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Fantastic 3 Day Family Trip! I just wrapped up a really fun 3 day trip with good long time customers the Browning Family. Bob, Paul and Paul, Jr came down for another 3 day trip. People have been hearing me say how much I love this time of year and the last three days are a PRIME example of why! Over the last 3 days we caught 113 bass! Of those 113 bass we had 7 trophy bass weighing 8, 8, 9, 9, 9-3/4, 10 and 11lbs 2oz!!!! Day one as I had previously reported we had 42 bass with fish weighing 8, 8 and 10lbs! Day two we had 37 bass topped by two 9lbers! Day 3 we had a shorter trip due to them needing to drive home. We boated 34 bass topped by bass weighing 7-1/2, 9-3/4 and a whopper that tipped the scales at 11lbs 2oz!!!! The biggest one was 28-1/2" Long and 18" Girth! What a magical time of year! Had a great time my friends! See you next year!
Really Fun Fishing and Beautiful Weather! Such a great time of year to be on the water and the fishing is really picking up! Have had trips produce over 40 bass in the last few days! Going to be a special year in this area! Here are some of the fun trips: Today I had the Browning family in for day one of their three day trip and while the wind was vicious, so were the fish! The guys boated 42 bass and each guy caught a trophy bass with two 8 pounders and a 10 pounder! Yesterday I had Jacob Hardy, owner of Fishardy St Augustine Fishing Charters in for a morning trip and they kicked butt catching 30 bass to 7-3/4lbs! Saturday I had Nick Deloach and family in for a short morning trip. We had a fun trip catching 21 with his 81 year old father catching a Hawg that tipped the scales at 9lbs! Friday I had a good customer, Emory Kirkland's young family member's come in for a morning's fishing. The boys did a great job catching 33 bass to 7lbs! Thursday I had return customer Jason Ash in for a morning trip and Jason caught 25 bass with some great fish and the top 3 going 7, 8 and 9lbs!! Brice just finished up a 2 day trip with return customer Raleigh West and crew caught 79 bass in two days! Getting 38 Day One and 41 Day Two!!!! That brings the total number of bass over 8lbs to 169 and 43 over 10lbs!!!!
TOLD Y'ALL WE WERE JUST GETTING STARTED!!!! Post spawn fishing is starting to fire up! The fish. water and weather are all beautiful. The lakes are starting to quiet back down and the fishing is heating up! Really look forward to this time of year and all of the fun that is about to start! Some trips in the last few days have produced 40+ bass but the majority have produced 20-30. Here are not all of the trips we've done in the last few days, but some of the exciting ones! First one we'll touch on is New Customer Brady Sheffer, Brice had Brady in for two days. They caught 41 the first day and 38 on the second with lots of nice fish! But Brady caught a MONSTER! This massive fish tipped the scales at 12lbs even and would probably be well over the teen mark if caught a month or two ago! Way to go Brady! Next up I had New Customer Steve Abernathy, his wife, son and Family friend William Newman in to try their hand at some fun North Central Florida fishing. We had a fun morning trip catching 22 bass with bass weighing 6, 6.5, 7 and William getting into the Double Digit Club with a fat and sassy bass that went 10lbs 2oz! Next up we had Bruce Ziska and clan in for the last part of their excursion here fishing with us and with me they caught 49 bass total with two bass at 7lbs, a 7lb 14oz, 8lb 2oz, 8lb 15oz and 9lbs 1ozer!! So as you can see, post spawn has come in with a bang and really looking forward to the trips this week! That brings the big fish totals to 161 over 8 pounds with 42 of those being DOUBLE DIGIT BASS!!!!
JUST GETTING STARTED!!!! Man it's been a great year so far and we are rolling into an AMAZING time of year to fish, POST SPAWN! It is absolutely one of my favorite times of year!! The weather is amazing, the water is clear and beautiful and the boat traffic starts to quiet down. But most importantly the fish are HUNGRY HUNGRY! The shorter trips, Half and Super Half Days, are typically producing 20-30 bass per day right now and the longer days have been producing 30+ and have even had some days get over 50! Lots of fun trips since my last report and here are some highlights! Had new customers Don and Larry Mullinax come in for one of the shorter trips and they boated 20 bass, with lots of nice fish topped by another 10lber!! Customer Tony Dilley and crew caught a whopping 51 bass one day this weekend to about 7lbs! Next up I had Long Time customer and legendary WILD MAN Bill Cole back in for another trip and it was one of the slower days as we boated 13 bass, but Bill caught an 8-1/2 and 9lber! Return customers Don and Eric Branyan made it in for a 2 day excursion and the boys boated 50 bass total, getting an even 20 the first day and an even 30 bass the next day to 8lbs. Next I had new customers Allen and Kristen Goodrich in for a morning trip and the couple boated 22 bass to 8lbs 12oz! Aaron Lozada and family made it in for a morning trip and they boated 37 nice bass! New customer Alan Hamil and friend boated 20 bass to 7-3/4lbs. Last but not least new customer Bruce Ziska on the first day of his 3 day trip boated 42 bass to 7lbs! I expect some great fishing that will only get better and better moving forward! that brings the total to 156 bass topping the 8 pound mark with 40 of those being over 10lbs!!!!!
Great fishing starting to kick into high gear! The bass are starting to switch gears from spawning mode into hungry post spawn mode! This can be a spectacular time to fish as the fish are aggressive and hungry and the weather is starting to turn beautiful! Here are some of the fun trips since my last report: Had long time customer and former professional Scottish Soccer player Pat Cassidy back in for a morning trip. Pat caught about 20 bass AND joined the double digit club with bass weighing 8 and 10-1/2lbs!! Next up we had Captain Tim Rushing of Southern Gentlemen Fishing out of Naples, Florida and his friend in for a morning's fishing and the guys caught 25 bass with a 7 and 10lber!! Next up we had long time customer and legendary angler Mike Galbusieri in for another trip. We caught about 20 with bass weighing 8, 8-1/4 and 9-1/2lbs!!Next up we had long time customers Bill Snyder, Charles Robello and pal in for another trip and the guys boated 24 bass with a pair of 9lbers!! We then had return customer Martin Cook and friends in for another great trip and the guys caught 44 bass total to 8lbs!! Last but certainly not least I had long time customers RJ Schmidt, Doc Jung and his Dad in for another fun trip and the guys boated 31 bass with a 7 and a 9lber!! So as you can see, the fishing is productive and fun and I only expect it to get better!! That brings the totals to 151 total bass over 8lbs! With a whopping 39 of those being over 10lbs and still are not quite to the half way point of the season!!!!
Some Great Old Friends and Some Great New Ones! There has been some fantastic fishing since my last report with some great old friends/customers and some great new ones! When the weather and water temps cooperate it can be some great fishing! Trips on the better weather days have produced between 30-40 bass with lots of trophy bass! Here are some details: First I had The Man, The Myth, The Legend Mr.Mike Galbusieri in for two days of fishing. During those two days Mike boated 74 bass with 4 bass over 7lbs, two bass over 8lbs, one over 9lbs and a post spawn BEAUTY that tipped the scales at 10lbs 8oz! Next up I had another Long Time Friend and Customer Bob Datillo all the way down from Connecticut and we squeezed in a trip during one of the bad weather days and Bob still caught 25 bass topped by a beautiful 8lber! Next up I had Professional Smallmouth and Paddlefish guides Rick LaRoint and Rick Lisek in from Missouri to try their hand at some Florida Trophy Bass Fishing! I personally had them for two days. Day one the guys boated 34 bass to 8-1/2 and 9-1/2lbs! Day two they got 25 bass with another big bass at 8lbs even! We also currently have Return Customer Dennis Ezdon and three of his best friends in for a 3 day trip. So far we are 2 days into the 2 boat trip and between the two boats we have 106 bass! Yesterday Michael caught a 9lb 2ozer and today Jim caught an 8lb 1ozer and Dennis got the bass of a lifetime for him so far with a MASSIVE but lean POST SPAWN bass that tipped the scales a 11-1/2lbs!!!! Caught a month or so ago she could've possibly been another TEENER!!!! That SKYROCKETS our Trophy Bass totals for the season to 139 total bass over 8lbs! 102 of which are between 8-9.99lbs and 37 Double Digit bass weighing between 10lbs and 13lbs 8oz!!!!!!
Fishing has been really good and I have had so many great trips and I am so behind on reporting them! I unfortunately am not going to get to talk about each one as these posts can get so long, but will give a general overview and 3 or 4 examples of the fishing. Trips are generally producing between 25-45 bass per day with lots of trophy fish! Lots of different locations producing. So the fishing, weather permitting, has been good all over! Here's a few examples: First I had in long time customer and GOOD friend Rocky Easterwood back for a multi day trip. I got to fish with Rock personally for 4 days and in those 4 days Rocky caught 128 bass with gaggles of 4 - 7lb bass and 5 trophy bass coming in at 8lbs 4oz, 8lbs 8oz, 8lbs 8oz, 9lbs 2oz and 10lbs 1oz!! Next up I had long time customer and friend Robin Hayes and JT back for another trip, the boys boated 38 bass total and had bass weighing 8lbs, 8lbs, 8lbs 8oz and 10lbs!! Next up we had new customer Brian Jones come in for a morning trip and we got off to a great start catching 26 bass with bass weighing 8 and 10lbs 8oz!! Last but certainly not least I had LONG TIME customer and friend Tom Martin come if for a morning trip and Tom boated 24 bass with bass weighing 8lbs 1oz, 8lbs 4oz and 8lbs 12oz!! A few examples of the great fishing. With the weather hopefully straightening around for the foreseeable future there should be some exciting fishing about to pop off! These trophy bass now bring our season total to 125 trophy bass (exceeding 8lbs) with an awesome 35 DOUBLE DIGITS (10lbs and above) already this season!!!!
Lucky Number 13 on 2 Counts!!!! I have a lot of fun trips to talk about, but we'll do that later in the week. Because I've got a great story to tell this go round! John and Peg Orton called me a little over a year ago and their goal was to get John his personal best bass. So we set up a trip last February and achieved that goal with John catching a bunch of fish and getting one at 7 pounds. At the time that was his personal best. They had so much fun they booked another trip in May around Memorial Day Weekend and my son Capt. Brice Rush guided him to an incredible day boating 41 bass with a massive 12lber! So on Day One of his two day trip with me I joked that it might be all down hill for him after his May trip with Brice and that I might not be able to duplicate those results. Little did I know a few hours later I would have to HAPPILY EAT THOSE WORDS! The day started out a little slow, but we were boating some nice fish. We made a move to another spot and a few minutes in he hooked a fish and we knew it was a good one! We got her out from under the cover and she jumped and I immediately knew it was a double digit fish, but had no idea she'd end up being as big as she was! After quite a tussle and screaming drag I got my hands on her and as soon as I lipped her I knew THIS WAS A REALLY BIG BASS! She was 27' long and 20" in girth and was a Boga Grip weighed 13 pounds 8 ounces!!!! After a few photos (she was so heavy John had to reinforce his arms with his other hand!) and measurements we slipped her back in the water and she swam away to put those genetics back into the lake! This bass was the thirteenth 13 pound plus "Hall of Fame" bass we have put our people on!!!! She is also the 32nd double digit bass of the season!! So now one of two things is going to happen: Maybe John's next trip can jump the big bass up another pound and a half, or maybe it truly will be all down hill from here! Here's to hoping they just keep getting bigger!!!!
