast Florida, Ocklawaha Fishing Report
” A Family Tradition”

Spent another Christmas Day fishing.

Boy, the sacrifices we must make…Actually years ago I decided to start a new family tradition and fish on Christmas Day…. It caught on, and I’ve done my best to keep it up over the years.

This year, Mr. Snead King , one of our relatives from south Florida, came along to help keep the tradition alive. We fished the Ocklawaha River north of Gores Landing to Turkey Creek and saw only one boat. Guess everyone else must have been busy.
Caught a few Bass, and Chain Pickerel ,”Pike”, and had a great trip despite the peace and quite …
Oh yea, I almost forgot.
Another tradition I started years ago was to call my friends and relatives up north while fishing on Christmas Day and ask…what are you guys doing today?

Christmas Day Fishing Report from Central and North Florida Fishing Guide  Captain. Nic

Ocklawaha & Rodman Reservoir Fishing Report

Prospectus: Ocklawaha & Rodman Reservoir Fishing Report

Our usual fishing spots on the middle Ocklawaha River have slowed, so I’ve spent the last couple of weeks fishing several different locations down river for Bass.

Gores Landing, just off of County Road 315 in the Ocala National Forest, produced the best. Had several good trips there, but no fish were over 6 lbs.

Fished the Rodman Reservoir, “Lake Ocklawaha”, Friday, but only caught a couple small Bass along with a few Pike. I caught my first 10 lb. Bass there in January of 1986, standing on the bank!

This week I plan to do some prospecting between Eureka and the Cyprus Bayou section of the River. Check next weeks report for the results.

Have A Very Merry Christmas!

This fishing report is from Captain Nick Bozman.

Timing is Everything!

Timing is Everything!

Had several productive days last week fishing the lower,(down river), end of the Ocklawaha River…
 
Been launching at Gores Landing, just south of Ft.McCoy and fishing both north and south of the ramp.
 
Lot’s of Large Mouth Bass action, and some of the most aggressive bites I’ve seen in some time..
 
Also, lots of snags across the river. I wouldn’t recommend launching here unless you have an extremely shallow draft boat!
 
Certain times of the year, the Bass will start to bed..Just prior to that there will be a pre-spawn bite…That time is NOW………..

Don”t miss out. Call to reserve your wall-hanger today…

This Central Florida Ocklawaha Fishing Report is From Central Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick.

Wild Shiners, either you got’em or need’em!

Did a little recon trip on the Ocklawaha River early this week.

Never hurts to try something new so we decided to launch at “Gores Landing”, just south of Salt Springs in the Ocala National Forest, rather than our usual spot at the Ray Wayside Park on Hwy. 40, east of Ocala.

Ran into several large snags south of the ramp so we turned around and headed north to a spot that looked like it might hold a few Bass.

Hadn’t fished this part of the river in quite some time, and I really wasn’t expecting much…Within 30 seconds of the first cast, the first Bass was on. Pretty good start.

Caught 3 Bass on the first 3 shiners, and wound up limiting out in less than 2 hours. Largest Bass was a little over 5 lbs., smallest was 15 inches long.

Only had about 18 “wild shiners” or so, and got a hit on every one, and never moved the boat…Moral of this story? You either got a wild shiner, or you need one!

This Central Florida Fishing Report is from Central Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick Bozman

Ocklawaha Fishing Report, BEST OFFICE IN THE WORLD!

BEST OFFICE IN THE WORLD

We fished several locations of the Ocklawaha River on several different occasions throughout the past week with varying results. 
 
On 10/12, my client, Rick, in town from New Jersey, caught a few small Bass, several large Pike, along with a couple Garr fish and Bow-fins (Mud fish), fishing with wild shiners. Not the greatest Bass trip ever, but lots of action.  This particular trip we launched about 7 A.M., at the Ray Wayside Park just east of Ocala, and fished the middle Ocklawaha River.
 
On the 17th, I took a party of 3, including a 9 year old (Master John Scott), on a late afternoon trip to the same place with similar results. As usual the kid showed everyone up, when he hooked and landed several large Pike and a 7 lb. Bowfin on 10 lb. test.
 
Went to the office myself on the 19th, and fished the Lower Ocklawaha River just south of Moss Bluff.  Guess I should have known better! The air temp at 6 A.M. was 52 degrees, the first real cold front of the year, and the bite was OFF.
 
Oh well, it is still the best office in the world.

An Ocklawaha Fishing Report from Central Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick