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 »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 »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 »July 29, 2011
The Bass bite has slowed over the last few weeks. You can blame it on a variety of reasons, but like someone once said, “It is what it is”! Although we’ve yet to be skunked, the Largemouth bite has been weak. We’re getting hits on every bait, but they’re just […]
Read More »June 27, 2011
The Ocklawaha River is up! Recent rainfall, along with the Dam at Moss Bluff being temporarily open, has the water level higher than we have seen in over a year. On our last few trips, the Largemouth Bass bite has improved. We’ve caught and released 20 Bass on a recent […]
Read More »June 9, 2011
The Largemouth Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has improved over the last few weeks. Although we are not catching large numbers of fish, the size has definitely improved. On our last few trips, we’ve caught and released several Bass over 6 lbs.. Pretty good for this time […]
Read More »April 25, 2011
It’s all about the T’s: tide, time and temperature, and of the three the most important is the time. Although tide, or current, and temperature are factors, time deserves the most consideration. This time of year you can pretty much set your watch by the Bass bite. From the time […]
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