February 2, 2010
The stars all lined up last Thursday, 1/28, and we finally got the opportunity to get over to the Progress Energy Hot Water Discharge Canal at Crystal River. Friday the 29th was the full moon, so we had the advantage of an extreme high tide around 1 p.m., along with […]
Read More »January 26, 2010
Every so often we have what I refer to as “one of those years”. So far it looks like 2010 is gonna be a doozy!! It all started with new fishing restrictions for bottom or reef fishing from the North Carolina Coast to Key West. Fortunately this didn’t affect our business, […]
Read More »January 25, 2010
The Largemouth bite that is. So far we’ve had a great pre-spawn Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River. Over the past several weeks, I’ve concentrated on the area between the confluence, near Ocala, where the Silver River flows into the Ocklawaha, and Gores Landing just south of Ft. McCoy, with excellent results. […]
Read More »January 8, 2010
THE HOT SPOT If it ever stops blowing, I plan to fish the Progress Energy Hot Water Discharge Canal at Crystal River. We typically spend many days there each year, but this hasn’t been a typical year, or season. I received a report yesterday that there had been a bad […]
Read More »January 8, 2010
Although most Floridians are less than happy with the cold fronts we’ve had to recently endure, there is an upside. What could that possibly be you might ask? Great Fishing! These cold fronts, as well as the shorter days, trigger fish, especially Bass, to spawn. It also makes it much […]
Read More »December 29, 2009
A Yankee Town, Florida Fishing Report from Yankeetown Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick Sorry its been so long since we’ve posted a the salt water fishing report. Honestly, there’s only been a few days that we could have possibly gotten out due to the weather, and the Largemouths have started their […]
Read More »December 23, 2009
Bass fishing on the Ocklawaha River has been exceptional throughout December, thanks to the first spawning period of the season. Although we are not catching big numbers of fish, the ones we are catching have been Trophies. You might ask just how exceptional is the Bass fishing? On a recent […]
Read More »December 14, 2009
Over the past few weeks, the Ocklawaha River has consistently produced several trophy sized Bass each trip. Tuesday, December the 8th ,was no exception… Mr Paul Burton, son Adam, and friend Mel,all from northern California, along with myself, headed down river from the Ocala Boat Basin to try our luck […]
Read More »November 27, 2009
This Ocklawaha Fishing Report From Ocklawaha Fishing Guide Captain Nick The number of Bass we’ve recently caught on the Ocklawaha River per trip is down compared to last year at this time, but the size is definitely up. I pre-fished a couple of spots on Monday, 11/22, for an upcoming […]
Read More »November 24, 2009
A Yankee Town, Florida Fishing Report from Yankeetown Florida Fishing Guide Captain Nick Last Wednesday, November 18, one of my fishing partners and I ran about 30 miles off the Crystal River coast to check out the Grouper bite. Winds were out of the NE less than 5 knots and […]
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