February 24, 2009
North Florida’s Ocklawaha River Fishing Report From Ocala Fishing Guide Captain Nick INVEST IN YOUR FISHING FUTURES (Catch and Release) Recently, we fished the middle Ocklawaha River, just east of Ocala, for Largemouth Bass. Although we didn’t load the boat, the Bass we caught were all over 4 lbs. Lots of beds, […]
Read More »January 20, 2009
“Once in a Lifetime” Central Florida, Oklawaha & Silver River Fishing Report Recently I had the opportunity to “legally” fish the Silver River. Yes I said Silver River! Since I moved to the Ocala area in 1983, I dreamed of fishing these pristine waters, but always assumed it would remain […]
Read More »January 2, 2009
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. […]
Read More »November 19, 2008
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 […]
Read More »November 13, 2008
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 […]
Read More »October 22, 2008
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 […]
Read More »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, […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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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