October 9, 2012
The fall Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River near Ocala has been, in a word, awesome! Typically it’s late October before we expect to see big numbers of Largemouths over 5 lbs., but for whatever reason we’ve had a early fall bite for the record books. Consecutive trips with Bass […]
Read More »September 21, 2012
The Bass bite on the Ocklawaha River, near Ocala, Florida has exploded over the past few weeks. Just today we caught and released a dozen Bass in about 2 hours, ten of them were over 5 lbs.! The big Bass of the day weighed almost 10 pounds. Not bad for […]
Read More »August 1, 2012
Although the Bass fishing in general is slow this time of year, like Forest said “you just never know what you’re gonna get”. After all, it is August and we do live in Florida. Defying all odds, my great niece, Brittany (13), on one of her first Bass fishing trips, […]
Read More »June 19, 2012
Our last several Largemouth Bass trips have been fairly productive. Although we have not seen large numbers of fish, the one’s we’ve caught have been really nice. Lots of 5 lb.ers and very few under the legal limit, 14 inches. Recently the invasive plants, mainly Hydrilla and Coontail Moss, have […]
Read More »April 16, 2012
The size and numbers of Largemouths being caught on the Ocklawaha River is up. On our most recent trips over half the Bass caught have been over 4 lbs. Not bad for April! I’m looking forward to the post spawn bite to get even better as summer approaches. Lately the […]
Read More »April 3, 2012
The Largemouth bite slowed during our most recent bedding cycle, typical for this time of year, but has started improving over the past few weeks. Most recently we’ve been catching “keeper” sized Bass, 14-18 inches with the occasional fish over 5 lbs.. Expect the size and number of fish to […]
Read More »February 27, 2012
The unusually mild winter we’ve seen this year has the Ocklawaha River Largemouths on the bed. From Lake Griffin to Rodman Dam, the vast majority of our Bass population are now spawning. Most of the Largemouths we’ve caught lately we’re fat with roe, and hesitant to bite on the first […]
Read More »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 »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 […]
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