February 1, 2012
Bass fishing on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has continued to improve over the past few weeks. Although we haven’t seen many Bass over 10 lbs. this year, several of the fish caught have been over 3 or 4 lbs., with the occasional 6 to 8 pounder. Low water levels […]
Read More »January 16, 2012
2012 is upon us, and so is the year’s first Largemouth Bass spawn on the Ocklawaha River. Over the past few weeks the size, weight and even the shape of fish caught has increased. This time of year we typically catch what I refer to as “footballs”. They’re real “girthy” […]
Read More »January 6, 2012
Last Friday we made our way out to the “Bird Rack”, just off the Levy County and Citrus County Coasts, for some Spotted Sea Trout action. After about 30 minutes of casting a variety of baits around without any luck, we decided to try the warmer waters of the Hot Water Discharge […]
Read More »December 21, 2011
The Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has continued to improve over the past couple of weeks. We’ve caught our limit of “keeper” Largemouths on the last few trips, as well as several huge females fat with roe, and I expect the bite to improve as we approach […]
Read More »November 30, 2011
The Largemouth Bass bite on Central Florida’s Ocklawaha River has been good throughout the month of November. We’ve consistently caught limits of “keeper” fish, typically between 3 and 5 lbs., with the occasional 7 to 9 lb. lunker. Several of the Bass we’ve caught and released over the past few […]
Read More »October 29, 2011
Over the past week or so, we’ve had several trips that netted good numbers of huge Ocklawaha River Largemouths. Many of the Bass caught recently have been over 5 lbs.. On Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of taking Kevin C., and his sons Mason (11) and Konnor (13), on one […]
Read More »October 22, 2011
The Largemouth bass bite on Central Florida’s Ocklawaha River has continued to improve over the past few weeks. On a recent trip, Wednesday, 10/19, we caught our limit of Largemouths (10) in about 3 hours, one of which weighed almost 8 lbs.. Although we are not getting big numbers of fish, […]
Read More »October 22, 2011
Schools of Redfish have been spotted in numerous locations off the Dixie, Levy and Citrus County coasts. September and October are the best months to go for that Trophy Redfish in Florida’s Big Bend region. Huge schools of “breed stock” Redfish run inshore up the creeks and rivers near Steinhatchee, Horseshoe, […]
Read More »September 26, 2011
Recent rainfall, along with cooler temps, have the Largemouths biting. Over the past 3 weeks we’ve had a noticeable improvement in the numbers, as well as the size of Bass caught. Saturday, 9/24, we caught and released several “keeper” Largemouths, including a 5 1/2 and 7 pounder. Typically the best […]
Read More »September 6, 2011
Here in Central Florida we catch fish 12 months our of the year, although the late summer months remain to be the toughest to do so. As water temps soar into the 90’s, the window of opportunity keeps getting shorter. This equates to getting up very early to catch a […]
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