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I am soooooooo super behind on the fishing report, but this one is a GREAT one, will explain a lot and get everyone caught up! I’ll do a much better job moving forward of doing weekly or biweekly reports! Well as most of you know they cancelled the drawdown for the second year in a row. This year it was due to all the flooding. Sadly Rodman is still seeing the effects from Hurricane Milton. But here at Trophy Bass Expeditions we work very hard to always try and keep our customers on big fish and great fishing year round. No matter the circumstance or season. We are a year round trophy bass guide service and work hard to catch these big fish in all seasons and aren’t reliant on one time of year to get our bigs. Our fishing reports, pictures and videos are always fresh and current to what we are catching at the time of the report and never recycled photos or info. We are also very fortunate to live in an area with so many great fishing options! Anybody that knows me, knows that my passion is constantly seeking new areas with big fish! We have acquired the equipment to get wherever we need to go. Most of you that fish with us know and have experienced some of these new and exciting places. We haven’t fished Rodman since my last report on 10/30/2024. Rodman is still dealing with the flooding, and this is why it is SO IMPORTANT to not have all your eggs in one basket and have options! In the last 20 days we have done 34 trips, both morning and afternoon trips. On those 34 trips we have boated 919 bass! We have also had some fantastic big fish trips! While I don’t have enough room to detail all of them, here are a few highlights of the incredible fishing: Return customer Dietrick Timmons and his son came in for another round. The boys boated 54 bass and had two beasts minutes apart. The first one went 11lbs and the second went 12lbs!!!! Lost another one at the boat that may have well went over 10! Had customer and pal Steve Berger and his daughter Destiny back in for 2 days. They caught 67 bass topped by a healthy 8 and 9lb 6ozer! Benny Tomlinson and crew came in for 3 days and caught 112 bass topped by a fish that went 8lbs 14oz. Had new customer Dave Goethals in for an afternoon trip and he boated 18 bass topped by a bass that went 9lbs 3oz. Had return customer Tony Chimirri in for a morning trip and they boated 47 bass with two 7lbers and an 8lber. Long time return customer and friend Rocky Easterwood and son Tyler just got here for a 3 day trip and on day one we boated 29 bass and Tyler got another double digit! She tipped the scales at 10lbs even! There are some cruiser weight fish that are about to be some real heavyweights very soon! Look at the pics of some of these fish! The eggs are starting to form and pre-spawn is some of, if not my favorite fishing! Our new season started October 1st and so far we have 23 trophy bass (fish 8lbs and above) and now have boated 5 bass 10lbs and above! The season is here! The time is now!
We are finally starting to turn the corner and get into that cooler Fall weather and the magic has started to happen! Have had lots of fun trips in the last few days since my last report! I’ll talk about them all, but man oh man does one trip really stand out. I had return customer Keith Millspaugh from Illinois in for a two day trip. On Day One we tried one destination and had a solid day boating 23 bass with lots of nice fish in the 4-6lb range. But Day Two we struck gold!! Keith masterfully boated 30 bass with lots of nice fish in the 5-6lb range, a 6-1/2, a 7-1/2, two 8lbers, an 8lb 1ozer and an absolute hulk that was two ounces shy of 12 pounds at 11lbs 14oz!!!! This was a giant fish at 29 inches long but was slender and had no egg weight yet at only 18 inches in girth. This bass caught a couple of months from now would’ve easily been a teener! His 5 best fish weighed 43lbs 7oz!!!! It was a heck of a 2 days for Keith! Most trips are producing 25-30 bass right now usually topped off by trophy bass or several every day!
Incredible Year In Review and Excitement About This Upcoming Season! Yesterday marked Day 1 of our new season! It was fun having some days off this Summer to catch my breath and have some down time with family, but I’m glad to now be back to fishing 7 days a week and excited to see how this new year shapes up with the drawdown! It was my most wildly successful year to date both business wise and number of trophy bass over the side of the boat. Ended up with an INCREDIBLE 255 trophy bass boated by my customers from October 1st of last year to September 30th of this year!!!! That includes a WHOPPING 53 bass 10lbs or above!!!! Didn’t quite get the record for 10 pound plus fish which was 74 I believe in 2021, but the 255 total topped the 190 total we caught that year and beats the previous best of 233 we caught in 2015! Thank you so much to all the wonderful folks that made this past year! and can’t wait to see what’s possible this year! I’m behind on my fishing reports, but the last few weeks have been fun. Most trips are producing between 40-50 bass per day with lots of great fish! The water is already coming down rapidly and is ahead of schedule and I’d estimate it’s already down 14-16 inches in the main pool! On day one of the drawdown yesterday long time customer Robin Hayes boated 47 with big bass being about 7lbs. Strap your seat belt in folks because here we go!!
It has been a darn good week of fishing! Here’s another fun trip to tell you about! I had new customers Richard and Linda Lange who are recent transplants to Central Florida. Now the Langes travel the world fishing and in fact had just got back from British Columbia fly fishing for Trout! The Langes decided they wanted to try their hand at some local trophy bass fishing. Their personal best between the two of them was 7 pounds and some change. Well that personal best record got shattered by BOTH of them! About 5 minutes into the trip Linda, not even really up to speed yet sets the hook and a big head comes out of the water! Linda guided the fish to the boat and as I grabbed the fish the hook came out, but lucky for us, not too soon! Linda had a beautiful and lean 8-3/4 pounder! A little while later Richard sets the hook on a fish that was probably 80 feet from the boat and again a BIG head breaches the water! He fights the fish to the boat and it makes a pass by the boat and we finally get her turned, up to, and in the boat! This Sumner Time beauty tips the scales at 10lbs 2oz!! They end up boating 30 bass in all! Not bad for their first crack at some local Trophy Bass! That brings the total Trophy Bass (8lbs and above) this season to a whopping 254 with an incredible 53 of those being double digit bass (10lbs and above)!
Good morning! Been a lot of stuff going on since my last update! A hurricane, a sick puppy and some good fishing! First as some of you know one of our pups, Peep, had come down with a serious neurological disorder. Through some great care and plan from Dr. Markos at UF Veterinary Medicine, I’m super happy to announce that she is doing well and at this moment seems to be recovering!! I don’t know what the future holds but I am grateful for every day with her! So we’ll keep praying and thank everyone for their prayers. The hurricane thankfully came and went and did limited damage. It did flood Rodman but is now receding and it helped in ways too. So hoping that holds, and the fish are there to be caught, you just have to know where to go and how to adjust. So without further ado here is some of the fine fishing since my long ago last report: New customer Nick Persons and fam had 39 bass to 9lbs. New customer Colby Eason and Co. caught 41 bass with an 8 & 9lber. Return customer Bill Watts had 43 bass with a 7lb 2ozer and a personal best 8lb 10ozer! New customer Mark Robinson and his son had 42 bass to 8-3/4lbs. New customer Robert Terry had 34 bass to 8-3/4 lbs. New customer Scott Alter and son had 37 bass to 7-1/4lbs. Long time customer Pat Cassidy had 44 bass to 5lbs. James Pollard and crew ended up with 51 bass total to 7lbs. New customer James Kuzirian had 25 bass with a pair of 7lbers. Long time customer Rocky Easterwood ended up with 70 bass with a pair of 7lbers! New customer Tom Kayser boated 23 bass to 7lbs. Cam Allen on his last day boated 35 bass to 6-1/2lbs. Greg Downing boated 31 bass to 6lbs. Last but not least new customer Tom boated 32 bass to 6-1/2lbs! That brings the total trophy bass this year over the side of the boat to 251 !!!!!
Sweet Summer Time !! The fishing has been great and just want to humbly thank our incredible customers for the trust you put in us to work hard to try and give you an unparalleled bass fishing experience. So blessed to guide folks year round as the trips and referrals keep pouring in! Here are some of the fun trips customers we have had since my last report on July 12th. Bob Nyce and his daughter made it in for another trip and the team boated 37 bass to 8lbs on a short morning trip. Next we had new customer John Person and son in for two days of fishing and they boated a spectacular 98 bass! Day one the pair boated 57 bass to 9-1/4lbs. Day two the guys got 41 with a pair of 8lbers. Next up was new customer Frank Bennett, Mr. Bennett had a great first trip with us boating 36 bass with one coming in just a shade under 9lbs at 8lbs 15oz. Next was yet another new customer Mr. Brian Swal. Mr. Swal and co. boated 44 bass on a short morning trip topped by a pair of 7lbers. Matt Maddox made it in for another trip and boated 35 bass to 7lbs. Long time buddies and customers Phil Kicklighter and Carroll Proffitt made it in for another expedition and the boys boated 68 bass total to 7lbs. Next I had longtime friend and customer Matt Tabachi and his son Owen sneak a couple of hours on one hot morning and they boated 24 beautiful Rodman bass topped by a 7-1/4lber. Last but certainly not least I had return customer Cameron Allen and crew in for Day 1 of their two day excursion and we boated 32 nice bass topped by a 7lb 1ozer. This takes our total to a crazy 245 trophy bass (8lbs or above) with 52 double digits so far this year!!
SummerSlam 2024 In Full Effect!! This may be my shortest fishing report ever as I had some people wondering where the report was for this week? So I wanted to try to get one out before I walked out the door but didn’t have much time to organize and get everyone’s pictures together, but I’ll bottom line it for you. The fishing is still absolutely CRAZY! There’s been 12 days since my last report and I’ve had 15 trips (some two trip days in there). Trips are typically producing between 30-65 bass per day right now with gobs of big, healthy and beautiful Summer Time bass! The most we boated was Dan Moon’s 66 bass the least was Steve Roadruck’s 19 bass on a slower day but that day produced our biggest bass of the stretch at 10lbs! That fish gives us 52 double digit bass this year!!!! Some really wonderful fishing right now for anyone looking to get in on it!
INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE SUMMER FISHING! Man I’m behind on my reports and not even sure where to start. But first I want to say thank you to all of the unbelievable folks that I am blessed to call customers! I simply have the best! You guys come regardless of season, weather and I’m truly humbled and want EVERY ONE of you guys to know that. I am so blessed to get to spend so many days on the water and it’s all because of you and I am humbled Now to the fun stuff! I’ve been telling everyone that I much prefer the slower months and that the fishing is nothing short of awesome and when you read this report you’ll understand why! It’s been 14 days since my last report and I have 14 fun trips to talk about!! I’ll try to keep it short so this doesn’t get too long! I had Terry Franklin and pal in for a 3 day trip trip. They boated 148 bass in 3 days! Day 1 they had 44 with a 7 and a 7.5. Day 2 they boated 50 to 10lbs. Day 3 they boated 54 to 8lbs 10oz. Next up we had Ken Reeves and Rob Green in for a 3 day trip and they boated 146 bass!! Day 1 they had 37 to 10.5lbs!! Day 2 they had 63 to 9lbs and on the last day they had 46 to 8lbs. Next up we had new customer Tom Schultz in for a 3 day trip and they boated 164 bass in 3 days!! Day 1 was 61 bass to 8lbs, Day 2 was 48 bass to 10lbs 2oz, Day 3 was 55 with 4 bass over 7lbs! Next up I had new customer James Bishop and his brother and dad in for a morning trip and they boated 24 bass with Dad getting a Summer HAWG and his personal best bass at 10-3/4 lbs!!!! Next up was long time customer Ray Haynes and friends in for two days and they boated 106 bass in two days! First day was 60 to 7lbs. Day 2 was 46 with the two biggest going 7-1/2 and 8.75lbs!! I then had Robin Hayes and his grandson back for another expedition and they caught 31 with the biggest going 8lbs 10oz. Last but certainly not least we had Josh Parker who had a great day catching 57 bass to 9-1/4lbs!!!! If you’ve read until the end you may be fish-drunk right now!! lol This incredible fishing brings the total number of bass over 10 pounds to 51 so far this year!!!! Also an incredible 233 total trophy bass so far this season (8lbs and above)!!!! LET’S GOOOO!!!!!
