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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!!!!
Customer Spotlight: Juberg Family I want to take a minute to spotlight another long term customer and say THANK YOU! Just wrapped up another great two days with long time customers Kurt and Blake Juberg! Kurt and his family and friends have been coming down to fish with me for the last 12-13 years! In that time we've made a lot of great memories and have caught a lot of great fish! This last trip was no exception! Day 1 we had good numbers for this time of year, boating 29 bass and Blake got big fish of the day with a long and lean 8lber. Day 2 the numbers went down but man the size went up! The guys boated 15 bass but had a 6lb 8oz, 6lb 12oz, 7lb 4oz, 8lbs 12oz, 9lb 8oz and a massive but lean bass that went 11-1/2lbs!! This fish was spawned out and roughed up. She measured 28" long and 18" in girth. Caught a month ago before she laid out she might've been pushing that magic teen level! Probably 70-80% of the big bass we're catching right now have laid out. Looks like they went hard as soon as the water warmed up. a few weeks back. Really looking forward to getting into the Spring months and what is sure to be an explosive post-spawn bite! Thanks again guys and hope to see y'all again in the Fall!
Big Bass Smash Continues and The Official Start of Hole Buzzard Season! Since my last report the great big bass fishing has continued! The numbers this time of year are typically lower, but the size of the fish makes up for it! The trick is to size up your bait and be patient. I love this style of large bait fishing as I prefer to chase BIGS and not numbers. Trips have been averaging between 15-30 bass per day, but lots of great fish! Here are the last trips in order since my last report. I had return customer John Davis and friend in for another trip. John wasted no time and in the first few minutes of the trip boated a big bass weighing 10lbs 12oz! They boated 20 that day. Next I had long time friend and customer Matt Tabachi , in for a morning trip. Matt could only fish about 2-1/2 hours that day due to a previous commitment, but put that short time to good work, catching 17 with bass that went 8lbs 2oz and 8lbs 8oz! Next I had new customer Kenneth McClean, his son and grandaughter Madde in for two days. Day one they boated 30 bass with no giants, but on day two we caught 21 bass topped by Madde getting her first trophy bass which came in at 8lbs even! Next up we had new customer Todd Buckingham in from KY and he ended up getting about 15 bass to 9-1/2lbs. Last but certainly not least., I had returned customer Scott Puckett in for day one of his two day trip yesterday. Him and cousin Tim boated 18 Bass including two Bass that weighed just under 7 pounds, an 8lb 12ozer and another double digit that tipped the scales at 10lbs 2oz !! Really excited to see how the remainder of this beautiful week pans out. This brings the total trophy bass this season to 101 with 30 double digits!!!!
Man oh man! What a wonderful time to be chasing these big bass! Had some great trips since my last report! First, I’m going to talk about the trip I had yesterday. I had long time return customers Lee and Mike Marshall from NC in for another trip. Mike told me that he had three sports goals in life. One was to catch a 10 pound bass, two was to shoot a hole in one and three was to shoot his age for a golf score! Well, you can now cross one off the list! While the total numbers weren’t shocking we caught some really great fish and had one HAWGBEAST! We caught 22 bass topped by fish weighing 7, 8lbs 2oz, 9lbs and 12lbs!!!! Both guys got their personal best! Next up I had new customers Chris Edgington and Joe Cisneros in for a days fishing from GA. Their goal was to get after some trophy bass and we were able to get that accomplished. On their first swing they caught 28 bass topped by fish weighing 7-1/2, 8 and 10-1/4lbs! Nice job guys! Next up I had THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND….. Mike Galbusieri. We caught 20 nice bass and Mike added yet another TrophyCatch bass to his impressive resume catching a fat 8lb 2ozer! Last but certainly not least we had new customer Hugh Masterson in for his first trip with us and he and friend boated 29 bass to 8lbs! Weather is getting beautiful and fishing is getting HOT! This brings the total trophy bass this season to 80 total with 23 DOUBLE DIGITS!!!!
Bundling Up and Slugging Out Some Great Big Bass Trips! Friends I can't make you understand how happy I am about the current long range forecast. It's saying beautiful weather as far as the forecast shows and it being in the 70's and 80's! I am so ready for this! This Winter has been a tough one for sure. We always have up and down weather this time of year, but this extended cold weather is something we're not used to. It went out with a bang! Saturday was our coldest day yet as it was in the mid 20's and I don't even want to know what the wind chill was! LOL I had ice on my boat and fishing poles and not just a little! If you look at the last picture in this post you'll see that the water temps actually got down into the mid 40's!!!!!! Sub 60 is cold by Florida standards, BUT MID 40'S!!!!! But the incredible thing is the fish have continued to bite right through this! Admittedly the numbers have slowed to between 20-30 bass per day, BUT the size has stayed LARGE! Return customer Daniel Golob came back in from Texas with good friends Rusty and Nolan from Colorado and they brought their traveling comedy show! The laughs were a plenty and on that coldest day the first fish of the day Daniel boated a BEAUTIFUL 11-1/4 lber!!! It made all of the cold worth it! Thats the second time in the last few weeks that the first bass of the day was over 11lbs as Carroll Proffitt caught an 11-1/2 lber first fish a little while back! Daniel and crew went on that day to catch yet another double digit as Rusty boated another that weighed 10lbs even! They finished the day with 23 total with tons of nice bass and fish weighing 8, 10 and 11-1/4lbs!! Last week I also had good return customer Tony Kurlas and crew in for a week of fishing.That nasty weather actually shut us out and kept us off the water for 3 days, but we were able to get 3 days in! Day one we caught 51 bass total with the biggest being a little over 7lbs, which i believe I talked about on my last report. But then we also were able to get in Thursday and Friday. Thursday the guys boated 29 bass with fish weighing 8lbs 2oz and 9lbs 8oz! Then Friday we boated 25 bass with bass weighing 7 and 9lbs for the big fish! Like I was saying, you just gotta bundle up and slug it out! This brings the total trophy bass this Season (since October 1st) so far to 73 total with 21 of those being double digit bass! Off to a good start this year!
Man oh man is this weather kicking this guys butt! The weather services claimed this was supposed to be a drier and warmer Winter, but man it’s been anything but! It’s been cold and wet! Missed a day due to the bad storm that rolled through on Sunday, but we’ve slugged out trips in this weather and the big bass smash is still in full swing! I had long time friend and customers Greg and Dale Stewart in from South Carolina for a two day trip. Day one they boated 25 beautiful bass topped by fish weighing 8-1/4, 8-3/4 and his personal best 10 pound 10 ounce bass!! They then kept the big bass streak alive on day two! The numbers were lower as they boated 21 bass but got a 9lb 2ozer and ANOTHER double digit that came in at 10lbs even! Thats 3 days in a row with a double digit bass!!!! We then had a new local customer Tobias bring his family in for an afternoon trip and we worked hard and while we didn’t catch a ton, did get ANOTHER double digit bass that came in at 11lbs even!! We have 6 different bodies of water producing trophy bass right now! So many options and so much fun!! One thing that points to some excitement that I think is going to happen, it got warm on Saturday and then warm again on Sunday with a warmer rain. Yesterday the water temperature got up to about 60° and the fishing exploded! While we didn’t keep the double digit streak alive, Tony Kurlas’ crew caught 51 bass total yesterday with the biggest fish being in the 6-7lb range! Think it’s about to explode if the forecast holds for next week and the water gets into the 60’s!!!! That brings the total number of trophy bass (8lbs and above) so far this season (since Oct 1) to 67 total trophy bass with 19 of those being double digit bass!!!!
