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Fishing Reports:
March 2005
February
2005
December 2004
November 2004
November 25, 2004
November 20, 2004
October 2004
July - August 2004
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What a great week this past week has been. Lake
Okeechobee is still high and dirty in places, but the Bass fishing has been
fantastic. I fished both the north-end of Lake Okeechobee and south-end of
Lake Okeechobee this past week, and I found bass in both areas, but the
fishing down on the south end of Lake Okeechobee was far better than up on
the north shore, for me at least. The only good water I was able to find on
the north shore was in Fisheating Bay. There is a lot of hydrilla, and
floating mats, and the water isn't too bad. We were shiner fishing and
caught several fish. We were in the same area that I had been a couple of
days earlier, using artificial baits. The watermelon fluke was the best for
me.
I went down south on Sat & Sunday, I never like to like numbers of fish, but
on Saturday, my friend and I stopped counting at 50, and we had one fish
that was 5 pounds 13 ounces. The fish we were on were in the holes of the
pepper grass, and they watermelon/red fluke was far and away the best bait.
I did catch a few on a watermelon/gold lizard with a 1/8 ounce weight, and
also on a watermelon fluke that I dyed the tail red on when I ran out of the
others.
On Sunday, we went right back to the same area, and the result was pretty
much the same, with the exception of the wind was blowing pretty hard, and
the fish moved to the outside edges. It was too windy for the slow
presentation of the fluke, so we switched to spinnerbaits. They tore them
up! I was using a 3/8 ounce gold blade/white skirt, with a chartreuse
trailer, and my friend was using a 1/2 ounce with a silver blade
white/chartreuse skirt. We both had similar luck with the fish. We didn't
get any really large fish, 3 1/2 pounds was the biggest, but we went non
stop until we left at around 12:30. My friends biggest complaint was that
his thumbs were sore from taking fish off the hook. What a great complaint
to have.
I have heard that there is some good crappie action up on the north shore
out of Harney Pond. The folks are using a combination of minnows and jigs,
and are fishing the same hydrilla mats as the bass fishermen.
Hope to see you out fishing.
Fishing Reports Courtesy Scott Martin and Scott Martin's Pro-Guides |
