“Not bad for an Ocklawaha punt”

October 7, 2008

Had a Grouper trip off the Citrus County coast scheduled for Friday, 10/30, but Mother Nature had other plans.   At 4:30 a.m. the weather buoy offshore of Homosassa was registering 12 to 15 knot winds.  Not a good sign. Time to punt Called my client, Mr. Scott Van Beek, […]

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Get One For The Wall

September 19, 2008

One For The Wall   In the past week, we’ve fished the Oklawaha River 5 times with great results on every trip.  Good numbers of huge Largemouth Bass continue to be the rule.   The majority of these fish were caught on wild shiners.   Smaller schooling Bass are chasing […]

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Lady Lucky

September 11, 2008

Well folks she has done it again. In last weeks saltwater report, I wrote that Rich and Bridgette Whitney of Tampa, had caught a variety of fish, with Bridgette catching the fish of the day, a 24 inch Redfish. Monday, 9/08, I had the pleasure of taking the same couple […]

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Gotta get them while you can!

September 5, 2008

BETTER GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN We’ve been very busy fishing the Ocklawaha River for Bass this week, with excellent results, 59 Bass in 3 short trips!  Gotta get them while you can!!   Ocklawaha, Oklawaha Fishing Reports from Captain Nick  

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Bass Alert From Captain Nick

September 3, 2008

I got this email last night from Captain Nick Bozman of Slick Charters. Remember TS Fay came through & flooded us a week and a few days ago. Steve Jones Hey Steve; Got a Big Bass Alert Caught and released this “Hog” on the third cast ,Monday 09/01/08, O.K. River. PS; […]

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Thank you Tropical Storm Fay…

August 31, 2008

Freshwater report/ OK./Silver River Thank you T.S. Fay; Since T.S. Fay made landfall last week, the O.K. river has been overflowing its banks for the first time in many months.Bass fishing in general had been slow for the past several weeks or so , or at least it had been […]

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Tropical Storm Fay: The Good …The Bad,

August 26, 2008

Oklawaha/Freshwater Thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, water levels on the Silver and Oklawaha Rivers have risen dramatically.  On Monday, we did a re-con trip and found the dock at the Ocala Boat Basin about a foot under water.  The Silver River entrance was virtually blocked by downed trees.  We did […]

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This Week on the Oklawaha With Captain Nick

August 14, 2008

Freshwater: Bass fishing on the Oklawaha River has been hit and miss lately.  Lots of small schooling large mouth everywhere, but the big-uns we’ve really had to work for.   On the other hand, if you like Pike(Chain Pickerel), fishing the action is non stop. The best bet is to use downsized light action […]

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