Florida Bass Report 02/25/14

[COBRA169]

Ok folks here's our report for the week. Still plenty of Bass up near the shoreline for anglers to target. Peacock Bass and Largies too. With warm sunny days most Bass have left the deeper water, and transitioned into a spring pattern, staging in slightly shallower water. Top water anglers should try fishing on, and near the surface in the early morning and in the evening when the sun is off of the water. During the mid morning and afternoon try dropping your baits down to 6- 15' of water. The Doa terroreyz and Storm swim baits is a great lures for this, and can be fished at all depths, and around heavy structure..They can be fished fairly fast and be used to search for fish and cover water.

The weather feels like spring but the days are still a bit short for the fish to commit to shallow water. The forecast is calling for more rain and dropping temperatures. This will most likely put the bass off the bite for the next couple of days. But watch out this weekend!! Conditions will be much improved and the bite should be awesome. This is the time folks!!

I had the opportunity to take out a couple of charters last week, and finally did some fish'n too. The first trip was with a couple who came down to try out our Peacock Bass fishery. Errin and her hubby Jeff wanted to try out some real cool custom rods they had built. They figured to get in a day of Peacock Bass fishing while in town for the boat show. Both rods they brought down got a good workout on the Peacocks. Jeff actually landed a beautiful six pounder with the one he was using. Good times with good people.

My second trip was with one of my best clients. Eileen who is quickly becoming a menace to all inshore fish..lol. Said she wanted to try some of our famous winter Everglades bass fishing. Boy!! Did she pick a good day to go! Conditions couldn't be better. Two days after a cold front and one day before a full moon with partly cloudy skies. Needless to say that she tore it up. I'm pretty sure the total fish count was 42 bass up to seven pounds and a bunch of big Bluegills who thought they we're bass hitting top water plugs, and jerk baits thrown around lilypads. I actually went out a couple days later and got me a few too...But that's another story..lol

Anyways we took some pics for memories and to share with yous. Thanks for taking the time to read our reports and I look forward to the next!

Peacock Bass Trip

Everglades Bass Fishing.

http://www.miamibackcountrycharters.com/

[Deitz Dittrich]

WHY WHY WHY do you have to rub it in that we still have 85 feet of ice and its -20 windchill today.. uggggggg...

Nice fish.. peacock are on my bucket list!

[JoeTC]

Nice fish...what kind of rod is that?

[bucketmouth64]

I'll be fishing Lake Toho on April 4 with a guide in the morning! My wife and I are excited at the possibility of catching some Florida lunkers.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Toho is where my largest came from.. Fun fun fun!!!

[bassfshin24]

My dad guided back in the 80s on Toho. His best was 13lbs 1oz. A week earlier he caught a 12lb 4oz and kept it to mount thinking he would never catch one bigger haha. He let the 13 go. I have the 12lber mounted in my basement. Good luck and I hope you catch a hog.

[bucketmouth64]

We're hoping to catch some trophy fish. And if we both catch one 10+ pounds we're gonna get a replica. Going with AJ Jackson who has done several shows with in-fisherman and has written many articles for their magazine. He said most likely we'll be using shiners to catch the bigger fish, and if the fish are hitting we could possibly catch 15-25 fish in 4 hours! Day can't come soon enough.

[Basschaser]

Has anybody tried Stick Marsh in Florida? That is where I am going in April. I found a guide there that fishes artificial baits instead of shiners which is what I prefer to do. Fishing bass with shiners reminds me too much of walleye fishing!

[COBRA169]

Has anybody tried Stick Marsh in Florida? That is where I am going in April. I found a guide there that fishes artificial baits instead of shiners which is what I prefer to do. Fishing bass with shiners reminds me too much of walleye fishing!

The Stick Marsh is a very good area, especially in the spring time. I usually don't go that far north, because I've got the Everglades in my backyard.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I fished Stick in March about 10 years ago.. A trip I will never forget.. gaters EVERYWHERE.. caughtmost of our fish on top water poppers that trip.. If I had the chance to go again, I would do it in a heart beat.. drive in is not fun though. Unless that has been changed.